| 100% | LEUCTRA | 7 | Village in Boeotia, Ancient Greece; scene of a battle fought in July, 371 BC |
| 47% | ISSUS | 5 | Ancient town in Asia Minor; scene of a 333 BC battle at which Alexander the Great defeated the Persians |
| 39% | CANNAE | 6 | Village in Apulia, Italy; scene of a victory by Hannibal over the Romans in 216 BC |
| 37% | ACTIUM | 6 | Promontory in western Greece off of which Octavian defeated Mark Antony in a naval battle in 31 BC |
| 36% | SURABAYA | 8 | City in East Java; scene of a 1945 battle in the Indonesian National Revolution |
| 36% | NEMEA | 5 | Valley in Argolis, ancient Greece; site of a biennial athletic competition |
| 35% | GETTYSBURG | 10 | Battle of —, conflict of the American Civil War fought in July, 1863 |
| 35% | ACROPOLIS | 9 | Ancient remains of a citadel in Athens, Greece |
| 35% | NEMEA | 5 | Valley in north Argolis, ancient Greece; site of a biennial athletic competition |
| 35% | NEMEA | 5 | Valley in N Argolis, ancient Greece; site of a biennial athletic competition |
| 35% | LEPANTO | 7 | Port in W Greece; site of a 1571 naval battle |
| 35% | LEPANTO | 7 | Port in western Greece; site of a 1571 naval battle |
| 35% | LEPANTO | 7 | Port in west Greece; site of a 1571 naval battle |
| 35% | OBERAMMERGAU | 12 | Village in Bavaria, Germany; scene of a decennial Passion Play |
| 34% | BANNOCKBURN | 11 | Village in Scotland south of Stirling; site of a 1314 battle |
| 34% | HECATOMB | 8 | In Ancient Greece, a sacrifice to the gods of 100 oxen |
| 33% | THEBES | 6 | Chief city of Boeotia in ancient Greece destroyed by Alexander the Great |
| 33% | COLENSO | 7 | Town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa; scene of a December 1899 battle in the Second Boer War |
| 32% | CRECY | 5 | Village in France; scene of a 1346 victory by the English in the Hundred Years' War |
| 32% | EDEN | 4 | Scene of a fall, in Genesis |
| 32% | EDEN | 4 | Scene of a temptation, in Genesis |
| 32% | PINDUS | 6 | Son of Makedon in Greek mythology after whom a river in ancient Greece was named |
| 29% | SURRENDER | 9 | To give in, especially at the end of a battle |
| 29% | LEMANS | 6 | Scene of a motor-racing disaster in France in 1955 |
| 29% | VESTALS | 7 | Maintainers of a sacred flame in ancient Rome |
| 29% | BATHURST | 8 | City in New South Wales, Australia; scene of a gold rush in 1851 |
| 29% | SIBYL | 5 | One of a number of prophetesses in ancient Greece and Rome such as that of Cumae, who guided Aeneas through the underworld |
| 29% | NARVIK | 6 | Port in N Norway; scene of two naval battles in 1940 |
| 29% | CROKEPARK | 9 | Dublin sporting venue, scene of a massacre in 1920 |