| 100% | ATTILA | 6 | Historical figure on whom a Verdi opera is based |
| 48% | LATOSCA | 7 | 1887 play on which a 1900 opera is based |
| 48% | LATOSCA | 7 | 1887 drama on which a Puccini opera is based |
| 47% | OTELLO | 6 | Verdi opera based on a Shakespeare play |
| 47% | ATTILA | 6 | Verdi opera based on a historic invader |
| 47% | OTELLO | 6 | Verdi opera based on a Shakespeare tragedy |
| 47% | OTELLO | 6 | Verdi opera based on a Shakespearean play |
| 46% | TROTSKY | 7 | Political figure on whom Snowball is based in "Animal Farm" |
| 45% | ERNANI | 6 | 1844 Verdi opera based on a Victor Hugo play |
| 44% | AIDA | 4 | Musical based on a Verdi opera |
| 44% | RIGOLETTO | 9 | Verdi's opera based on a Victor Hugo play |
| 42% | RORSCHACH | 9 | Hermann —, Swiss psychiatrist after whom a personality test based on ink blot interpretation is named |
| 41% | AIDA | 4 | Elton John musical based on a Verdi opera |
| 40% | MADAMEBUTTERFLY | 15 | Cho-Cho-San story on which a Puccini opera was based |
| 40% | OWNINGMAHOWNY | 13 | Philip Seymour Hoffman's movie which is based on a Canadian banker who embezzled money for gambling: 2 wds. |
| 39% | AIDA | 4 | Elton John Broadway musical based on a Verdi opera |
| 39% | ROGUETRADER | 11 | Ewan McGregor's movie which is based on a derivatives broker who caused the collapse of Barings Bank: 2 wds. |
| 39% | OTELLO | 6 | Verdi opera based on Shakespeare |
| 38% | NETSALES | 8 | Figure on which royalties are based |
| 38% | JANETHEVIRGIN | 13 | The CW show based on a Venezuelan telenovela about a girl who is accidentally artificially inseminated (3 wds.) |
| 38% | AIDA | 4 | Elton John/Tim Rice musical based on a Verdi opera |
| 37% | PATCH | 5 | ___ Adams, character based on a real-life doctor who was played by Robin Williams in the eponymous 1998 film |
| 37% | EWANMCGREGOR | 12 | Actor who plays the protagonist in "Christopher Robin" which is a fantasy film based on "Winnie-the-Pooh": 2 wds. |
| 37% | NORA | 4 | ___ Barnacle, on whom Molly Bloom of "Ulysses" was based |
| 37% | TRUE | 4 | "This movie is based on a ___ story" |
| 36% | BLADE | 5 | Superhero film based on the Marvel comics of the same name about a character who is part-vampire and part-mortal |
| 36% | AHAB | 4 | Literary character on whom Captain Hook is based |
| 36% | SELKIRK | 7 | Real-life sailor on whom Crusoe was based |
| 36% | ATTILA | 6 | Historical subject of a Verdi opera |
| 36% | OTELLO | 6 | Opera based on a Shakespeare play |