| 100% | SHARPTON | 8 | Host of MSNBC's "PoliticsNation" beginning in 2011 |
| 47% | TIMCOOK | 7 | Apple's CEO; began in 2011 |
| 42% | RETTA | 5 | Host of HGTV's "Ugliest House in America" |
| 42% | COEMCAST | 8 | NBC parent beginning in 2011 |
| 42% | CIVILWAR | 8 | Syria's began in March 2011 |
| 42% | SYRIA | 5 | Civil war locale beginning in 2011 |
| 42% | ICLOUD | 6 | Apple storage service beginning in 2011 |
| 41% | LOTTA | 5 | Host of, in slang |
| 41% | ANTONIOBANDERAS | 15 | Star of 2011's "Puss in Boots" |
| 40% | WWI | 3 | Conflict that began in the wake of Franz Ferdinand’s assassination: Abbr. |
| 40% | ALI | 3 | First name of the host of MSNBC's "Velshi" |
| 40% | ONEAL | 5 | "Inside the N.B.A." analyst beginning in 2011 |
| 39% | NIMOY | 5 | Host of TV's "In Search Of …" |
| 39% | MCING | 5 | A host of, in brief |
| 39% | TIM | 3 | With 43-Down, Apple C.E.O. beginning in 2011 |
| 38% | OPRAH | 5 | Talk show host in the National Women's Hall of Fame |
| 38% | LENO | 4 | Host of a nightly TV show taped in Burbank |
| 38% | RACHELMADDOW | 12 | 2011 Emmy-winning MSNBC host |
| 38% | TAY | 3 | Journalist Sharon ___ of MSNBC and LA's KCAL9, recently laid off in KCBS' cost-cutting measures |
| 37% | VANNA | 5 | White who briefly hosted Wheel of Fortune in Pat Sajak's absence |
| 37% | ICET | 4 | Host of a “Rap School,” in a 2006 VH1 show |
| 37% | CHRISMATTHEWS | 13 | MSNBC host of "Hardball": 2 wds. |
| 37% | YELLOWBRICKROAD | 15 | *It begins in the heart of Munchkin Country |
| 37% | BILL | 4 | ___ Nye, host of the eponymous science show who was a household icon in '90s children's TV |
| 36% | OPRAH | 5 | Former TV host who stars in HBO's "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" |
| 36% | GUYFIERI | 8 | Host of Food Network's "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives": 2 wds. |
| 36% | PEREL | 5 | Psychotherapist Esther ___, host of the “Where Should We Begin?” podcast |
| 36% | ARTFLEMING | 10 | First host of "Jeopardy!," which debuted in 1964: 2 wds. |
| 36% | RANDO | 5 | Party-crasher, to the host of the party, in slang |
| 36% | BRIANWILLIAMS | 13 | MSNBC host of "The 11th Hour": 2 wds. |