| 100% | IKEA | 4 | Chain whose first store opened in Småland |
| 71% | IKEA | 4 | Retail giant whose first store opened in Älmhult, Sweden |
| 71% | IKEA | 4 | Chain whose first store was in Älmhult |
| 55% | STARBUCKS | 9 | Coffee chain store first opened in Seattle in 1971 |
| 54% | AMC | 3 | Chain whose first theatre was in Kansas City |
| 51% | IKEA | 4 | Its first store was in Älmhult, Smaland |
| 50% | IKEA | 4 | Swedish chain whose largest store is in the Philippines |
| 48% | KMART | 5 | Store first opened in Detroit in 1962 |
| 46% | WOOLWORTH | 9 | This family opened its first 5-cent store in 1879 |
| 46% | IKEA | 4 | Swedish retailer that opened its first US store in 1985 |
| 44% | KFC | 3 | Fast food chain whose popular slogan "It's Finger Lickin' Good!" made its first appearance in 1956 |
| 44% | IKEA | 4 | Retail giant that opened its first U.S. store near Philadelphia in 1985 |
| 43% | IHOP | 4 | Breakfast chain first opened in Toluca Lake in L.A. |
| 42% | IKEA | 4 | Furniture chain whose stores include a kids' play area called Småland |
| 42% | KRISPYKREME | 11 | It opened its first store in Winston-Salem, N.C., in 1937 |
| 40% | SAKS | 4 | ___ Fifth Avenue, chain of luxury department stores whose shoe department has its own zip code in New York City |
| 40% | TUT | 3 | Whose tomb was opened in 1923 |
| 39% | COSTCO | 6 | Retail giant that opened its first store in Seattle in 1983 |
| 39% | THESEEDSOFLOVE | 14 | 1989 studio album by 42-Across whose opening track is the Top 40 hit single "Woman in Chains" (4 wds.) |
| 39% | SUBWAYFRANCHISE | 15 | Store in a sandwich chain |
| 38% | ARE | 3 | Word whose first letter is dropped in contractions |
| 38% | HOPI | 4 | Language whose first dictionary was published in 1998 |
| 38% | BUDGENS | 7 | Supermarket with its first stores in the south |
| 38% | IKEA | 4 | Store chain founded in Älmhult, Sweden |
| 38% | WARNERBROS | 10 | Their first studio opened in 1918 |
| 38% | IKEA | 4 | Its first store was in Älmhult |
| 37% | CVS | 3 | Pharmacy chain whose receipts might be measured in feet |
| 37% | NICOLASCAGE | 11 | Actor whose first credited role was in "Rumble Fish" |
| 37% | ALEC | 4 | Baldwin whose first big movie role was in "Beetlejuice" |
| 37% | SILENTNIGHT | 11 | Song whose first verse ends "Sleep in heavenly peace" |