| 100% | CAIRO | 5 | Where "Aida" debuted |
| 100% | CAIRO | 5 | Where Aida debuted |
| 57% | NILE | 4 | Where Aida sings "O patria mia" |
| 54% | RUNWAY | 6 | Where fashions debut |
| 53% | LASCALA | 7 | Where Renata Scotto debuted |
| 53% | LASCALA | 7 | Where "Falstaff" debuted, 1893 |
| 52% | BARCELONA | 9 | Where the Dream Team debuted |
| 51% | TECHSHOW | 8 | Where the latest gadgets debut |
| 50% | SNL | 3 | Where the Blues Brothers debuted: Abbr. |
| 50% | MTV | 3 | Where Beavis and Butt-head debuted |
| 50% | SCTV | 4 | Where John Candy made his debut |
| 49% | NAGANO | 6 | Where snowboarding debuted as an Olympic sport |
| 49% | SNL | 3 | Where the Blues Brothers debuted, for short |
| 49% | CAIRO | 5 | City where 13-Across debuted |
| 48% | SEOUL | 5 | Where table tennis debuted as an Olympic sport |
| 46% | MANNHEIM | 8 | Where Karl Benz debuted the world's first auto |
| 46% | TORINO | 6 | Where snowboard cross debuted as an Olympic event (2006) |
| 45% | CAIRO | 5 | Where "Aida" premiered |
| 45% | CAIRO | 5 | Where "Aïda" premiered |
| 45% | BROADWAY | 8 | Theater district where Mamma Mia! debuted in 2001 |
| 42% | DUBLINIRELAND | 13 | Capital city where 15-Across debuted in 2007 (2 wds.) |
| 41% | IPOS | 4 | Events where stocks debut on the market, briefly |
| 41% | APOLLO | 6 | ___ Theater, where Ella Fitzgerald debuted on an Amateur Night in 1934 |
| 40% | BREAKING | 8 | With 54-Across, TV drama where 36-Across made his debut |
| 40% | BELGIUM | 7 | Country where the 39-/51-Down made their debut in 1920 |
| 39% | NIGHT | 5 | "Big ___," 1996 comedy-drama film where Stanley Tucci debuted as a director |
| 39% | TRL | 3 | Show where, legend has it, Bey and Jay debuted as a couple |
| 38% | ISLAND | 6 | "Fantasy ___," drama TV series where Michelle Pfeiffer debuted as an actress in 1978 |
| 37% | CAIRO | 5 | Egyptian city where "Aida" premiered in 1871 |
| 34% | ROXY | 4 | New York City theater where CinemaScope debuted |