| 100% | TUSA | 4 | John —, Managing Director of the BBC World Service from 1986-92 |
| 45% | BIRT | 4 | John —, Director-General of the BBC from 1992-2000 |
| 43% | REITH | 5 | John —, first Director-General of the BBC, from 1927-38 |
| 43% | LEN | 3 | "From the World of John Wick: Ballerina" director Wiseman |
| 43% | DOWELL | 6 | Anthony —, director of the Royal Ballet from 1986-2001 |
| 38% | SCARLETT | 8 | John —, Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service from 2004-09 |
| 38% | HAND | 4 | The ___ of God, soccer moment with Maradona from the 1986 FIFA World Cup |
| 38% | HAND | 4 | "___ of God," Diego Maradona's phrase from the 1986 FIFA World Cup |
| 38% | LAGARDE | 7 | Christine, once Managing Director of the IMF |
| 37% | REITH | 5 | John —, first Director-General of the BBC |
| 36% | MILNE | 5 | Alasdair —, Director-General of the BBC from 1982-87 |
| 36% | GREENE | 6 | Hugh —, Director-General of the BBC from 1960-69 |
| 36% | OGILVIE | 7 | Frederick —, Director-General of the BBC from 1938-42 |
| 36% | MILNE | 5 | Alasdair -, Director-General of the BBC from 1982-87 |
| 35% | PETER | 5 | & 21D Director of the National Theatre from 1973-88 |
| 35% | THENEWS | 7 | Subject of many BBC World Service broadcasts |
| 34% | RIMINGTON | 9 | Stella —, Director General of the Security Service from 1992-96 |
| 34% | SPIELBERG | 9 | Director of Jurassic Park and The Lost World |
| 34% | WITNEY | 6 | "Master of the World" director William |
| 34% | RITT | 4 | Martin —, director of The Spy Who Came in from the Cold |
| 33% | RYLANCE | 7 | Mark —, Artistic Director of the Globe Theatre in London from 1995-2005 |
| 33% | SOLTI | 5 | Georg —, music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1969-92 |
| 33% | JEDGARHOOVER | 12 | Director of the Bureau of Investigation, now the Federal Bureau of Investigation, from 1924-72 |
| 33% | MEX | 3 | Host of the 1970 and 1986 World Cup: Abbr. |
| 33% | MCTIERNAN | 9 | John __; director of The Hunt for Red October |
| 32% | LITHGOW | 7 | John of "3rd Rock From the Sun" |
| 32% | EUWE | 4 | Max —, winner of the World Chess Championship from 1935-37 |
| 32% | IRAN | 4 | Country where most of the world's saffron comes from |
| 32% | FISCHER | 7 | Bobby —, winner of the World Chess Championship from 1972-75 |
| 32% | PAUL | 4 | & 1D President of the World Bank Group from 2005-07 |