| 100% | ISSUS | 5 | Ancient town in Asia Minor; scene of a 333 BC battle at which Alexander the Great defeated the Persians |
| 35% | LEUCTRA | 7 | Village in Boeotia, Ancient Greece; scene of a battle fought in July, 371 BC |
| 34% | JENA | 4 | City in Thuringia, Germany; site of an 1806 battle at which Napoleon defeated the Prussians |
| 34% | SWASTIKA | 8 | Ancient symbol in the form of a cross with arms bent at right angles used commonly in Asia |
| 34% | COLENSO | 7 | Town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa; scene of a December 1899 battle in the Second Boer War |
| 32% | ACTIUM | 6 | Promontory in western Greece off of which Octavian defeated Mark Antony in a naval battle in 31 BC |
| 32% | KINGSLYNN | 9 | Market town in Norfolk at the mouth of the Great Ouse; a leading port in the Middle Ages |
| 32% | ABYDOS | 6 | Ancient town of Asia Minor famed for the story of Hero and Leander |
| 31% | YPRES | 5 | Town in western Belgium; scene of many battles in the First World War |
| 30% | JAXARTES | 8 | 329 BC battle of Alexander the Great |
| 30% | SURABAYA | 8 | City in East Java; scene of a 1945 battle in the Indonesian National Revolution |
| 30% | THEBES | 6 | Chief city of Boeotia in ancient Greece destroyed by Alexander the Great |
| 30% | CANNAE | 6 | Village in Apulia, Italy; scene of a victory by Hannibal over the Romans in 216 BC |
| 30% | RAMSBOTTOM | 10 | Town in Greater Manchester that shares its name with a snake companion of the puppet Sooty |
| 30% | SURRENDER | 9 | To give in, especially at the end of a battle |
| 29% | STOCKPORT | 9 | Town in Greater Manchester at the confluence of the Rivers Goyt and Tame |
| 29% | EPHESUS | 7 | Major trading city in ancient Greece on the west coast of Asia Minor |
| 28% | LITTLE | 6 | & 1D Battle of the —, 1876 conflict at which General George A Custer was killed |
| 28% | BOSWORTH | 8 | & 18D Battle of the Wars of the Roses at which Richard III was killed in 1485 |
| 28% | LEONIDAS | 8 | King of Sparta killed at the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC |
| 28% | ELOBEID | 7 | City in central Sudan; scene of the defeat of a British and Egyptian army by the Mahdi in 1883 |
| 28% | MACEDONIA | 9 | Country of which Alexander the Great was king |
| 28% | AKSUM | 5 | Ancient capital, now a tourist town located at the base of Ethiopia's Adwa mountains |
| 27% | GATES | 5 | Horatio —, British-born US general defeated at the Battle of Camden in 1780 |
| 27% | POTTERSBAR | 10 | Town in Hertfordshire; scene of a major railway accident in 2002 |
| 27% | QUOITS | 6 | Game in which rings of metal or rope are tossed at a stake in the ground |
| 26% | NOYON | 5 | Town in Oise, France; scene of the coronation of Charlemagne |
| 26% | SALAMIS | 7 | Greeks defeated the Persians at this sea battle |
| 26% | WITNESS | 7 | Someone present at the scene of a crime |