| 100% | EINSTEINIUM | 11 | Element named after a famous German-born physicist |
| 64% | RHENIUM | 7 | Element named after a German river |
| 53% | NEPTUNIUM | 9 | Element named after a planet |
| 53% | GAUSS | 5 | German physicist after whom a unit of magnetism is named |
| 51% | ERNEST | 6 | ___ Rutherford, New Zealand born physicist after whom the element with atomic number 104 was named |
| 51% | TITANIUM | 8 | Element named after a group in Greek myth |
| 51% | INDIUM | 6 | Element named after a ROY G. BIV color |
| 51% | COLOMBIA | 8 | Country named after a famous Genoese explorer |
| 51% | RORSCHACH | 9 | Watchmen character named after a famous test |
| 50% | RHENIUM | 7 | Element named after a river on the France-Germany border |
| 50% | OERSTED | 7 | Magnetic intensity unit named after a Danish physicist |
| 50% | MARCOPOLO | 9 | Swimming pool game named after a famous explorer |
| 50% | BEETHOVEN | 9 | The St. Bernard named after a famous composer |
| 49% | MORGANITE | 9 | Pink variety of beryl, named after a famous banker |
| 49% | TRAFALGAR | 9 | London square named after a famous battle of 1805 |
| 49% | ADA | 3 | ___ Lovelace Day, event named after a famous female mathematician |
| 49% | PALEBLUED | 9 | Carl Sagan book named after a famous photo of Earth |
| 49% | ZEPPELIN | 8 | Airship named after a German Count |
| 48% | PLUTONIUM | 9 | Element named after what is now a dwarf planet |
| 48% | ANGSTROM | 8 | Wavelength unit named after a Swedish physicist |
| 48% | OXYGEN | 6 | TV channel named after a chemical element |
| 48% | ZEPPELIN | 8 | Rigid airship named after a German count |
| 48% | ZEPPELINS | 9 | Inflatable airships named after a German count |
| 48% | FERMIUM | 7 | Element named for a physicist |
| 48% | TEDDY | 5 | Bear named after a president |
| 47% | OTTONIAN | 8 | Building style named after a German emperor 936-73 |
| 47% | RIN | 3 | First third of a famous German shepherd's name |
| 47% | HALLEY | 6 | A famous comet was named after him |
| 46% | PLANCK | 6 | Lunar crater named after German physicist |
| 45% | PUMA | 4 | German company named after a wild cat |