| 100% | KEARNEY | 7 | Site of the Archway, honoring the local role in westward expansion |
| 40% | BOSTON | 6 | Site of the world's first city marathon in 1897 |
| 40% | WALLST | 6 | Site of the first "Occupy" protests, in brief |
| 40% | TONY | 4 | ___ Award, honor earned by Lauren Bacall for her Broadway roles in "Applause" and "Woman of the Year" |
| 39% | METZ | 4 | Site of the oldest church in France |
| 39% | EAR | 3 | Site of the smallest bone in the body |
| 39% | MTETNA | 6 | Site of the forges of Hephaestus, in myth |
| 39% | LIMA | 4 | Site of the oldest university in South America |
| 39% | GREENWICH | 9 | Site of the original Royal Observatory in London |
| 39% | BARCELONA | 9 | Site of the largest sports arena in Europe |
| 39% | APSE | 4 | Site of a mosaic in the Hagia Sophia |
| 38% | EAR | 3 | Site of the smallest bone in the human body |
| 38% | EAR | 3 | Site of the three smallest bones in the body |
| 38% | OAHU | 4 | Site of the only royal palace in the US |
| 38% | MTIDA | 5 | Site of the Cave of Zeus, in myth: Abbr. |
| 38% | STKITTS | 7 | Site of the first British colony in the Caribbean, 1624 |
| 38% | RIO | 3 | Site of the largest carnival in the world, per Guinness |
| 38% | CHURCHROCK | 10 | Site of the largest radioactive spill in U.S. history |
| 37% | JUNOBEACH | 9 | Normandy landing site of the Canadians in 1944 |
| 37% | SENLAC | 6 | — Hill, site of the Battle of Hastings in 1066 |
| 37% | NERO | 4 | Role in "The Sign of the Cross" |
| 37% | MSG | 3 | Site of the Democratic National Convention in 1976, 1980, and 1992 (abbr.) |
| 37% | ACROPOLIS | 9 | Hill in Athens that is the site of the Parthenon |
| 36% | FORTKNOX | 8 | Army post in Kentucky; site of the US Bullion Depository |
| 36% | ZAIRE | 5 | Site of Ali's Rumble in the Jungle |
| 36% | SIDEWALK | 8 | Site of some summer suppers in the city |
| 36% | QUA | 3 | In the role of |
| 36% | SERVINGAS | 9 | In the role of |
| 36% | ADELE | 5 | She won Album of the Year honors in 2012 and 2017 |
| 36% | MLK | 3 | Initials of the reverend with a January holiday in his honor |