| 100% | LOSALAMOS | 9 | Town in New Mexico, US, where the first atomic bomb was developed |
| 69% | OTERO | 5 | New Mexico county where the first atomic bomb was exploded |
| 41% | JOHN | 4 | In 1912, 24,587 new male babies in the US were given this first name |
| 40% | FAYETTEVILLE | 12 | Where Senator Hiram Rhodes Revels, first African American to serve in the U.S. Congress, was born |
| 40% | ENOLAGAY | 8 | Plane that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945 |
| 39% | SUSANAMARTINEZ | 14 | In 2010, she became the first woman to be elected governor of New Mexico: 2 wds. |
| 38% | ALBUQUERQUE | 11 | Largest city in New Mexico, US, on the Rio Grande |
| 38% | GALLUP | 6 | New Mexico town mentioned in the hit "Route 66" |
| 38% | TAOS | 4 | New Mexico town in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains |
| 38% | CAPE | 4 | Where the Pilgrims first landed in the New World |
| 37% | ADENYEMEN | 9 | Where the U.S.S. Cole was attacked in 2000 |
| 37% | FIRST | 5 | Where the U.N. is in Manhattan, with 27-Across |
| 37% | ROSWELL | 7 | City in New Mexico, US, that housed the Walker Air Force Base from 1942-67 |
| 37% | ASIA | 4 | Where the Olympics were held for the first time in 1964 |
| 37% | BERLIN | 6 | German city where the first United Nations Climate Change Conference was held in 1995 |
| 36% | ACTS | 4 | Where the word "Christian" is first used in the Bible |
| 36% | IDAHO | 5 | Where Moscow can be seen in the US |
| 36% | UTICA | 5 | New York city where the first "Woolworth's Great Five Cent Store" opened in 1879 |
| 36% | CANA | 4 | Town in Galilee where Jesus is said to have performed his first miracle |
| 36% | BALLOON | 7 | Albuquerque, New Mexico hosts the largest ___ festival in the U.S. |
| 36% | EBAY | 4 | Website where the town of Bridgeville, California was sold in 2002 |
| 36% | NAGANO | 6 | Where the U.S. won the first gold medal in women's ice hockey |
| 36% | ORLEANS | 7 | New __ is called "The Birthplace of Jazz" in the US |
| 35% | EMMEN | 5 | New town in the NE Netherlands developed since World War II |
| 35% | GUAC | 4 | Dip that was first developed in Mexico, for short |
| 35% | SUMNER | 6 | Fort __, New Mexico: where Billy the Kid was shot |
| 35% | ABBA | 4 | Band whose first hit in the US was "Waterloo" |
| 35% | SWITZERLAND | 11 | Guess where the first cheese factory was established in 1815? Hint: Zurich's country |
| 35% | EMMEN | 5 | New town in Drenthe, northeast Netherlands, developed since the Second World War |
| 35% | TEXAS | 5 | Where Paris (pop. 24,476) can be found in the U.S. |