| 100% | MONGO | 5 | Planet ruled by Ming the Merciless in "Flash Gordon" |
| 42% | MERCILESS | 9 | Ming the __, villain of Flash Gordon tales |
| 41% | MERCILESS | 9 | Flash Gordon's main enemy, Ming the __ |
| 39% | UGANDA | 6 | Country ruled by Idi Amin in the 1970s |
| 39% | JUDEA | 5 | Ancient region ruled by the Herods in the bible |
| 39% | LAWS | 4 | Rules put in place by the government |
| 38% | MONGO | 5 | Home planet of Ming the Merciless |
| 38% | MTDOOM | 6 | Volcanic peak ruled by Sauron in "The Lord of the Rings" |
| 38% | YUNKAI | 6 | City-state ruled by the "Wise Masters" in "Game of Thrones" |
| 38% | MERCILESS | 9 | Ming the ___ ("Flash Gordon" evildoer) |
| 37% | MING | 4 | ___ the Merciless (Flash Gordon foe) |
| 37% | ARGOS | 5 | Ancient Peloponnesian city-state ruled by Pheidon in the seventh century B.C. |
| 36% | THOUSAND | 8 | Number represented by the letter M in Roman numerals |
| 36% | ELITIST | 7 | Believer in rule by the upper crust |
| 36% | ALBEDO | 6 | In physics, the fraction of the incoming light reflected by a planet |
| 36% | HIGHESTCARDWINS | 15 | Tiebreaker rule in poker, represented visually by the starred answers |
| 36% | APOKOLIPS | 9 | Planet ruled by Darkseid |
| 35% | EMPEROR | 7 | Ming the Merciless, e.g. |
| 35% | EMPEROR | 7 | Ming the Merciless, for one |
| 35% | MONEYPENNY | 10 | Miss —, secretary to M in the James Bond novels by Ian Fleming |
| 35% | MING | 4 | ___ the Merciless ("Flash Gordon" villain) |
| 34% | AURA | 4 | Daughter of Ming the Merciless |
| 34% | MARS | 4 | "Life on ___?", 1971 song by David Bowie with the Red Planet in its title |
| 33% | MONGO | 5 | Fictional planet in "Flash Gordon" |
| 33% | MULAN | 5 | Fa ___, iconic female character voiced by Ming-Na Wen in the 1998 eponymous movie |
| 32% | MING | 4 | "Flash Gordon" villain ___ the Merciless |
| 32% | PETE | 4 | ___ Alonso, Mets slugger with the most home runs by a rookie in M.L.B. history (53) |
| 32% | PLUTOCRATIC | 11 | Ruled by the one per cent |
| 32% | HUMOR | 5 | "My Planet: Finding ___ in the Oddest Places" (essay collection by Mary Roach) |
| 32% | CISCO | 5 | ___ Ramon, character played by Carlos Valdes in "The Flash" |