| 100% | FIRESTONE | 9 | Harvey Samuel ___, American businessman who founded the company that was one of the first global makers of automotive tires |
| 47% | WALTERCHRYSLER | 14 | American industrialist who founded the company that made cars like the PT Cruiser, and is now a partner of Fiat |
| 41% | THEKROGER | 9 | American retail giant founded by businessman Barney, "___ Company" which is one of the largest supermarket chains: 2 wds. |
| 39% | BRECKS | 6 | One of the oldest gardening companies that was founded in 1818 |
| 38% | MICHAELSTEELE | 13 | American bassist who was a part of one of the first all-female rock groups, "The Bangles" that created hits like "Manic Monday": 2 wds. |
| 37% | YAHOO | 5 | Company that is one of the pioneers of Internet web search |
| 37% | KING | 4 | The ___ Arthur Baking Company, one of the oldest flour and baking companies that was founded in 1790 |
| 37% | CARL | 4 | ___ Icahn, American businessman, investor, and philanthropist who is the founder of Icahn Enterprises |
| 37% | REM | 3 | Georgia group that was one of the first alternative rock bands |
| 36% | FELIX | 5 | Cartoon character that was one of the first images transmitted on TV |
| 36% | THISISLANDEARTH | 15 | 1955 sci-fi film that was one of the first to use Technicolor |
| 36% | SUEDE | 5 | "Blue ___ Shoes" (1956 song that was one of the first rock and roll records) |
| 35% | AOXOMOXOA | 9 | Palindromic 1969 rock album that was one of the first to use 16-track technology |
| 35% | FELIX | 5 | Cartoon feline who was one of the first images shown on television |
| 35% | INDIEGOGO | 9 | Online platform that was one of the first websites to offer crowdfunding for business and personal goals |
| 35% | INSPECTORBUCKET | 15 | “Bleak House” character who was one of the first detectives in English fiction |
| 34% | GUS | 3 | Skier Kenworthy who was one of the first out gay U.S. Winter Olympians |
| 34% | OMAR | 4 | Minnesotan Ilhan who is one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress |
| 34% | CAT | 3 | "The ___ and the Fiddle," nursery rhyme that may be one of the first poems you learned |
| 34% | CHRISTY | 7 | Mathewson who was one of the first five inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame |
| 34% | TENZINGNORGAY | 13 | Sherpa who was one of the first two people to conquer Mount Everest: 2 wds. |
| 34% | STAR | 4 | "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little ___," nursery rhyme that may be one of the first poems you learned |
| 34% | HOPPER | 6 | Scientist and naval officer Grace ___ who was one of the first three pioneers in computer programming |
| 34% | LANGTRY | 7 | Socialite Lillie who was one of the world's first celebrity endorsers |
| 34% | GODS | 4 | "Men Like ___," 1923 novel by H.G. Wells that was one of the first to feature the idea of parallel universes |
| 34% | BABERUTH | 8 | Diamond legend who was one of the first five people inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame |
| 34% | EDMUNDHILLARY | 13 | New Zealand mountaineer who was one of the first two people to conquer Mount Everest: 2 wds. |
| 33% | BALBOA | 6 | Explorer who founded the first permanent European settlement on the mainland of the Americans |
| 33% | ANNEASKEW | 9 | Protestant martyr who was also one of the first-known English-language female poets |
| 33% | BAA | 3 | Word repeated before "black sheep," in a nursery rhyme that may be one of the first poems you learned |