| 100% | VERDUN | 6 | Battle of 1916 on the Meuse river |
| 68% | SEDAN | 5 | Commune in Ardennes, NE France on the Meuse River, site of a 1940 World War II battle |
| 68% | SEDAN | 5 | Commune in Ardennes, northeast France, on the Meuse River; site of a 1940 World War II battle |
| 63% | VERDUN | 6 | Costly 1916 battle on the River Meuse, France |
| 61% | SEDAN | 5 | Town on the River Meuse, site of a 1940 World War II battle that began the German invasion of France |
| 51% | WORCESTER | 9 | Cathedral city on the River Severn; site in 1651 of the final battle of the English Civil War |
| 48% | POLTAVA | 7 | City in Ukraine on the Vorskla River; site of a 1709 battle between Russia and Sweden |
| 47% | YSER | 4 | Battle of the ___, opened on 10/16/1914 |
| 46% | TAJMAHAL | 8 | Attraction on the bank of the Yamuna River |
| 46% | MIT | 3 | Sch. on the bank of the Charles River |
| 46% | BANKROBBER | 10 | Purse snatcher on the side of a river? |
| 46% | NUREMBERG | 9 | City on the river Pegnitz, state of Bavaria |
| 46% | BUDAPEST | 8 | City on the River Danube, capital of Hungary |
| 46% | SILT | 4 | Thick deposit found on the banks of rivers |
| 45% | ROME | 4 | City set on the banks of the River Tiber |
| 45% | DERBY | 5 | Cathedral city on the banks of the River Derwent |
| 45% | OTTAWA | 6 | Capital city on the banks of the Rideau River |
| 45% | LINZ | 4 | Port on the River Danube; capital of Upper Austria |
| 45% | BRANDYWINE | 10 | Battle of —, engagement of the American Revolution fought on September 11, 1777 |
| 45% | JARROW | 6 | Town on the River Tyne; home of the Venerable Bede |
| 45% | HIGHWYCOMBE | 11 | Town in Buckinghamshire on the River Wye northeast of Reading |
| 45% | WARRINGTON | 10 | Town in Cheshire on the River Mersey east of Widnes |
| 44% | TILBURY | 7 | Port in Essex on the north bank of the River Thames |
| 44% | EYE | 3 | "London ___" (Ferris wheel on the South Bank of the River Thames) |
| 44% | BALLATER | 8 | Burgh in Aberdeenshire on the River Dee east of Balmoral Castle |
| 44% | ORLEANS | 7 | French city on the River Loire associated with Joan of Arc |
| 44% | ILKLEY | 6 | Town in West Yorkshire on the River Wharfe northwest of Leeds |
| 44% | BARNSLEY | 8 | Town in South Yorkshire on the River Dearne, north of Sheffield |
| 43% | SINGSING | 8 | *Prison on the Hudson that's the source of "up the river" |
| 43% | SANMENXIA | 9 | City in Henan, China on the southern bank of the Yellow River |