| 100% | PADMA | 5 | Author and “Taste the Nation” host Lakshmi |
| 52% | PADMA | 5 | “Top Chef” host and author Lakshmi |
| 51% | PADMA | 5 | “Top Chef” host Lakshmi, author of “Love, Loss and What We Ate” |
| 50% | PADMA | 5 | Hulu’s “Taste the Nation with ___ Lakshmi” |
| 44% | BOURDAIN | 8 | Anthony ___, chef and travel host who authored "Kitchen Confidential" and hosted the Emmy-winning show "No Reservations" |
| 41% | DAVE | 4 | “Financial Peace” author and radio host ___ Ramsey |
| 41% | SOMERSETMAUGHAM | 15 | The Moon and Sixpence author |
| 41% | FINLAND | 7 | Host nation of the 1952 Olympics |
| 41% | USA | 3 | Host nation of the 2028 Olympics |
| 40% | JIE | 3 | Author and dissident Yu ___, who came to the US in 2012 |
| 40% | RUSSIA | 6 | Host nation of the 2018 24-Across |
| 40% | XXXXX | 5 | Host nation for the 2026 Winter Olympics |
| 40% | HOMER | 5 | Author of the "Odyssey" and the "Iliad" |
| 40% | TALESE | 6 | The Kingdom and the Power author, 1969 |
| 40% | READE | 5 | Author of "The Cloister and the Hearth" |
| 40% | AESOP | 5 | Author of "The Tortoise and the Hare" |
| 40% | DEGENERES | 9 | Host of the Oscars, Grammys and Emmys |
| 40% | ROALDDAHL | 9 | Author of James and the Giant Peach |
| 40% | ROALDDAHL | 9 | Author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
| 40% | JAMES | 5 | Author of the novels Deliverance and Alnilam |
| 40% | UNESCO | 6 | The United Nations' culture and education agency |
| 40% | READE | 5 | "The Cloister and the Hearth" author |
| 40% | AMORY | 5 | "The Cat and the Curmudgeon" author |
| 40% | TALESE | 6 | "The Kingdom and the Power" author |
| 40% | LEVI | 4 | "The Drowned and the Saved" author |
| 40% | AESOP | 5 | "The Fox and the Grapes" author |
| 40% | MAILER | 6 | "The Naked and the Dead" author |
| 40% | POE | 3 | "The Pit and the Pendulum" author |
| 40% | NORMANMAILER | 12 | "The Naked and the Dead" author |
| 40% | FREUD | 5 | ''The Ego and the Id'' author |