| 100% | SAIGON | 6 | City where the first scene of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s “The Sympathizer” takes place |
| 45% | FLORENCE | 8 | City where the novel Birth of Venus takes place |
| 44% | LONDON | 6 | City where the Peasants' Revolt of 1381 took place |
| 39% | OMAHA | 5 | City where the Men's College World Series takes place |
| 37% | GILEAD | 6 | Where the majority of the "The Handmaid's Tale" takes place |
| 37% | ZAIRE | 5 | 1974 name of the country where boxing's Rumble in the Jungle took place |
| 36% | ERIE | 4 | Pennsylvania city where the events in the 2018 documentary series "Evil Genius" took place |
| 36% | FIREESCAPE | 10 | Where the "balcony scene" takes place in "West Side Story" |
| 36% | PASADENA | 8 | California city where the Rose Bowl takes place |
| 36% | KYOTO | 5 | Japanese city where the Gion Festival takes place |
| 36% | IOWA | 4 | State where the first presidential caucuses take place |
| 36% | MIAMI | 5 | Florida city where the movie "Moonlight" took place |
| 35% | CIA | 3 | Org. in Viet Thanh Nguyen's Pulitzer-winning novel "The Sympathizer" (abbr.) |
| 35% | ROME | 4 | European city where the film "La Dolce Vita" takes place |
| 35% | UTICA | 5 | City where the first Woolworth's opened, 1879 |
| 34% | BALI | 4 | Indonesian island where the "Love" part of "Eat Pray Love" took place |
| 34% | EGYPT | 5 | Country where most of the film "The Mummy" takes place |
| 34% | BOSTON | 6 | City in which the Battle of Bunker Hill took place |
| 34% | MAXYASGUR | 9 | Owner of the farm where Woodstock took place |
| 34% | ENGLAND | 7 | Country where the Battle of Hastings took place |
| 34% | FRANCE | 6 | Country where the Battle of Agincourt took place |
| 34% | CANADA | 6 | Country where the Battle of Batoche took place |
| 34% | SANDIEGO | 8 | City in which "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy" takes place |
| 34% | BALI | 4 | Island where the "Love" part of "Eat Pray Love" took place |
| 34% | RENO | 4 | Nevada city where parts of "Sister Act" take place |
| 34% | TORONTO | 7 | Canadian metropolis where the Battle of York took place |
| 34% | YPSILANTI | 9 | Michigan city where the first Domino's Pizza opened |
| 34% | ONAUTO | 6 | Running by itself, and where the first words of 17-, 35-, 42- and 64-Across can be placed |
| 34% | NORMANDY | 8 | Area of France where the D-Day landings took place |
| 34% | ALA | 3 | State where much of the movie "Selma" takes place: Abbr. |