| 100% | CAPTAINKANGAROO | 15 | CBS kids program from 1955 to 1984 |
| 37% | ANN | 3 | "Ask ___ Landers" (advice column from 1955 to 2002) |
| 37% | AARON | 5 | Baseball All-Star every year from 1955 to 1975 |
| 37% | GUNSMOKE | 8 | Western TV series that ran from 1955 to 1975 |
| 36% | BERT | 4 | Parks who hosted the Miss America pageant from 1955 to 1979 |
| 33% | HOOKED | 6 | Program to teach kids to read: __ on Phonics |
| 33% | FORDTEMPOS | 10 | Compact cars from 1984 to 1994 |
| 32% | TREBEK | 6 | Host of Jeopardy! from 1984 to 2021 |
| 32% | PEP | 3 | "A ___ Talk From Kid President to You" |
| 32% | ERNIEBILKO | 10 | TV's fictional Master Sergeant who worked in Fort Baxter, KS from 1955 to July 1958 |
| 32% | LUFTHANSA | 9 | Nonflier from 1945 to 1955 |
| 32% | DAVIDSTERN | 10 | NBA head from 1984 to 2014: 2 wds. |
| 31% | POLO | 4 | Response to "Marco!" from kids splashing in the pool |
| 31% | ESC | 3 | Keyboard key used to exit from a window or program |
| 30% | XER | 3 | Gen ___ (person born from 1965 to 1984) |
| 30% | YESDEAR | 7 | Possible response to "Can you pick up the kids from school?" |
| 30% | TREATS | 6 | What kids go from door to door on Halloween looking for |
| 30% | ALEX | 4 | First name of the host of "Jeopardy!" from 1984 to 2021 |
| 29% | LEAVEITTOBEAVER | 15 | Classic sitcom that jumped from CBS to ABC after its first season |
| 29% | CLIPPERS | 8 | Basketball team that moved from San Diego to Los Angeles in 1984 |
| 29% | MICHAELEISNER | 13 | Executive who ran 18-Across's company from 1984 to 2005: 2 wds. |
| 28% | HEREDITY | 8 | Genetic characteristics passed from parent to kid |
| 28% | CSI | 3 | CBS procedural that aired from 2000 to 2015 |
| 28% | DANRATHER | 9 | CBS Evening News anchor from 1981 to 2005 |
| 27% | NAPOLI | 6 | Societa Sportiva Calcio ___, Italian football club for which Diego Maradona played from 1984 to 1991 |
| 27% | CARLLEWIS | 9 | US track-and-field star who won nine gold medals from 1984 to 1996: 2 wds. |
| 27% | ROGERCLEMENS | 12 | MLB pitcher nicknamed "Rocket" who had 4,672 career strikeouts from 1984 to 2007: 2 wds. |
| 27% | TVG | 3 | Kids' programming designation |
| 26% | EDDIEMURPHY | 11 | "Saturday Night Live" cast member from 1980 to 1984 |