| 100% | LIGHTBULBJOKE | 13 | It usually starts "How many …?" |
| 66% | LIGHTBULBJOKE | 13 | It usually begins "How many (whatever) does it take ... " (#36) |
| 61% | SOME | 4 | How many like it hot? |
| 60% | TWO | 3 | How many it takes to tango? |
| 60% | TWO | 3 | How many it takes to tango |
| 60% | TGIF | 4 | How many spell "We made it!" |
| 59% | HAIRLOSS | 8 | It usually reveals more than you want |
| 58% | DOS | 3 | How many it takes to tango in Spain? |
| 58% | PAR | 3 | How many shots it should take, in golf |
| 58% | NONE | 4 | How many countries start with the letter "W" |
| 58% | COINTOSS | 8 | How many sports games are started, involves money |
| 57% | ALL | 3 | How many roads lead to Rome, it's said |
| 56% | NONE | 4 | How many U.N. members have names starting with "W" |
| 54% | AGE | 3 | It tells us how many years one has lived |
| 53% | EST | 3 | How the descriptions of most things usually end? |
| 53% | JAB | 3 | It's usually a left, from most pugilists |
| 53% | OLDAGE | 6 | It starts in the 60s, by most reckonings |
| 52% | BIGBANG | 7 | How it all started, it's thought |
| 51% | GOING | 5 | "How It Started vs. How It's ___" (popular meme) |
| 50% | ODYSSEY | 7 | It starts "Tell me, muse, of the man of many resources" |
| 48% | POI | 3 | Food whose consistency is measured by how many fingers are needed to scoop it up |
| 48% | DIME | 4 | Only U.S. coin that does not explicitly indicate how many cents it's worth |
| 48% | LIGHTBULBJOKE | 13 | It traditionally begins "How many..." |
| 48% | TOAST | 5 | Food that's eaten perpendicularly to how it's usually made |
| 47% | EIGHTBULBJOKE | 13 | Gag about how many people it takes to change the devices of a whole chandelier, maybe? |
| 47% | BEFORE | 6 | “How it started” photo |
| 47% | TOMB | 4 | Q: How did the mummy start his letter?" A: "___ it may concern ..." |
| 46% | TOOTSIEPOP | 10 | "How many licks does it take ... ?" treat |
| 45% | BEGAN | 5 | "That's how it ___." (Started) |
| 45% | BEGAN | 5 | "That's how it ___" (started) |