| 100% | IZZZATSON | 9 | Technological breakthrough first seen on "Jeopardy!" in 2011 |
| 47% | KEN | 3 | Name to the left of Watson on Jeopardy! in 2011 |
| 43% | SIRI | 4 | In 2011, this Apple voice assistant will first be heard on your iPhone 4 |
| 38% | MORK | 4 | TV character first seen on "Happy Days" |
| 37% | EDNORTON | 8 | TV character first seen on "Cavalcade of Stars" |
| 37% | YOGI | 4 | Toon first seen on "The Huckleberry Hound Show" |
| 36% | MONTYPYTHON | 11 | ...this Brit group was first seen on US TVs |
| 36% | OLIOFORATHOUSANDALEX | 20 | Line once heard on Jeopardy!, in Crosswordville |
| 36% | EROS | 4 | Asteroid first seen in 1898 |
| 36% | LOTHARIO | 8 | Philanderer first seen in Cervantes |
| 35% | OBIWAN | 6 | With 39-Across, Jedi master first seen on 5/25/77 |
| 35% | PORCELAIN | 9 | Ceramic material first seen in ancient China |
| 35% | ONE | 3 | Word seen on money, or in "money" |
| 35% | TOM | 3 | First name on "Sleepless in Seattle" posters |
| 35% | MEG | 3 | First name on "Sleepless in Seattle" posters |
| 35% | EDEN | 4 | First place on Earth, in Christianity |
| 35% | ZEE | 3 | First character seen in "Zelig" |
| 35% | WITCHES | 7 | First group seen in "Macbeth" |
| 34% | MATCHES | 7 | Fire-starters using friction, first seen in 1826 |
| 34% | CYBER | 5 | Space starter first seen in ''Omni'' magazine (1982) |
| 34% | CLOUSEAU | 8 | Fictional detective first seen in a 1964 film |
| 34% | BASE | 4 | First, in "Who's on First?" |
| 34% | TOMANDJERRY | 11 | Duo first seen in "Puss Gets the Boot," 1940 |
| 34% | JAWS | 4 | Henchman first seen in "The Spy Who Loved Me" |
| 34% | BB8 | 3 | Droid first seen in "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" |
| 34% | ARCHIE | 6 | Character first seen in Pep Comics No. 22 (1941) |
| 33% | APERITIF | 8 | Taken before a meal, first seen in a French film |
| 33% | CYBER | 5 | Space starter first seen in an '82 sci-fi story |
| 33% | EIRE | 4 | Word you'll see on a stamp bought in Tullamore |
| 33% | EDEN | 4 | First place on Earth mentioned in the Bible |