| 100% | IRAQ | 4 | Modern-day home of where the biblical Abraham was born |
| 48% | GENOA | 5 | Where the guy they named Columbus Day after was born |
| 47% | ARLINGTON | 9 | Where the star of 2009's "The Proposal" was born |
| 45% | IRAN | 4 | Modern home of the biblical Elam |
| 42% | NORTHPOLE | 9 | Top of the world, where polar bears are found |
| 42% | GHANA | 5 | Modern-day home of the Ashanti empire |
| 41% | IRAN | 4 | Modern-day home of the classical poet Hafez |
| 41% | GHANA | 5 | Modern-day home of the ancient Ashanti empire |
| 41% | ISLE | 4 | ___ of Man (British territory where the Bee Gees were born) |
| 40% | UCLA | 4 | Sch. where Bruin Walk is, complete with a statue of the Bruin bear |
| 40% | SYRIA | 5 | Modern-day home of the oldest discovered library in the world |
| 40% | ANNHENRICKSSON | 14 | American female tennis player who won three WTA tournaments and was born on the day of Halloween: 2 wds. |
| 40% | ASSYRIA | 7 | Where the biblical lost tribes were held captive |
| 40% | PLAINS | 6 | Where the 39th President was born |
| 40% | PERSIA | 6 | Where the prophet Zoroaster was born |
| 40% | ONTARIO | 7 | Where the Dionne quintuplets were born |
| 40% | ONTARIO | 7 | Where the Dionne quints were born |
| 39% | ITALY | 5 | Where the Renaissance was born |
| 39% | ORONO | 5 | Home of the Black Bears |
| 39% | WACO | 4 | Home of the Baylor Bears |
| 38% | MONGOLIA | 8 | Modern day state of the Khans |
| 38% | IONIA | 5 | Home of the biblical city Ephesus |
| 38% | ORONO | 5 | Home of the Maine Black Bears |
| 38% | CAL | 3 | Home of the Golden Bears, informally |
| 38% | LARAMIE | 7 | Where the University of Wyoming is |
| 38% | CUBA | 4 | Where the Bay of Pigs is |
| 38% | IRAN | 4 | Where the biblical Esther and Daniel are purported to be buried |
| 38% | TURKEY | 6 | Modern-day country where the ruins of Troy stand |
| 38% | IRAQ | 4 | Modern home of where cuneiform writing originated |
| 38% | AWAY | 4 | Where the game is if not home |