| 100% | WORLDWARIIACE | 13 | Heroic fighter pilot of the 1940s |
| 51% | POE | 3 | X-wing fighter pilot Dameron of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" |
| 49% | ACESDISMISSED | 13 | "The elite fighter pilots may skip the rest of the lecture"? |
| 49% | POE | 3 | Fighter pilot Dameron of "The Last Jedi" |
| 49% | POE | 3 | Fighter pilot Dameron of "The Force Awakens" |
| 47% | ENIAC | 5 | "Giant Brain" of the 1940s |
| 47% | OSS | 3 | Intelligence agcy. of the 1940s |
| 46% | ALDRIN | 6 | Buzz ___, former astronaut and fighter pilot who earned a Doctor of Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 45% | ENIAC | 5 | Tech marvel of the 1940s |
| 45% | ENIAC | 5 | Pioneering computer of the 1940s |
| 45% | ORLON | 5 | DuPont creation of the 1940s |
| 45% | FALA | 4 | Presidential dog of the 1940s |
| 45% | ENIAC | 5 | Giant computer of the 1940s |
| 45% | GARROS | 6 | Roland __, French fighter pilot of WWI |
| 45% | EVAPERON | 8 | First lady of the 1940s-'50s |
| 45% | HOP | 3 | School dance of the 1940s-'50s |
| 45% | HUAC | 4 | Blacklisting org. of the 1940s-’50s |
| 44% | OSA | 3 | Massen of the 1940s film "Tokyo Rose" |
| 44% | ALLIE | 5 | Pitcher Reynolds of the 1940s-'50s Yankees |
| 44% | PERONS | 6 | Populist power couple of the 1940s-'50s |
| 44% | REESE | 5 | Pee Wee of the 1940s-'50s Dodgers |
| 44% | ZOOTSUIT | 8 | Baggy-trousered demob suit of the 1940s |
| 44% | EVAPERON | 8 | First lady of the 1940s and 1950s |
| 43% | STASSEN | 7 | Nine-time presidential contender of the 1940s-'90s |
| 43% | COCA | 4 | "Rum and ___-Cola" (hit song of the 1940s) |
| 42% | JOSHWHITE | 9 | Singer of the 1940s blues hit "One Meat Ball" |
| 42% | KATHARINE | 9 | __ Hepburn, world famous US movie star of the 1940s |
| 42% | RITA | 4 | Actress and pin-up girl of the 1940s, Hayworth |
| 42% | GROHL | 5 | Dave of the Foo Fighters |
| 41% | UBOAT | 5 | Maritime threat of the early 1940s |