| 100% | MIT | 3 | Sch. on the bank of the Charles River |
| 86% | MIT | 3 | Sch. on the bank of the Charles |
| 70% | BOSTON | 6 | *City on the banks of the Charles |
| 70% | LSU | 3 | Sch. on the banks of the Mississippi |
| 70% | UTEP | 4 | Sch. on the bank of the Rio Grande |
| 70% | TAJMAHAL | 8 | Attraction on the bank of the Yamuna River |
| 69% | OTTAWA | 6 | Capital city on the banks of the Rideau River |
| 67% | SOMALI | 6 | Lady who was raised on the banks of the Jubba River, probably |
| 66% | ROME | 4 | City set on the banks of the River Tiber |
| 66% | DERBY | 5 | Cathedral city on the banks of the River Derwent |
| 66% | STELLENBOSCH | 12 | University town in Western Cape, South Africa, on the banks of the Eerste River |
| 64% | ERODE | 5 | City in Tamil Nadu, India on the bank of the River Cauvery |
| 64% | ERODE | 5 | City in Tamil Nadu, India, on the bank of the River Cauvery |
| 64% | SILT | 4 | Thick deposit found on the banks of rivers |
| 64% | NICOSIA | 7 | Capital of Cyprus which is located on the banks of the river Pedieos |
| 63% | MIT | 3 | Sch. on the Charles River |
| 61% | LBJ | 3 | Pres. who was older bother to Sam Houston and was born on a ranch on the banks of the Pedernales River (abbr.) |
| 60% | PEEBLES | 7 | Town in SE Scotland on the banks of the River Tweed on the edge of which stands Neidpath Castle |
| 59% | TILBURY | 7 | Port in Essex on the north bank of the River Thames |
| 59% | EYE | 3 | "London ___" (Ferris wheel on the South Bank of the River Thames) |
| 59% | TIBER | 5 | Legend has it that Rome was founded in 753 BC on the banks of this river |
| 59% | CHERTSEY | 8 | Town in Runnymede, Surrey, on the south bank of the River Thames |
| 58% | NORTHSHIELDS | 12 | Town on the north bank of the River Tyne south of Whitley Bay |
| 58% | HUNTINGDON | 10 | Market town in Cambridgeshire on the north bank of the River Great Ouse |
| 57% | BIRKENHEAD | 10 | Town on the Wirral on the left bank of the River Mersey opposite Liverpool |
| 57% | NORTHFLEET | 10 | Town in Kent on the south bank of the River Thames west of Gravesend |
| 56% | WALLSEND | 8 | Town on the north bank of the River Tyne at the end of Hadrian's Wall |
| 56% | DUMBARTON | 9 | Town in Scotland on the north bank of the River Clyde; administrative HQ of West Dunbartonshire |
| 56% | SANMENXIA | 9 | City in Henan, China on the southern bank of the Yellow River |
| 55% | MRSMALAPROP | 11 | "Allegory on the banks of the Nile" speaker |