| 100% | WEN | 3 | ___ Wang, emperor of China who established the first zoo |
| 48% | SHIHUANG | 8 | Qin __, the first emperor of unified China |
| 48% | CONSTANTINE | 11 | Emperor who called the First Council of Nicaea |
| 47% | OCTAVIAN | 8 | General who became the first emperor of Rome |
| 43% | JETLI | 5 | Actor who played the Emperor of China in 2020's "Mulan" |
| 42% | PAT | 3 | Actor Morita who voices the Emperor of China in "Mulan" |
| 42% | QINSHI | 6 | First emperor of China |
| 41% | NAPOLEON | 8 | The first emperor of France |
| 40% | JOSEPHINE | 9 | The first wife of French emperor Napoleon I |
| 40% | OTHO | 4 | Roman emperor of the first century |
| 39% | JETLI | 5 | Martial artist/actor who played the emperor of China in 2020's "Mulan" |
| 39% | KNOX | 4 | John —, theologian who established the Presbyterian Church of Scotland in 1560 |
| 39% | ORLANDO | 7 | The first name of the actor who played Legolas |
| 39% | AMENHOTEP | 9 | — IV, Egyptian pharaoh also called Akhenaten who established the cult of Aten |
| 38% | AUGUSTUS | 8 | First emperor of the Roman empire |
| 38% | BRAHE | 5 | Tycho —, Danish astronomer who established the Uraniborg Observatory on the island of Hven |
| 38% | SHENG | 5 | Fu ___, emperor of the former Qin dynasty of China |
| 37% | SEAN | 4 | Parker who was the first president of Facebook |
| 37% | ROLLO | 5 | Viking who was the first ruler of Normandy |
| 37% | FRANCIS | 7 | Emperor who founded Vienna Zoo, the world's oldest |
| 37% | TOM | 3 | Landry who was the first coach of the Cowboys |
| 37% | JED | 3 | First name of the president on "The West Wing" |
| 37% | DAVID | 5 | Letterman who was the first host of 15-Across |
| 37% | RIDGE | 5 | Tom who was the first Secretary of Homeland Security |
| 37% | INDIRA | 6 | Gandhi who was the first female PM of India |
| 37% | EULER | 5 | Mathematician who wrote the first theorem of graph theory |
| 36% | HILLARYCLINTON | 14 | Secretary of State who was the first to visit Burma since 1955 |
| 36% | SHIPBUILDER | 11 | Professional who uses the first words of the starred answers |
| 36% | ALLEN | 5 | Steve who was the first host of "The Tonight Show" |
| 36% | CHEN | 4 | Julie who moderated the first eight seasons of "The Talk" |