| 100% | YALE | 4 | University where Lupita Nyong'o earned an MFA in acting |
| 48% | YALE | 4 | Ivy League school where Lupita Nyong'o earned her MFA degree |
| 35% | YALE | 4 | Ivy League university where Meryl Streep earned her MFA |
| 34% | ELI | 3 | Lupita Nyong'o, in 2012 |
| 34% | KENYA | 5 | African country where Lupita Nyong'o was raised |
| 33% | HENRYWINKLER | 12 | "Barry" Emmy winner who earned an MFA from the Yale School of Drama in 1970 (2 wds.) |
| 32% | JUNGLE | 6 | "The ___ Book," Oscar-winning 2016 film where Lupita Nyong'o voiced Raksha |
| 32% | PAULGIAMATTI | 12 | "John Adams" Golden Globe winner who earned an MFA from the Yale School of Drama in 1994 (2 wds.) |
| 29% | ANGELABASSETT | 13 | "What's Love Got to Do with It" Oscar nominee who earned an MFA from the Yale School of Drama in 1983 (2 wds.) |
| 29% | YALE | 4 | Ivy League school where Meryl Streep earned an MFA |
| 28% | NYU | 3 | Big Apple school where Spike Lee earned an MFA degree: Abbr. |
| 27% | TOADYING | 8 | Acting in an obsequious way |
| 27% | STARGAZE | 8 | Act in an absentminded way |
| 27% | YALE | 4 | University where Bill Clinton and Gerald Ford earned law degrees |
| 26% | AFROMEXICAN | 11 | Lupita Nyong'o, ethnically |
| 26% | EMOTE | 5 | Act in an overly theatrical way |
| 26% | KOBE | 4 | 2004 Christmas Day moment where ___ Bryant led the LA Lakers against Shaquille O'Neal's Miami Heat in an intense rivalry clash |
| 26% | OCEAN | 5 | Where an echograph is used in measuring |
| 26% | JAPANESEVICTORY | 15 | Where were battleships sunk in an 1894 ___? |
| 26% | AMP | 3 | Where to plug in an electric guitar |
| 26% | HOME | 4 | Where the heart is, in an expression |
| 26% | WINDSECTION | 11 | Where flutes are played, in an orchestra |
| 26% | ANODE | 5 | Where oxidation occurs in an electrolytic cell |
| 26% | EMOTE | 5 | Act in an over-the-top way |
| 26% | COMPLICIT | 9 | Involved in an illegal act |
| 26% | OZONE | 5 | O₃ in an atmospheric layer |
| 25% | YALE | 4 | Connecticut university where Justices Sotomayor and Kavanaugh earned law degrees |
| 25% | ONEAL | 5 | Shaq who earned an Ed.D. degree in May 2012 |
| 25% | YALE | 4 | New England university where George W. Bush majored in history |
| 25% | YALE | 4 | University where three US presidents earned undergraduate degrees |