| 100% | COLEMAN | 7 | David —, sports commentator who chaired BBC TV quiz show A Question of Sport from 1979-97 |
| 42% | DAVID | 5 | & 19D Presenter of BBC TV shows It's a Knockout and A Question of Sport who died in 2009 |
| 39% | COREN | 5 | Victoria —, writer, poker player and host of BBC TV quiz show Only Connect who married comic actor David Mitchell in 2012 |
| 37% | DAVID | 5 | Broadcaster who chaired BBC TV panel show Juke Box Jury from 1959-67 |
| 36% | JEREMY | 6 | & 15A Chairman of BBC TV quiz show University Challenge from 1994 to 2023 |
| 34% | DAY | 3 | Robin —, journalist and broadcaster who presented BBC TV programme Question Time from 1979-89 |
| 34% | QUESTIONTIME | 12 | BBC TV political discussion show chaired by David Dimbleby, first broadcast in 1979 |
| 33% | WEAKESTLINK | 11 | BBC TV quiz show hosted by Anne Robinson from 2000-12 |
| 31% | HOUSEGO | 7 | Fred —, 1980 champion of BBC TV quiz show Mastermind |
| 30% | OSMAN | 5 | Richard —, co-creator and co-presenter of BBC TV quiz show Pointless |
| 30% | JEOPARDY | 8 | TV quiz show in which the answer is a question |
| 30% | OSMAN | 5 | Richard —, co-creator and former co-presenter of BBC TV quiz show Pointless |
| 30% | MILLIONAIRE | 11 | "Who Wants to Be a ___?," TV quiz show in which contestants answer multiple-choice questions to win cash prizes |
| 29% | ALEXTREBEK | 10 | TV host who got asked a lot of questions |
| 29% | FROST | 5 | David —, host of 1960s BBC TV satire show That Was the Week That Was |
| 29% | PAULOGRADY | 10 | Television and radio presenter who hosted BBC TV show Blankety Blank as Lily Savage from 1997-2002 |
| 28% | QUESTIONTIME | 12 | BBC TV political discussion show chaired by Fiona Bruce, first broadcast in 1979 |
| 28% | RECAP | 5 | Set of clips from the previous episode of a TV show |
| 28% | DAY | 3 | Robin —, journalist and broadcaster who presented BBC One’s Question Time from 1979-89 |
| 28% | SPINX | 5 | David —, actor who played Keith Miller in BBC TV soap EastEnders from 2004-08 |
| 28% | FROST | 5 | David —, host of 1960s satirical BBC TV show That Was the Week That Was |
| 27% | LARRY | 5 | & 16D Host from 1978-82 of BBC TV show The Generation Game |
| 27% | MAWLE | 5 | Joseph —, actor who played Odysseus in 2018 BBC TV series Troy: Fall of a City |
| 27% | GROOM | 5 | Simon —, presenter of BBC TV children's show Blue Peter from 1978-86 |
| 27% | POLO | 4 | Type of shirt whose name comes from a sport |
| 27% | THRONES | 7 | Game of __, TV show adapted from a book series |
| 27% | THEOPAPHITIS | 12 | Cyprus-born entrepreneur who appeared on BBC TV show Dragons' Den from 2005-12 |