100% | BIRO | 4 | Laszlo —, Hungarian journalist who patented the first practical ball-point pen |
84% | BIRO | 4 | Laszlo —, Hungarian who patented the first practical ball-point pen |
83% | BIRO | 4 | Laszlo —, Hungarian journalist who patented the first practical ballpoint pen |
38% | ASPDIN | 6 | William who patented the first artificial cement |
38% | SAMUELCOLT | 10 | *Inventor who patented the first revolver [stallion] |
37% | BAUER | 5 | Eddie who patented the first quilted down jacket |
35% | COURIC | 6 | Journalist who was the first woman to guest-host "Jeopardy!" |
35% | CHARLESKURALT | 13 | Journalist who was the first host of 48-Across (2 wds.) |
35% | KATIECOURIC | 11 | Journalist who was the first woman to guest-host "Jeopardy!" (2 wds.) |
34% | HOWE | 4 | Elias who invented the first practical sewing machine |
30% | DIANA | 5 | Taurasi who was the first WNBA player to score more than 9,000 points |
28% | ELI | 3 | Whitney who patented the cotton gin |
28% | ELIAS | 5 | Howe who patented the lockstitch sewing machine |
27% | WANKEL | 6 | Felix, who patented the rotary engine in 1954 |
27% | IDABWELLS | 9 | Journalist who co-founded the NAACP |
27% | OLE | 3 | Evinrude, who in 1907 invented the first practical and commercial outboard motor |
27% | KARLBENZ | 8 | German engineer who designed and built the first practical automobile (1885) |
26% | NANCYDREW | 9 | Fictional young female detective who first appeared in a 1930 book credited to the pen name Carolyn Keene: 2 wds. |
26% | ORLANDO | 7 | The first name of the actor who played Legolas |
26% | ALYN | 4 | Kirk ___, the first actor who played Superman |
25% | HARDYBOYS | 9 | Fictional young male detectives who first appeared in a 1927 book credited to the pen name Franklin W Dixon: 2 wds. |
25% | TOSSACOIN | 9 | Referees do this to decide who gets the ball first |
25% | PYLE | 4 | Journalist who wrote the 1943 book "Here Is Your War" |
25% | WHITTAKER | 9 | Jodie __, she plays the first female Doctor Who |
25% | AIM | 3 | Point the ball at the basket |
25% | OBAMA | 5 | First Lady who penned ''Becoming'' (2018) |
25% | URBANII | 7 | Pope who started the First Crusade |
25% | URBANII | 7 | Pope who initiated the First Crusade |
25% | STEPHENCURRY | 12 | Warriors point guard who became the NBA's first unanimous MVP in 2016: 2 wds. |
25% | KLAYTHOMPSON | 12 | Warriors guard who's the first player in NBA history to score 60 points in under 30 minutes of play: 2 wds. |