| 100% | INNOCENT | 8 | — III, pope from 1198-1216 who instituted the Fourth Crusade |
| 39% | URBANII | 7 | Pope who started the First Crusade |
| 39% | URBANII | 7 | Pope who initiated the First Crusade |
| 38% | STLEO | 5 | Pope who dissuaded Attila the Hun from attacking Rome |
| 36% | ASOK | 4 | Dilbert intern who graduated from the Indian Institutes of Technology |
| 33% | JONAH | 5 | ___ Peretti, co-founder of BuzzFeed who graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab |
| 33% | RICHARD | 7 | ___ Feynman, Nobel-winning physicist who earned a Bachelor of Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 33% | LEOX | 4 | Pope from the Medici family |
| 32% | MARS | 4 | The fourth planet from the sun |
| 32% | SINEADOCONNOR | 13 | Singer who got banned from "Saturday Night Live" for ripping up a picture of the pope: 2 wds. |
| 32% | ALDRIN | 6 | Buzz ___, former astronaut and fighter pilot who earned a Doctor of Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 31% | PAPAL | 5 | From the Pope |
| 30% | MARS | 4 | Fourth rock from the sun |
| 30% | MARS | 4 | Fourth planet from the sun |
| 30% | KAREEMABDUL | 11 | ___-Jabbar, the six-time NBA MVP who received an honorary degree from New York Institute of Technology in 2011: 2 wds. |
| 30% | MARS | 4 | The fourth planet from the sun; Roman God of War |
| 30% | LEOI | 4 | Pope who met Attila the Hun |
| 30% | LUCIFER | 7 | The angel who fell from Heaven |
| 29% | PAPALBULL | 9 | Proclamation from the pope |
| 29% | CLEMENT | 7 | Pope who forbade Henry VIII from remarrying |
| 29% | STLEO | 5 | Pope who negotiated with Attila the Hun |
| 29% | MEDICI | 6 | The Italian family who produced four popes |
| 29% | UKRAINE | 7 | From whom Russia annexed the Crimean Peninsula |
| 29% | AURIOL | 6 | Vincent —, president of the Fourth French Republic from 1947-54 |
| 29% | JOHNPAULI | 9 | Pope who passed 33 days from his inauguration |
| 29% | ALECLEAMAS | 10 | The Spy Who Came In From the Cold |
| 28% | AESOP | 5 | From whom we get the phrase "crying wolf" |
| 28% | EDICT | 5 | Bull from the pope, e.g. |
| 28% | SMOKE | 5 | Signal from the pope-selection conclave |
| 28% | RAININGMONARCHS | 15 | Kings who dropped from the heavens? |