| 100% | OMAHA | 5 | Nebraska city where the Reuben is said to have been invented |
| 58% | NAPLES | 6 | Where pizza is said to have been invented |
| 56% | VARANASI | 8 | City on the Ganges where Buddha is said to have first preached |
| 56% | LYDIA | 5 | Ancient Anatolian kingdom where coins are said to have been invented |
| 55% | OMAHA | 5 | Nebraska city where Raisin Bran and the TV dinner were invented |
| 53% | LYDIA | 5 | An Iron Age kingdom of western Asia Minor, where coins are said to have been invented |
| 53% | CORNDOG | 7 | Fried food said to have been invented at the Texas State Fair |
| 52% | WORLDSFAIR | 10 | 1904 exposition in 49-Across during which the ice cream cone is said to have been invented (2 wds.) |
| 48% | ORK | 3 | Planet where the cry "Shazbot!" is said to have originated |
| 48% | MESOPOTAMIA | 11 | Where writing is believed to have been invented |
| 47% | SPOKANE | 7 | Northwestern city where Father's Day is said to have been born |
| 46% | SEVENHILLSOFROME | 16 | Location where Italy's capital is said to have been founded |
| 46% | OMAHA | 5 | Nebraska city where the College World Series is held |
| 45% | AGORA | 5 | Where Diogenes is said to have sought an honest man |
| 45% | MUNICH | 6 | City in Germany where the beverage festival "Oktoberfest" was first held and has since continued to be held annually |
| 45% | UKRAINE | 7 | Country where borscht is said to have originated |
| 44% | ARGUS | 5 | Giant whose eyes are said to have been transferred to the peacock's tail |
| 44% | ARARAT | 6 | Mountain where Noah's Ark is said to have landed |
| 44% | STMARK | 6 | He is said to have founded the Church of Alexandria |
| 44% | TIJUANA | 7 | City where the Caesar salad was invented, 1924 |
| 43% | OLEARY | 6 | Catherine whose cow is said to have started the Great Chicago Fire |
| 43% | KOBE | 4 | Japanese city where the karaoke machine was invented |
| 43% | CANA | 4 | Town in Galilee where Jesus is said to have performed his first miracle |
| 42% | LEEDS | 5 | European city where the first carbonated beverage was invented |
| 42% | ATLANTIS | 8 | Ancient city said to have sunk beneath the ocean |
| 42% | OTHER | 5 | Side where the grass is greener, according to a saying |
| 42% | HALLEYSCOMET | 12 | *Celestial sight said to have been a good omen for William the Conqueror in battle |
| 42% | SIMON | 5 | ___ Says, children's game where the objective is to follow the instructions |
| 42% | OPEN | 4 | Like relationships where the partners don't have to be monogamous |
| 41% | GOBI | 4 | Where the Mongolian death worm is said to live |