| 100% | PECOS | 5 | River mentioned in Yosemite Sam's self-introduction |
| 43% | INDUS | 5 | River mentioned in the Rigveda |
| 42% | TRENT | 5 | “Smug and silver” river mentioned in Shakespeare’s “Henry IV, Part I” |
| 42% | GANGES | 6 | River mentioned in the Rig Veda |
| 41% | STYX | 4 | River mentioned in the Hadestown song "Epic II" |
| 40% | WATUSI | 6 | Faddish dance mentioned in Sam Cooke’s “Twistin’ the Night Away” |
| 40% | SEINE | 5 | River mentioned in "The Ballad of John and Yoko" |
| 34% | ABEND | 5 | V. S. Naipaul's "___ in the River" |
| 33% | PLOVDIV | 7 | City in S Bulgaria on the Maritsa River |
| 33% | KANDAHAR | 8 | City in S Afghanistan on the Arghandab River |
| 33% | NAIPAUL | 7 | V. S. __, wrote A Bend in the River |
| 33% | DANGCARROTS | 11 | Yosemite Sam's cursing of Bugs Bunny's food? |
| 32% | PIANOBAR | 8 | Sam's place in "Casablanca" |
| 32% | PIANO | 5 | Sam's instrument in "Casablanca" |
| 32% | PIANO | 5 | Sam’s instrument in “Casablanca” |
| 32% | ASTARTE | 7 | Goddess mentioned in Poe's "Ulalume" |
| 32% | NAPOLI | 6 | City mentioned in ''That's Amore'' |
| 32% | NAPOLI | 6 | City mentioned in "That's Amore" |
| 31% | SHAMELESSPLUG | 13 | Self-promoter's mention |
| 31% | ADANA | 5 | City in S Turkey on the Seyhan River east of Tarsus |
| 31% | SEQUOIAS | 8 | Giant trees in Yosemite's Mariposa Grove |
| 31% | FAZOOL | 6 | Pasta ___ (dish mentioned in "That's Amore") |
| 31% | FANDANGO | 8 | Dance mentioned in Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" |
| 31% | JURASSIC | 8 | Period mentioned in Spielberg's dinosaur films |
| 31% | LETHE | 5 | River in Dante's "Inferno" |
| 31% | PORTHARCOURT | 12 | City in S Nigeria on the Bonny River in the Niger Delta |
| 30% | LANATURNER | 10 | Golden Age star mentioned in Madonna's ''Vogue'' |
| 30% | BUSH | 4 | Sam Rockwell's role in "Vice" |
| 30% | NEVA | 4 | River in U.S.S.R. |
| 30% | STYX | 4 | River seen in Disney's "Hercules" |