| 100% | BOHEME | 6 | The musical Rent was based on Puccini's La __ |
| 61% | LABOHEME | 8 | Opera on which the musical Rent was based |
| 53% | RENT | 4 | Musical based on Puccini's "La Bohème" |
| 53% | RENT | 4 | Musical based on Puccini's "La Boheme" |
| 52% | RENT | 4 | Musical that was loosely based on the opera "La Bohème" |
| 46% | LIONKING | 8 | Musical based on a Disney film, "The ___" is Broadway's third longest-running show and the highest grossing production: 2 wds. |
| 45% | MERMAID | 7 | "The Little ___," Disney series that is based on the 1989 eponymous musical fantasy film |
| 44% | ALLABOUTEVE | 11 | 1950 movie on which the musical "Applause" is based |
| 44% | WORKOFABRITISHHISTORIAN | 23 | Hitler's blitzkreig theory was based on the _____ |
| 43% | BOMBSHELL | 9 | The musical that's being created on the 2012-2013 series "Smash" |
| 43% | THEPHANTOMOF | 12 | Musical based on a French novel, "___ the Opera" is the longest-running show on Broadway: 3 wds. |
| 42% | ARCADE | 6 | Arkanoid is based on the __ game Breakout |
| 42% | FOREARM | 7 | The biblical cubit was based on its length |
| 41% | SWAHILI | 7 | Jenga is based on the __ word meaning “to build” |
| 41% | EURO | 4 | Currency whose symbol is based on the letter epsilon |
| 41% | FAIRLADY | 8 | Musical based on a novel by George Bernard Shaw, "My ___" was the longest-running Broadway show between 1956 - 1962: 2 wds. |
| 41% | LUNAR | 5 | Calendar that is based on the cycles of the Moon |
| 41% | AXLES | 5 | Highway tolls may be based on the number of them |
| 41% | MARLEYANDME | 11 | Movie starring Owen Wilson that is based on the true story of writer John Grogan's dog: 3 wds. |
| 41% | GOLDFINGER | 10 | 1964 British spy film which is based on Ian Fleming's novel of the same name, starring Sean Connery |
| 40% | LES | 3 | "___ Miserables," musical based on Victor Hugo's novel that is one of the longest-running musicals in the West End |
| 40% | RICEARONI | 9 | Product whose jingle was based on the 1923 hit "Barney Google" |
| 40% | DUE | 3 | Rent is this on the first of the month |
| 40% | IRONWEED | 8 | American Drama film of 1987 starring Meryl Streep which is based on William Kennedy's novel of the same name |
| 40% | OBJECTS | 7 | 2018 HBO series "Sharp ___" which stars Amy Adams and is based on Gillian Flynn's novel of the same name |
| 40% | OUTSIDERS | 9 | "The ___," 1983 drama film by Francis Ford Coppola that was based on the eponymous novel by S.E. Hinton |
| 40% | TEN | 3 | Number the decimal system is based on |
| 40% | DREAMGIRLS | 10 | Musical based on the Supremes |
| 40% | JUJU | 4 | Musical genre which originated in Nigeria and is based on the traditional Yoruba percussion |
| 40% | THERAINMAKER | 12 | 1997 legal drama film starring Matt Damon which is based on John Grisham's novel of the same name: 2 wds. |