| 100% | GREYCUP | 7 | Toronto hosted the first __ football game in 1909 |
| 48% | MALAYSIA | 8 | Kuala Lumpur's country that was the first Asian country to host the Commonwealth Games in 1998 |
| 45% | URUGUAY | 7 | Country hosting the first FIFA World Cup in 1930 |
| 45% | JENNINGS | 8 | He hosted the first "Jeopardy!" in the post-Trebek era |
| 44% | EGGTOSS | 7 | Game in which the first player to crack loses? |
| 44% | OPENS | 5 | Makes the first move in a game |
| 43% | PAWN | 4 | The first piece usually moved in a game of chess |
| 43% | OLYMPIC | 7 | The first modern one of these games was in Greece |
| 43% | OPEN | 4 | Make the first bid in a bridge game |
| 43% | SWEEP | 5 | Win the first four games in a World Series, e.g. |
| 43% | OPEN | 4 | Make the first bid in a game of bridge |
| 42% | START | 5 | Word by the first square in a board game, often |
| 42% | LISA | 4 | ___ Leslie, the first player to dunk in a WNBA game |
| 42% | INDIA | 5 | Delhi's country that hosted the Commonwealth Games in 2010 |
| 42% | HEAD | 4 | First body part drawn in the game hangman |
| 41% | LISA | 4 | ___ Leslie, the first player ever to dunk in a WNBA game |
| 41% | MEL | 3 | Allen who was the first host of "This Week in Baseball" |
| 41% | OLDEST | 6 | In some games, the youngest not the __ start first |
| 41% | ANTE | 4 | First contribution to the 33-Across, in card games |
| 41% | SEVENOFDIAMONDS | 15 | First card played in the game parliament |
| 41% | CARL | 4 | Nassib who was the first openly gay player in an NFL game |
| 41% | ENGLAND | 7 | Birmingham's country that hosted the Commonwealth Games in 1934 and 2002 |
| 41% | SPIN | 4 | First step of a turn in The Game of Life |
| 40% | DELHI | 5 | Host of the inaugural Asian Games in 1951 |
| 40% | UNO | 3 | Game in which the object is to be the first player to score 500 points |
| 40% | SCOTLAND | 8 | Glasgow's country that hosted the Commonwealth Games in 1970, 1986, and 2014 |
| 40% | WEAKEST | 7 | The __ Link, TV game show first appeared in the UK |
| 40% | TENTH | 5 | Like the first extra inning in a baseball game |
| 40% | ROSEBOWL | 8 | College football game first played on New Year's Day in 1902: 2 wds. |
| 40% | NEW | 3 | ___ Zealand, Auckland's country that hosted the Commonwealth Games in 1950, 1974, and 1990 |