| 100% | BRASENOSE | 9 | — College, establishment at Oxford University founded in 1509 |
| 72% | BALLIOL | 7 | College at Oxford University founded in 1263 |
| 43% | ZETAPSI | 7 | Fraternity founded in 1847 at New York University |
| 39% | SORBONNE | 8 | University founded in 1253 |
| 39% | YALE | 4 | University founded in 1701 |
| 39% | AGASSIZ | 7 | Louis —, Switzerland-born geologist; founder in 1859 of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University |
| 38% | HAWKING | 7 | Stephen ___, English theoretical physicist and cosmologist who studied physics at University College, Oxford |
| 37% | ORIEL | 5 | Oxford University college |
| 36% | REDBRICK | 8 | Important UK universities founded in major cities |
| 36% | COLDPLAY | 8 | English rock band formed in 1996 by Chris Martin and Jonny Buckland at University College London |
| 36% | ORIEL | 5 | Oxford University college since 1326 |
| 35% | ASHMOLEAN | 9 | World's oldest public museum, at Oxford University |
| 35% | PISA | 4 | Italian city with a university founded in 1343 |
| 35% | ASHMOLEAN | 9 | — Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Oxford, establishment founded in 1683 |
| 34% | IONA | 4 | College founded in 1940 |
| 34% | ETON | 4 | College founded in 1440 |
| 34% | SORBONNE | 8 | College founded in 1253 |
| 34% | ORIEL | 5 | Oxford University's fifth oldest college dating from 1326 |
| 33% | ATM | 3 | Device found in many cash-only establishments: Abbr. |
| 33% | OREGANO | 7 | Herb found in a shaker at a pizzeria |
| 33% | RAINBOW | 7 | The colors found in flags at Pride parades |
| 32% | ELK | 3 | An antlered animal found in abundance at Yellowstone Park |
| 32% | TSINGHUA | 8 | Major Beijing university, founded in 1911 |
| 32% | KINGTUT | 7 | Pharaoh found in the Valley of the Kings at Thebes |
| 31% | ALPHAKAPPAALPHA | 15 | Sorority founded at Howard in 1908 |
| 31% | IRC | 3 | Humanitarian-aid org. founded in 1933 at Albert Einstein's request |
| 31% | CHELSEA | 7 | 29-Across team founded in 1905 that plays at Stamford Bridge |
| 31% | ASHMOLE | 7 | Elias __, Freemason founded a museum in Oxford |
| 31% | SYDNEY | 6 | Australia's oldest university, founded in 1850 |
| 31% | MELBOURNE | 9 | The foremost Aussie university, founded in 1853 |