| 100% | PHOENICIA | 9 | Ancient civilization believed to have created the first alphabet |
| 48% | WRIGHT | 6 | Brothers believed to have flown the first plane |
| 38% | TEN | 3 | The first number to have two digits |
| 36% | ABCS | 4 | The alphabet, to a first-grader |
| 36% | TALISMAN | 8 | Object believed to have magical qualities that will protect the wearer from evil |
| 36% | EUBOEA | 6 | Greek island believed to have been separated from the mainland by an earthquake |
| 36% | ATLANTIS | 8 | Ancient city said to have sunk beneath the ocean |
| 35% | THOUSAND | 8 | This is the first number to have the letter "A" |
| 35% | OAXACA | 6 | Home to the ancient Zapotec civilization |
| 35% | GTOS | 4 | Classic cars that were the first to have Ram Air engines |
| 34% | GEHRIG | 6 | Yankee who was the first major-leaguer to have his number retired |
| 34% | MADAMSPEAKER | 12 | *Nancy Pelosi was the first person ever to have this title in Congress |
| 34% | ORR | 3 | He was the first hockey player to have 100 assists in one season |
| 33% | DEN | 3 | Pharaoh of the First Dynasty of Egypt whose mother was believed to be Merneith |
| 33% | ICET | 4 | One of the first musicians to have an "explicit content" sticker on an album |
| 33% | HAYES | 5 | First president to have a telephone in the White House |
| 33% | SWOOPES | 7 | Sheryl who was the first W.N.B.A. player to have a signature shoe |
| 32% | JACKSON | 7 | First president to have running water in the White House (1833) |
| 32% | HARRISON | 8 | First president to have electric lights in the White House (1891) |
| 32% | FILLMORE | 8 | First president to have a stove in the White House (1850s) |
| 32% | USN | 3 | JFK was the first president to have served in this branch of the US Armed Forces |
| 32% | JENNA | 5 | Marbles who is the first social-media star to have a wax statue at Madame Tussauds |
| 32% | DOG | 3 | President Trump is the first president in over 100 years not to have one of these |
| 32% | ELAYNE | 6 | Boosler who was the first woman to have an hour-long comedy special on cable TV |
| 32% | STE | 3 | ___ Genevieve, founded about 1735 and believed to be the first organized European settlement west of the Mississippi |
| 32% | EELS | 4 | The ancient Egyptians believed they were created from the sun hitting the Nile |
| 32% | NEIL | 4 | First name in NASA's prestigious list of astronauts who have been to the moon |
| 31% | MOTOROLA | 8 | Created the first cell phone in 1973 |
| 31% | AHA | 3 | First Norwegian band to have a #1 hit in the US: Hyph. |
| 31% | SEATTLESLEW | 11 | 1977 Triple Crown winner who was the first American champion to have been undefeated in previous races: 2 wds. |