| 100% | MANDOLIN | 8 | Instrument heard in "Losing My Religion" and "Maggie May" |
| 43% | OBOE | 4 | Woodwind instrument heard in Sonny and Cher's "I Got You Babe" |
| 41% | SITAR | 5 | Indian stringed instrument heard in "Norwegian Wood" and other Beatles songs |
| 39% | ORGANS | 6 | Instruments heard in ballparks |
| 39% | REM | 3 | Band that sang songs such as "Losing My Religion" and "Monster" |
| 38% | CELLO | 5 | Instrument heard in "Eleanor Rigby" |
| 38% | BAGPIPES | 8 | Instruments heard in Scottish music |
| 38% | CASTANET | 8 | Instrument heard in Spanish folk music |
| 38% | ZITHER | 6 | Instrument heard in The Third Man |
| 37% | UKE | 3 | Instrument heard in "Aloha 'Oe," for short |
| 37% | OBOE | 4 | Instrument heard in "I Got You, Babe" |
| 37% | ORGAN | 5 | Instrument heard in many a Christmas hymn |
| 37% | OBOE | 4 | Instrument heard in Madonna's "Crazy for You" |
| 36% | SITAR | 5 | Stringed instrument heard in Bollywood soundtracks |
| 36% | BANJO | 5 | Stringed instrument heard in bluegrass music |
| 36% | SITAR | 5 | Stringed instrument heard in Indian music |
| 36% | BED | 3 | Under the ___, location in your house where you may find dust bunnies and lost socks |
| 36% | BART | 4 | Lionel —, composer of stage musicals Twang! and Maggie May |
| 36% | LIONELBART | 10 | Composer of the stage musicals Twang! and Maggie May |
| 36% | OUTOFTIME | 9 | 1991 REM album featuring Losing My Religion |
| 36% | PICCOLOTRUMPET | 14 | Tiny brass instrument heard in "Penny Lane" |
| 36% | ROOM | 4 | Your sibling's ___, location in your house where you may find borrowed clothes and lost chargers |
| 36% | SEAT | 4 | Behind the car ___, location in your vehicle where you may find loose change and lost keys |
| 36% | KEYS | 4 | *Lock openers, and things that might land in a junk drawer when the locks are lost |
| 35% | OBOE | 4 | Instrument heard in Sonny & Cher's "I Got You Babe" |
| 35% | TUBA | 4 | Instrument heard in the theme song for "Curb Your Enthusiasm" |
| 35% | OBOE | 4 | Woodwind instrument heard in The Turtles' "Happy Together" |
| 35% | SITARS | 6 | Instruments heard often in "Slumdog Millionaire" |
| 35% | OBOE | 4 | Instrument heard in the intro to Madonna's "Crazy for You" |
| 35% | BANJO | 5 | Stringed instrument heard in the song "Cotton Eye Joe" |