| 100% | CROMAGNON | 9 | Prehistoric hominid named for the French cave where it was first discovered |
| 42% | EASTERISLAND | 12 | Pacific spot named for the day it was discovered |
| 42% | EURO | 4 | Money named for the continent where it is used |
| 41% | DENVERBOOT | 10 | Car-immobilizing device named for the city where it was invented |
| 41% | TECATE | 6 | Mexican beer named for the city it was first produced in |
| 41% | ADELPHI | 7 | Long Island university named for the Brooklyn street where it was founded |
| 35% | WATERLOO | 8 | 1974 ABBA song named for the place where Napoleon was defeated |
| 35% | ADA | 3 | Oklahoma city named for the daughter of its first 4-Down |
| 35% | ELNINO | 6 | It was named for the infant Jesus |
| 34% | MOSELLE | 7 | White wine named for the European river valley where it's produced |
| 34% | ATL | 3 | Coming-of-age film named for the city where it's set |
| 33% | RADIO | 5 | It was used to play music for the first time in 1906 |
| 33% | POTAUFEU | 8 | French dish named for the method used to cook it |
| 33% | IKE | 3 | Nickname for the president whose first name was actually Dwight |
| 33% | GOBI | 4 | Where the first velociraptor fossil was discovered (1923) |
| 33% | CHAMONIX | 8 | French resort where the first Winter Olympics were held |
| 33% | GOBI | 4 | Its name is from the Mongolian for "waterless place" |
| 33% | ETNA | 4 | Its name is derived from the Greek for "I burn" |
| 32% | TIGERSLAM | 9 | Winning four consecutive majors over a two-year span, as named for the first to do it |
| 32% | BROCA | 5 | French physician for whom a part of the brain is named |
| 32% | JANUS | 5 | Roman god for whom the first month is named |
| 32% | MYST | 4 | 1990s computer game named after the fictional island where it was set |
| 32% | BROCA | 5 | French physician Paul for whom an area of the brain is named |
| 32% | ALCOA | 5 | Its first two letters are the chemical symbol for what it produces |
| 32% | RAIN | 4 | Its name in Botswana is the same as the word for "money" |
| 31% | CLARINET | 8 | Mozart was the first major composer to write specifically for it |
| 31% | YAHOO | 5 | Its first name was Jerry and David’s Guide to the World Wide Web |
| 31% | PORT | 4 | Wine whose name is the first half of its country of origin |
| 31% | OSLO | 4 | Tony-winning 2017 play named for the Scandinavian city where it takes place |
| 31% | KEANU | 5 | Actor Reeves whose first name is Hawaiian for "cool breeze over the mountains" |