| 100% | TESLA | 5 | Nikola who was a rival of Thomas Edison |
| 58% | ELSA | 4 | Schiaparelli who was a rival of Coco Chanel |
| 58% | MORAN | 5 | Bugs who was a rival of Al Capone |
| 57% | TESLA | 5 | Car company named for a rival of Thomas Edison |
| 52% | NADAL | 5 | Spanish tennis player who is a longtime rival of Federer |
| 50% | KYD | 3 | Dramatist Thomas who was a contemporary of Shakespeare |
| 45% | RKO | 3 | Old studio that was a rival of MGM |
| 45% | GENERALELECTRIC | 15 | Company of which Thomas Edison was once a director |
| 45% | RKO | 3 | Old studio that was a rival of MGM: Abbr. |
| 44% | DTS | 3 | Sound technological company that is a rival of Dolby Laboratories: Abbr. |
| 43% | OTT | 3 | Fred ___, Thomas Edison employee who was filmed sneezing in a 5 second short in 1894 making it the oldest copyrighted movie |
| 43% | ZOLA | 4 | Novelist who was a childhood friend of Cézanne |
| 43% | LEE | 3 | Novelist who was a lifelong friend of Capote |
| 42% | FREY | 4 | Glenn who was a founding member of the Eagles |
| 42% | CAPOTE | 6 | Author who was a childhood friend of Harper Lee |
| 42% | LYELL | 5 | Charles ___, Geologist who was a close friend of Darwin |
| 42% | BIZARRO | 7 | Super villain who is a mirror image of Superman |
| 42% | ADLER | 5 | Alfred who was a follower of Freud |
| 42% | LORCA | 5 | Poet who was a friend of Dalí |
| 42% | SUNRA | 5 | Jazzman who was a pioneer of Afrofuturism |
| 42% | SERT | 4 | Muralist who was a colleague of Dalí |
| 42% | CHRISTOPHERWREN | 15 | Architect who was a founding member of the Royal Society |
| 42% | OTIS | 4 | Baritone Williams who was a founding member of the Temptations |
| 42% | JONBONJOVI | 10 | Rock singer who was a longtime bandmate of Richie Sambora |
| 42% | NIELS | 5 | Bohr who was a contemporary of 67-Down |
| 42% | PAULINE | 7 | Princess who was a sister of Napoleon Bonaparte |
| 42% | ENO | 3 | Brian who was a pioneer of ambient music |
| 42% | EZRA | 4 | Pound who was a master of the adverse |
| 42% | NITTI | 5 | Frank who was a cohort of Al Capone |
| 42% | CATT | 4 | Carrie who was a friend of Susan B. |