| 100% | GRAFZEPPELIN | 12 | LZ 127 —, German rigid airship whose first flight was in 1928 |
| 35% | ORFF | 4 | Carl —, German composer whose scenic cantata Carmina Burana was first staged in 1937 |
| 34% | PANAM | 5 | Bygone airline whose first flight was from Key West to Havana |
| 33% | IKEA | 4 | Chain whose first store was in Älmhult |
| 33% | AMC | 3 | Chain whose first theatre was in Kansas City |
| 32% | PEZ | 3 | Tablet-shaped candy whose name was derived from the first, middle, and last letters in the German word for peppermint |
| 32% | TAZ | 3 | Toon whose first appearance was in Devil May Hare (1954) |
| 32% | USAIR | 5 | Bygone carrier whose first hub was in Pittsburgh |
| 31% | NICOLASCAGE | 11 | Actor whose first credited role was in "Rumble Fish" |
| 31% | ALEC | 4 | Baldwin whose first big movie role was in "Beetlejuice" |
| 31% | ABBA | 4 | Band whose first hit in the US was "Waterloo" |
| 31% | ALEC | 4 | Actor Baldwin whose first major movie role was in "Beetlejuice" |
| 31% | REBA | 4 | McEntire whose first screen role was in 1990's "Tremors" |
| 31% | HOPI | 4 | Language whose first dictionary was published in 1998 |
| 31% | AUDI | 4 | German carmaker whose slogan is "Truth in engineering" |
| 31% | ARE | 3 | Word whose first letter is dropped in contractions |
| 30% | HOLE | 4 | Black ___ (space phenomenon whose first ever image was captured in 2019) |
| 30% | TESLA | 5 | Company whose first car was the Roadster, in 2008 |
| 30% | ANIL | 4 | Bollywood actor Kapoor whose first international film role was in "Slumdog Millionaire" |
| 30% | SNL | 3 | Show whose first host was George Carlin, in 1975: Abbr. |
| 30% | HAAGENDAZS | 10 | Ice cream brand whose first storefront was in Brooklyn Heights |
| 30% | SNL | 3 | Show whose first host, in 1975, was George Carlin: Abbr. |
| 30% | ANI | 3 | DiFranco whose first name can be found backward in her song title "Binary" |
| 29% | TCM | 3 | Channel whose first broadcast, in 1994, was “Gone with the Wind” |
| 29% | JULIANNEMOORE | 13 | Actress whose first Oscar nomination was for her role in "Boogie Nights": 2 wds. |
| 29% | ETA | 3 | First letter in the Greek alphabet whose name is three letters long |
| 29% | SIA | 3 | Australian whose first big hit in the US was "Chandelier" |
| 29% | MADEA | 5 | Tyler Perry character whose first film appearance was in "Diary of a Mad Black Woman" |
| 29% | FABIAN | 6 | Singer-actor whose first starring role was in 1959 comedy-drama film Hound-Dog Man |
| 28% | ABBA | 4 | Band whose new album "Voyage" is their first in 40 years |