| 100% | HIQ | 3 | What is the oldest academic quiz competition in the U.S. (since 1948)? |
| 49% | FLAG | 4 | What Old Glory is, in the US |
| 48% | MARINECORPS | 11 | Group whose band is the oldest professional music ensemble in the U.S. |
| 46% | RELAYS | 6 | Penn ___, oldest track-and-field competition in the U.S. |
| 45% | DDT | 3 | It's been banned in the U.S. since 1972 |
| 45% | PCBS | 4 | They've been banned in the U.S. since '79 |
| 44% | PAPERBAG | 8 | What was "on my knee" in "Back in the U.S.S.R." |
| 43% | LAWNDARTS | 9 | Outdoor game whose sale has been banned in the U.S. since 1988 |
| 43% | TWOCENTS | 8 | In the US, what one's opinion is said to be worth |
| 42% | EMMA | 4 | Girls' name that's been top five in the U.S. every year since 2002 |
| 41% | HBCU | 4 | The oldest in the U.S. is Cheyney University of Pennsylvania |
| 41% | MOOSE | 5 | What Rocky the Flying Squirrel's friend Bullwinkle is, in old cartoons |
| 40% | STLOUIS | 7 | __ Cathedral is the oldest in the US |
| 40% | ABS | 3 | What stops all new cars sold in the US since 2013 |
| 39% | STU | 3 | Rasmussen who was the first openly transgender mayor in the U.S. |
| 39% | ONE | 3 | ___ dollar bill, currency that has George Washington's portrait and is the oldest design in U.S. currency history |
| 38% | RPI | 3 | Oldest tech school in the U.S. |
| 38% | SANTAFE | 7 | Oldest capital city in the U.S. |
| 38% | RPI | 3 | Oldest tech sch. in the U.S., founded in 1824 |
| 38% | FOOTBALL | 8 | UK name for what is soccer in the US |
| 38% | PCB | 3 | Pollutant banned in the U.S. since 1979: Abbr. |
| 38% | LAWNDART | 8 | Backyard projectile banned in the U.S. since 1988 |
| 37% | GOOD | 4 | ___ & Plenty, licorice candy brand believed to be the oldest branded candy in the US |
| 37% | VERB | 4 | What "man" actually is in the sentence "The old man the boat" |
| 37% | LIFT | 4 | UK word for what is an elevator in the US |
| 37% | HOMERULE | 8 | What the Faroe Islands were granted in 1948 |
| 37% | NATO | 4 | The U.S. is in it |
| 37% | MALL | 4 | The largest one in the U.S. is in Bloomington, Minn. |
| 37% | DAM | 3 | The tallest one in the U.S. is California's Oroville |
| 37% | PRIZE | 5 | What may be on the line in a competition |