| 100% | IMAC | 4 | Apple device that was the first to employ its "i" prefix |
| 50% | ERNANI | 6 | Verdi work that was the first opera to be recorded in its entirety |
| 45% | TASS | 4 | News agency that was the first to report on Sputnik |
| 44% | GTOS | 4 | Classic cars that were the first to have Ram Air engines |
| 44% | LEVI | 4 | ___ Strauss & Co., denim company that was the first to manufacture blue jeans |
| 44% | BLAZEATRAIL | 11 | Be the first to accomplish something (and do it spectacularly!) |
| 44% | SHALOMMEIRTOWER | 15 | Tel Aviv skyscraper that was the first to be built in the Mideast |
| 44% | PALM | 4 | Co. that was the first to successfully market a PDA worldwide in 1997 |
| 43% | TMZ | 3 | Hollywood website that was the first to report Michael Jackson's death in 2009 |
| 43% | ESA | 3 | Intl. org. that was the first to land a probe on a comet (2014) |
| 43% | LAIKA | 5 | Dog that was the first animal to orbit the Earth |
| 43% | MBA | 3 | Harvard was the first to offer it (1908) |
| 43% | AYE | 3 | Word that becomes its own synonym when its first letter is moved to the end |
| 43% | VERTIGO | 7 | 1958 Hitchcock film that was the first to use the dolly zoom to simulate dizziness |
| 43% | SUTTERSMALL | 11 | Historic shopping center that was the first to be called "a gold mine for investors"? |
| 42% | OLEG | 4 | Man's name that becomes a toy when its first letter is moved to the end |
| 42% | VERTIGO | 7 | 1958 Alfred Hitchcock film that was the first to use the dolly zoom to simulate dizziness |
| 42% | REDDAWN | 7 | 1984 Patrick Swayze film that was the first to be released with a PG-13 rating |
| 42% | AVATAR | 6 | 2009 movie that was the first film to gross over $2 billion |
| 42% | STATEDEPARTMENT | 15 | Thomas Jefferson was the first to lead it |
| 42% | SECRETBALLOT | 12 | Australia was the first country to implement it |
| 42% | MARLINS | 7 | Florida squad that was the first to win two World Series titles as a wild-card team |
| 42% | INC | 3 | Business magazine that, in 1981, was the first to feature Steve Jobs on its cover |
| 42% | OBERLIN | 7 | Ohio college that was the first in the U.S. to admit women |
| 41% | NORMA | 5 | Woman's name that becomes a man's name when its first letter is added to the end |
| 41% | METS | 4 | M.L.B. team that was the first to trade a player for himself (Harry Chiti in 1962) |
| 41% | ADRIATIC | 8 | RMS ___, British ship that was the first ocean liner to feature a swimming pool |
| 41% | EGG | 3 | Golden ___, magical device that was the goal of the first task of the Triwizard tournament |
| 41% | OBERLIN | 7 | Ohio college that was the first in the U.S. to award degrees to women |
| 41% | PEPSI | 5 | Soda that was the first American brand to be sold widely in the Soviet Union |