| 100% | RELAYS | 6 | Penn ___, oldest track-and-field competition in the U.S. |
| 56% | SHOTPUT | 7 | Track and field event in which the athlete hurls a metal ball: 2 wds. |
| 55% | POLEVAULT | 9 | Track and field event where athletes go higher than in the high jump: 2 wds. |
| 55% | HIQ | 3 | What is the oldest academic quiz competition in the U.S. (since 1948)? |
| 53% | LOCO | 4 | El Pollo __: chain in the U.S. and Mexico |
| 53% | BASIL | 5 | Herb pronounced differently in the U.S. and U.K. |
| 53% | STEVEN | 6 | ___ Gardiner, Bahamian track and field sprinter who set the world record for indoor 300m sprint in 2022 |
| 53% | OAS | 3 | The U.S. and Can. are in it |
| 52% | JEFF | 4 | ___ Henderson, American track and field athlete who won the gold medal in long jump at the 2016 Olympics |
| 52% | DEREK | 5 | ___ Drouin, Canadian track and field athlete who won the gold medal in high jump at the 2016 Olympics |
| 52% | LONGJUMP | 8 | Track and field competition for farthest leap |
| 52% | DECATHLON | 9 | Track and field competition comprising 10 events |
| 52% | UAW | 3 | American labor union representing workers in the U.S. and Canada: Abbr. |
| 52% | IMONFIRE | 8 | Springsteen hit between "Born in the U.S.A." and "Glory Days" |
| 52% | SMITH | 5 | Most common surname in the U.S. (ahead of Johnson and Williams) |
| 51% | DOVER | 5 | Kent County city (in the U.S. and in England) |
| 51% | ATWAR | 5 | Like the U.S. and Spain in 1898 |
| 51% | LIAM | 4 | Most popular name for boys in the U.S. in 2017 and 2018 |
| 51% | EXILES | 6 | Manuel Quezon in the U.S. and Kwame Nkrumah in Guinea, for two |
| 51% | NSA | 3 | Security and surveillance body in the U.S.: Abbr. |
| 51% | RPI | 3 | Oldest tech school in the U.S. |
| 51% | SANTAFE | 7 | Oldest capital city in the U.S. |
| 50% | UNITED | 6 | What the U.S. and U.K. have in common? |
| 50% | CALI | 4 | Only place in the U.S. to host both the Summer and Winter Olympics, informally |
| 50% | HBCU | 4 | The oldest in the U.S. is Cheyney University of Pennsylvania |
| 49% | BARTENDER | 9 | In the US, drink mixer and server |
| 49% | CAR | 3 | One of 52 million in the U. S. |
| 48% | ALLYSONFELIX | 12 | American track and field sprinter who won the 2012 Olympic gold in 200 meters and has a total of 9 Olympic medals: 2 wds. |
| 48% | PARITY | 6 | What the U.S. and Canadian dollars had, roughly, in the early 2010s |
| 48% | WPA | 3 | Oldest advocacy group for females in the US (since 1845) focusing on New York State and criminal justice issues (abbr.) |