| 100% | OLEARY | 6 | Mrs. whose cow started the Chicago Fire |
| 72% | OLEARY | 6 | Mrs. whose cow supposedly began the Great Chicago Fire |
| 69% | OLEARY | 6 | Catherine whose cow is said to have started the Great Chicago Fire |
| 41% | OLEARY | 6 | Chicago Fire Mrs. |
| 39% | DIDNT | 5 | "We — Start the Fire" |
| 39% | DIDNT | 5 | “We ___ Start the Fire” |
| 39% | MLS | 3 | Sports group for the Chicago Fire Football Club: Abbr. |
| 39% | OLEARY | 6 | Great Chicago Fire scapegoat Mrs. ___ |
| 38% | WHERES | 6 | Start of the fire? |
| 37% | MLS | 3 | Sports org. for the Chicago Fire and the Portland Timbers (Abbr.) |
| 37% | MLS | 3 | Sports organization with the Chicago Fire and the Portland Timbers (Abbr.) |
| 37% | DIDNT | 5 | "We ___ Start the Fire" (Billy Joel hit) |
| 37% | JOEL | 4 | "We Didn't Start the Fire" singer |
| 37% | DIDNT | 5 | “We ___ Start the Fire” (Billy Joel hit) |
| 36% | JOEL | 4 | "We Didn't Start the Fire" singer Billy |
| 36% | BILLYJOEL | 9 | This Piano Man Didn't Start the Fire |
| 36% | JOEL | 4 | "We Didn't Start the Fire" singer Billy ___ |
| 36% | LIT | 3 | Got the fire started |
| 36% | JOEL | 4 | Billy who sang "We Didn't Start the Fire" |
| 34% | LISTSONGS | 9 | Numbers like "We Didn't Start the Fire" and "The Elements" |
| 34% | IGNITION | 8 | The moment a fire starts; __ key starts an engine |
| 34% | LIT | 3 | Got the fire started, with a matchstick |
| 34% | EDSEL | 5 | Auto mentioned in Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire" |
| 34% | REDCHINA | 8 | It comes after Doris Day in "We Didn't Start the Fire" |
| 33% | COLAWARS | 8 | 1980s conflict mentioned in Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire" |
| 33% | ROYCOHN | 7 | McCarthyite called out in Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire" |
| 32% | EDSEL | 5 | “Hula hoops, Castro, ___ is a no-go” (“We Didn’t Start the Fire” lyric) |
| 32% | EDSEL | 5 | It was "a no-go" in Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire" |
| 32% | COLA | 4 | “Rock and roller ___ wars” (final historical event referenced in “We Didn’t Start the Fire”) |
| 32% | HELEN | 5 | Woman whose abduction led to the start of the Trojan War |