| 100% | HOOKE | 5 | Robert —, English scientist born in 1635 who built the first Gregorian telescope |
| 38% | JETHROTULL | 10 | English agriculturist born in 1674 who developed the seed drill |
| 34% | JACKNICKLAUS | 12 | Six-time Masters champion who built The Bear's Club golf resort in Florida: 2 wds. |
| 34% | IVANI | 5 | Person who built the first stone Cathedral of the Archangel in Moscow and was also the first person to be buried there |
| 33% | LOTT | 4 | Felicity —, soprano born in Cheltenham in 1947 who debuted at the English National Opera in 1975 |
| 32% | BABBAGE | 7 | Charles —, inventor born in 1791 who built a calculator that anticipated the computer |
| 32% | STAHL | 5 | Georg Ernst —, German scientist born in 1659 who developed the phlogiston theory of combustion |
| 31% | SCAR | 4 | Disney villain who said, "I was first in line . . . until the little hairball was born" |
| 30% | DALTON | 6 | John —, English scientist born in 1766 noted for his research into colour blindness |
| 30% | COMPUTER | 8 | The first programmable __ was built in 1938 |
| 30% | ALOU | 4 | Felipe who was the first Dominican-born manager in Major League Baseball |
| 30% | HOOKE | 5 | English scientist who coined the biological term "cell" |
| 29% | BENZ | 4 | Karl —, German designer who built the first car to be driven by an internal-combustion engine |
| 29% | ELDER | 5 | First born in the family |
| 29% | KRONFELD | 8 | Robert —, Austria-born sailplane designer; first pilot to fly a glider across the English Channel |
| 28% | EDWARDJENNER | 12 | English scientist who is known for the smallpox vaccine: 2 wds. |
| 28% | ARMS | 4 | The first word of Virgil's Aeneid in some English translations |
| 28% | KIM | 3 | & 17D India-born English double agent who defected to the Soviet Union in 1963 |
| 28% | MOTEL | 5 | The first one was built in 1925 in San Luis Obispo, Calif. |
| 28% | AARON | 5 | First in ''Who's Who in the Bible'' |
| 28% | AARON | 5 | First ''Who's Who in the Bible'' entry |
| 28% | ANNE | 4 | English princess who competed in the 1976 Olympics |
| 28% | LAIKA | 5 | Dog who was the first animal in space |
| 28% | SHEPARD | 7 | Alan who was the first American in space |
| 28% | BARNARDO | 8 | Guard who speaks the first line in Hamlet |
| 28% | POOH | 4 | Bear who lives in the Hundred Acre Wood |
| 28% | KEPLER | 6 | Johannes —, German scientist born in 1571 regarded as one of the fathers of modern astronomy |
| 27% | IKE | 3 | Nickname of the first U.S. president born in 7-Down |
| 27% | ARE | 3 | First word in the English lyrics of "Frère Jacques" |