| 100% | MALTA | 5 | Nation that is the site of the Tarxien temple complex, built over 5000 years ago |
| 40% | QUEBEC | 6 | City that was the site of three battles in the Seven Years' War |
| 38% | CHICXULUBCRATER | 15 | Site of the impact of the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs 66 million years ago |
| 36% | ACROPOLIS | 9 | Hill in Athens that is the site of the Parthenon |
| 36% | OAHU | 4 | Island that was the site of the Pearl Harbor attack |
| 36% | RFK | 3 | Stadium that was the site of the 1969 All-Star Game |
| 35% | BOYHOOD | 7 | Ethan Hawke film that was made over the course of 11 years |
| 34% | ALAMO | 5 | Texas mission that was the site of a historic battle |
| 34% | ERIE | 4 | Lake that was the site of a War of 1812 battle |
| 34% | PALAU | 5 | Island nation that was once part of the Spanish East Indies |
| 34% | POTSDAM | 7 | City bordering Berlin that was the site of a 1945 conference |
| 34% | MARNE | 5 | River that was the site of battles in both world wars |
| 34% | AISNE | 5 | French river that was the site of three W.W. I battles |
| 34% | ALTAMONT | 8 | Former California speedway that was the site of a 1969 rock concert |
| 34% | ARGONNE | 7 | French forest that was the site of a World War I battle |
| 34% | IRELAND | 7 | Nation that ceased being part of the UK in 1921 |
| 33% | LAOS | 4 | Site of the Wat Phu temple complex |
| 33% | MARCH | 5 | Month that was the first of the new year in early 3-Down calendars |
| 32% | MOBILEBAY | 9 | 1864 battle site that was the source of the quote "Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!" |
| 32% | PALESTINE | 9 | East ___, Ohio town that was the site of a 2023 train derailment that released hazardous chemicals |
| 32% | SINGAPORE | 9 | Nation that was once a trading post of the East India Company |
| 31% | TABLET | 6 | Clay ___, ancient Mesopotamian writing surface that was used thousands of years ago |
| 31% | GTO | 3 | Pontiac that was the Motor Trend Car of the Year in 1968 |
| 31% | EMOJI | 5 | Text picture that was the OED's 2015 Word of the Year |
| 31% | PAULREVEREHOUSE | 15 | Historic site that was the starting point of a noted 1775 ride |
| 31% | ERA | 3 | Mesozoic ___ (time that was millions of years ago) |
| 30% | BECAUSE | 7 | Conjunction that was the American Dialect Society’s 2013 Word of the Year |
| 30% | RYZE | 4 | Social networking site of the '00s that was designed to link new entrepreneurs |
| 30% | ORKUT | 5 | Social networking site of the '00s that was named after a Google employee |
| 30% | CEMETERY | 8 | Yorkville was built over this morbid type of site |