| 100% | APPLE | 5 | First public U.S. company to be valued at $1 trillion |
| 88% | APPLE | 5 | First U.S. company to be valued at $1 trillion |
| 75% | APPLE | 5 | First company to be valued at $1 trillion |
| 42% | IKEA | 4 | Company that was the first in the U.S. to air a TV ad with a gay couple (1994) |
| 36% | IKEA | 4 | First company to feature a gay couple in a mainstream U.S. TV ad (1994) |
| 34% | TAFT | 4 | First president to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery |
| 34% | SMASHCAKE | 9 | Sweet treat meant to be destroyed at a 1-year-old's birthday party |
| 33% | LITTLEDIDWEKNOW | 15 | "It was unfamiliar to us at the time, but . . ." |
| 32% | ALABAMA | 7 | Montgomery's state that was the first US state to recognize Christmas as a holiday in 1836 |
| 32% | AIRBAGS | 7 | Olds was the first to offer them to the public (1972) |
| 32% | LIL | 3 | ___ Wayne, who was signed to his first label at age eleven |
| 32% | MAHALIA | 7 | Jackson who was the first gospel singer to perform at Carnegie Hall |
| 31% | VERMONT | 7 | First U.S. state to abolish slavery |
| 31% | NIXON | 5 | First U.S. President to visit China |
| 31% | ANNEMURRAY | 10 | First Canadian female solo artist to reach No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 |
| 31% | RENO | 4 | Janet who was the first woman to serve as U.S. attorney general |
| 31% | GIA | 3 | ___ Carangi, considered to be the world's first supermodel |
| 31% | AGE | 3 | 35, as a minimum to be U.S. president |
| 31% | STLOUIS | 7 | First U.S. city to host the Olympics |
| 31% | GLENN | 5 | First U.S. astronaut to circle the earth |
| 31% | PENNY | 5 | First U.S. coin to feature a president |
| 31% | HONDAACCORD | 11 | First car from a Japanese manufacturer to be made in the U.S. (1982) |
| 31% | RITAORA | 7 | Pop star whose first U.K. No. 1 hit was “How We Do (Party)” |
| 31% | CASPERRUUD | 10 | Norwegian tennis player who was runner-up to 32-Across in the men's singles championship at the 2022 US Open (2 wds.) |
| 30% | TEXAS | 5 | U.S.S. ___, first battleship to become a state shrine |
| 30% | OBAMA | 5 | U.S. president whose mother's first name was Stanley |
| 30% | OBERLIN | 7 | First U.S. college to award degrees to women |
| 30% | HST | 3 | First U.S. pres. to travel in a submarine |
| 30% | STLOUIS | 7 | First U.S. city to host the Olympic Games |
| 30% | STL | 3 | First U.S. city to host the Olympics (Abbr.) |