| 100% | MAXIM | 5 | Hiram —, US-born inventor of the first automatic machine gun |
| 91% | HIRAMMAXIM | 10 | US-born inventor of the first automatic machine gun |
| 90% | HIRAM | 5 | & 25A US-born inventor of the first automatic machine gun |
| 49% | ELIASHOWE | 9 | US inventor of the sewing machine |
| 48% | IKE | 3 | Nickname of the first U.S. president born in 7-Down |
| 45% | KARLBENZ | 8 | Inventor of the first motorcar |
| 44% | PAULCORNU | 9 | Inventor of the first successful piloted copter |
| 44% | SINCLAIR | 8 | Inventor of the first pocket calculator: Clive __ |
| 44% | DEERE | 5 | Inventor of the first commercially successful steel plow |
| 43% | ELIWHITNEY | 10 | Inventor of the cotton gin |
| 43% | BOBMOOG | 7 | Inventor of the first commercially available electronic instrument, a synthesizer |
| 42% | ELI | 3 | Inventor of the cotton gin, ___ Whitney |
| 42% | WHOISHOWE | 9 | … Inventor of the sewing machine |
| 41% | MEIKLE | 6 | Andrew __; inventor of the threshing machine |
| 41% | WHITNEY | 7 | Eli, inventor of the cotton gin |
| 41% | DOCBROWN | 8 | Inventor of the Back to the Future time machine |
| 41% | VAUGHAN | 7 | Philip __; Welsh inventor of the ball bearing |
| 40% | FAYETTEVILLE | 12 | Where Senator Hiram Rhodes Revels, first African American to serve in the U.S. Congress, was born |
| 40% | ELIASHOWE | 9 | Inventor of the modern sewing machine: 2 wds. |
| 40% | OSLO | 4 | Home of the first U.N. secretary general |
| 40% | ANNLEE | 6 | Founder of the first U.S. Shaker colony |
| 40% | DELAWARE | 8 | The First State of the US |
| 40% | ABE | 3 | Nickname of the first Republican president of the US |
| 40% | ABE | 3 | Nickname of the first US president to be assassinated |
| 39% | OSAKA | 5 | Home of the first Universal Studios outside the U.S. |
| 39% | LESPAUL | 7 | US inventor of the solid body electric guitar |
| 39% | EDISON | 6 | US inventor of the phonograph and light bulb |
| 38% | HARRIS | 6 | The first female vice president-elect of the US |
| 38% | TCCHEN | 6 | Scorer of the first double eagle in U.S. Open history, 1985 |
| 37% | DONALD | 6 | The first name of a Disney Duck and a US president |