| 100% | BAYOFPIGS | 9 | Site of a failed invasion of Cuba in 1961 |
| 48% | GUANTANAMO | 10 | — Bay, body of water in SE Cuba; site of a US naval base |
| 45% | TRENTON | 7 | Site of a 1776 George Washington victory in the Revolutionary War |
| 45% | SUTTONHOO | 9 | Site of a famous Anglo-Saxon discovery in 1939 |
| 45% | XXXX | 4 | Site of a tower finished in 1372 |
| 45% | FURNACE | 7 | Site of a miracle in Daniel 3 |
| 44% | PISA | 4 | Site of a famous tilt in European history |
| 44% | APSE | 4 | Site of a mosaic in the Hagia Sophia |
| 44% | ALAMO | 5 | Site of a historic 1836 battle in Texas |
| 44% | SOWETO | 6 | Site of a 1976 uprising in South Africa |
| 44% | APSE | 4 | Site of a bishop's seat in early churches |
| 44% | IWOJIMA | 7 | Site of a 1945 Allied victory in the Pacific |
| 44% | IRVINE | 6 | Site of a U.C. in the O.C. |
| 43% | LAKEERIE | 8 | Site of a key battle in the War of 1812 |
| 43% | ATTICA | 6 | Site of a historic 1971 event in the carceral-rights movement |
| 42% | LEPANTO | 7 | Port in W Greece; site of a 1571 naval battle |
| 42% | LEPANTO | 7 | Port in western Greece; site of a 1571 naval battle |
| 42% | LEPANTO | 7 | Port in west Greece; site of a 1571 naval battle |
| 42% | SPACELAB | 8 | Site of experimentation on a station in orbit |
| 41% | CHERNOBYL | 9 | City in Ukraine; site of a nuclear power accident in 1986 |
| 41% | BANNOCKBURN | 11 | Village in Scotland south of Stirling; site of a 1314 battle |
| 41% | NEMEA | 5 | Valley in Argolis, ancient Greece; site of a biennial athletic competition |
| 41% | NEMEA | 5 | Valley in north Argolis, ancient Greece; site of a biennial athletic competition |
| 41% | NEMEA | 5 | Valley in N Argolis, ancient Greece; site of a biennial athletic competition |
| 41% | UVA | 3 | Campus home of a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in brief |
| 41% | SIZEWELL | 8 | Coastal village north of Aldeburgh, Suffolk, that became site of a Magnox nuclear power station in 1968 |
| 40% | MONTECASSINO | 12 | Site of a Benedictine monastery in central Italy accidentally destroyed by the Allies in 1944 |
| 40% | LASCAUX | 7 | Site of a complex of caves in Dordogne, France, containing Palaeolithic wall drawings and paintings |
| 40% | THEALAMO | 8 | Texan mission that was site of a siege in 1836 by Mexican forces |