| 100% | ARABSPRING | 10 | It began in 2010 with the Tunisian Revolution |
| 48% | GENESIS | 7 | It begins with "In the beginning ..." |
| 46% | ROOK | 4 | It begins in the corner |
| 45% | THEFBI | 6 | It began in 1908 with 34 agts. |
| 44% | RAJQUARTET | 10 | "The Jewel in the Crown" begins it, with "The" |
| 43% | ATLANTA | 7 | It burns in "Gone With the Wind" |
| 43% | RINGCYCLE | 9 | Musical work in four parts, with its first part opening the Met's 2010-11 season |
| 43% | SPACETIMECONTINUUM | 18 | It began with the Big Bang |
| 43% | TIME | 4 | It began with the big bang |
| 42% | IRAQWAR | 7 | It started in 2003 with the bombing of Baghdad |
| 42% | RUTH | 4 | It begins with the story of Naomi |
| 42% | PAXROMANA | 9 | It began with the reign of Caesar Augustus |
| 41% | OPENERA | 7 | It began with the 1968 British Hard Court Championships |
| 41% | EVIAN | 5 | Water with the Alps in its logo |
| 41% | OPENERA | 7 | It began with the 1968 British Hard Court Champion-ships |
| 40% | IRIS | 4 | Eye part with the pupil in its center |
| 40% | RESTART | 7 | Begin from the beginning, or what a person might do when they hit a creative block, and a word with 16a hidden in it |
| 40% | MSNBC | 5 | It began with the slogan "It's time to get connected" |
| 40% | EVIAN | 5 | Water brand with the French Alps in its logo |
| 40% | AMA | 3 | Org. with the Rod of Asclepius in its logo |
| 40% | AMA | 3 | Grp. with the Rod of Asclepius in its logo |
| 40% | HEP | 3 | With it, in the 50's |
| 40% | BIBLE | 5 | It begins "In the beginning ..." |
| 39% | EZRA | 4 | It begins "Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia ..." |
| 39% | MEXICO | 6 | US state with the name of country in it, New __ |
| 39% | LAS | 3 | Paris ___ Vegas (casino with the Eiffel Tower in its logo) |
| 39% | SAAB | 4 | Car with the numeral 9 in all its model names |
| 39% | CATAWBA | 7 | Carolina tribe that allied with the colonists in the American Revolution |
| 39% | ADELE | 5 | One-named singer with the 2010 hit "Rolling in the Deep" |
| 39% | PALMOLIVE | 9 | Brand once pitched with the slogan "You're soaking in it" |