| 100% | KNOSSOS | 7 | City in ancient Crete with a renowned labyrinth |
| 44% | UTICA | 5 | Ancient North African city with a namesake in New York State |
| 42% | SALMON | 6 | City in British Columbia with a fishy name: __ Arm |
| 42% | ELY | 3 | City in Cambridgeshire with a famous Anglican cathedral |
| 41% | ROSTOCK | 7 | City in northern Germany with ancient university |
| 41% | FSU | 3 | Sch. with a campus in Panama City |
| 41% | GLASGOW | 7 | Biggest city in Scotland, with a Necropolis |
| 41% | YORK | 4 | City in England with a New one in the US |
| 41% | BOLOGNA | 7 | City in Italy with same spelling as a deli meat |
| 41% | ERIE | 4 | City in Pennsylvania which shares its name with a lake |
| 41% | ALAMO | 5 | City in the Rio Grande Valley with a historic namesake |
| 41% | MOSC O WIDAHO | 13 | City in the Pacific Northwest with a Russian-sounding name |
| 40% | ERIE | 4 | Great Lake with a namesake city in Pennsylvania |
| 40% | DIEGO | 5 | San ___, city in California with a stellar skyline |
| 40% | SHAKHTY | 7 | City in Rostov Oblast, Russia, associated with a 1928 show trial |
| 40% | DES | 3 | ___ Plaines, city in Illinois with a McDonald's Museum |
| 40% | STLOUIS | 7 | Midwest city with a renowned chess club |
| 39% | SEDAN | 5 | City in NE France that shares its name with a car type |
| 39% | KNOSSOS | 7 | Ancient city with Bronze Age ruins on Crete |
| 39% | BOBDENVER | 9 | "Gilligan's Island" actor with a city in his name |
| 39% | PAREE | 5 | City rhymed with ''mystery'' in a WWI song |
| 39% | USSMAINE | 8 | Ship with a memorial in New York City's Central Park |
| 39% | ERIE | 4 | Great Lake that shares its name with a city in Pennsylvania |
| 39% | ORLANDO | 7 | Actor Bloom who shares his name with a city in Florida |
| 39% | OMAHA | 5 | Poker variety that shares its name with a city in Nebraska |
| 39% | TABRIZ | 6 | Ancient city in NW Iran associated with carpet manufacturing |
| 39% | SPARTAN | 7 | Ancient Greek soldier, won in a battle with Athens |
| 38% | SOSA | 4 | Athlete feted with a New York City ticker-tape parade in 1998 |
| 38% | TABOO | 5 | Like eating pizza with a fork and knife in New York City |
| 38% | TROY | 4 | Ancient city deceived by a large fake horse, in myth |