| 100% | TEXAS | 5 | U.S.S. ___, first battleship to become a state shrine |
| 54% | ADA | 3 | ___ Limon, first Latina to become a US Poet Laureate |
| 51% | BLACKWELL | 9 | Elizabeth __, first woman in US to become a doctor |
| 48% | BURR | 4 | First U.S. vice president not to become president |
| 48% | UNIVAC | 6 | First computer to predict a U.S. election outcome |
| 47% | ALABAMA | 7 | Montgomery's state that was the first US state to recognize Christmas as a holiday in 1836 |
| 46% | PENNY | 5 | First U.S. coin to feature a president |
| 45% | HST | 3 | First U.S. pres. to travel in a submarine |
| 45% | YALE | 4 | First U.S. university to award a Ph.D. |
| 45% | VERMONT | 7 | First U.S. state to abolish slavery |
| 45% | MEIR | 4 | First U.S. citizen to become Israel’s P.M. |
| 45% | DETROIT | 7 | First U.S. city to pave a road for cars |
| 45% | WEST | 4 | First word in a U.S. state name |
| 44% | IKEA | 4 | First company to feature a gay couple in a mainstream U.S. TV ad (1994) |
| 44% | LEE | 3 | Rebecca ___ Crumpler (first Black woman to become a medical doctor in the US) |
| 44% | PENNY | 5 | First U.S. coin to feature a real person’s image |
| 44% | DEL | 3 | First state to ratify the U.S. Constitution: Abbr. |
| 44% | DELAWARE | 8 | First Indian tribe to sign a treaty with the U.S. government |
| 43% | ELVIS | 5 | First rock star to appear on a U.S. stamp |
| 43% | JAYZ | 4 | First hip-hop artist to become a billionaire |
| 43% | ROSS | 4 | Nellie Tayloe ___, first female governor of a U.S. state (Wyoming) |
| 42% | LAPD | 4 | First law enforcement org. in the U.S. to hire a female officer (1910) |
| 42% | HINDU | 5 | Rishi Sunak was the first one to become a British prime minister |
| 42% | OHIO | 4 | U.S. state that is home to a year-round Christmas-themed attraction, Castle Noel |
| 42% | MAINE | 5 | Only state to share a border with only one other U.S. state |
| 41% | NPR | 3 | Media network for Susan Stamberg, the first woman to anchor a nightly news program in the U.S. |
| 41% | HONDAACCORD | 11 | First car from a Japanese manufacturer to be made in the U.S. (1982) |
| 41% | ADO | 3 | Suffix with color to form the name of a U.S. state |
| 41% | ANAPOLIS | 8 | Brazilian city with a similar name to a U.S. state capital |
| 40% | WARRENGHARDING | 14 | U.S. president who, in 1922, became the first president to have his voice transmitted on the radio (3 wds.) |