| 100% | HILLARY | 7 | He and his sherpa were first to Mt. Everest summit |
| 38% | TENZINGNORGAY | 13 | Sherpa who was one of the first two people to conquer Mount Everest: 2 wds. |
| 36% | ELTONJOHN | 9 | His "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy" was the first album to debut at #1 on Billboard |
| 35% | TENZING | 7 | __ Norgay, first sherpa to reach Everest's summit |
| 34% | MIKE | 4 | With 4-Down, he and his pet tiger were featured in "The Hangover" |
| 33% | STEVIEWONDER | 12 | Singer who signed with record company Motown when he was 11 and gave his first number-one hit at 13: 2 wds. |
| 33% | EDMUNDHILLARY | 13 | Mountaineer who climbed Mount Everest with Tenzing Norgay and became the first climbers to have reached the summit of the mountain: 2 wds. |
| 33% | CAME | 4 | His team won and he suddenly ___ to life |
| 33% | APOLLO | 6 | "___ 13," Ron Howard's film where Jim Lovell is featured as a captain and salutes his on-screen counterpart as he returns to Earth |
| 32% | ALS | 3 | He was feeding f___e information to his customers |
| 32% | SCHUMACHER | 10 | Retired German F1 racing driver who shares his first name with 31a, and according to Forbes is the fifth highest-paid athlete of all time |
| 32% | WHITTAKER | 9 | First amputee to climb Mt. Everest: Tom __ |
| 31% | BRAD | 4 | First Maverick to have his jersey retired- it was #15- ___ Davis |
| 31% | POPELEO | 7 | First religious leader of his title to be called "The Great" |
| 31% | TANTALUS | 8 | Zeus' son who killed his own son and was eternally punished by fruit hanging just out of reach and water that receded when he tried to drink |
| 31% | DEWITTWALLACE | 13 | Publisher and philanthropist who was inspired to create 41-Across while reading magazine articles during his recuperation from injuries he sustained in WWI (2 wds.) |
| 30% | LEDOFF | 6 | Was first to go |
| 30% | LED | 3 | Was first to market |
| 30% | ORR | 3 | He was the first hockey player to have 100 assists in one season |
| 30% | JUNKO | 5 | ___ Tabei, Japanese mountaineer and the first woman to scale Mount Everest |
| 30% | EDDIEVANHALEN | 13 | Guitarist whose rock band was named after him and his brother, and who never learned to read music: 3 wds. |
| 30% | STEVIENICKS | 11 | First woman to be inducted twice into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |
| 30% | GEHRIG | 6 | Yankee who was the first major-leaguer to have his number retired |
| 30% | QUITYOURSELF | 12 | Possible response to "My boss is leaving and I hate his replacement"? |
| 30% | JUDE | 4 | He was told to "take a sad song and make it better" |
| 30% | ENOW | 4 | "...there are evils ___ to darken all his goodness": "Antony and Cleopatra" |
| 30% | YEAGER | 6 | He was the first to break the sound barrier, Chuck |
| 29% | KAFKA | 5 | He wrote "A first sign of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die" |
| 29% | PAOLINI | 7 | Christopher ___, "Eragon" author who published his first book when he was a teen |
| 29% | WORKEDFORPEANUTS | 16 | George Washington Carver faced much adversity, but he stuck to his beliefs and... |