| 100% | IOWA | 4 | Where River City is, in "The Music Man" |
| 61% | ORO | 3 | Colorado city, now a ghost town near the Arkansas River, where gold was discovered in 1860 |
| 59% | TROUBLE | 7 | T word that the Music Man warns River City about |
| 56% | NEWYORK | 7 | City where the NBA was founded in 1946 |
| 56% | LIVERPOOL | 9 | City in England where the Beatles were discovered |
| 55% | WACO | 4 | City in Texas where the Baylor University is located |
| 55% | SEATTLE | 7 | City where the Boeing company was founded in 1916 |
| 54% | APIA | 4 | City where the Maota Fono is located in Mulinu'u |
| 53% | WROCLAW | 7 | City in Poland on the River Oder whose German name is Breslau |
| 53% | VERSAILLES | 10 | City in Yvelines, France where the Treaty of Paris was signed in 1783 |
| 53% | EXETER | 6 | City in Devon whose name contains the river on which it is situated |
| 53% | VERSAILLES | 10 | City in Yvelines, France, where the Treaty of Paris was signed in 1783 |
| 52% | EBAY | 4 | Website where the city of Bridgeville, California was sold in 2002 |
| 52% | SUSSEX | 6 | British county where the fraudulent Piltdown Man bones were "discovered" in 1912 |
| 52% | LOS | 3 | ___ Angeles, Californian city where the Hollywood sign was originally erected in 1923 |
| 52% | OMAHA | 5 | Largest city in the state where Lincoln is the capital |
| 51% | RHONE | 5 | European river where the most southern bridge to cross it is in the city of Arles |
| 51% | SEATTLE | 7 | "Sleepless in ___," 1993 film named after the city where the Space Needle is located |
| 51% | BERLIN | 6 | German city where the first United Nations Climate Change Conference was held in 1995 |
| 50% | IOWA | 4 | State where the musical "The Music Man" is set |
| 50% | QOM | 3 | The city in Iran, other than Shahrud, where the Shahab-3 ballistic missile can be launched from |
| 50% | SPA | 3 | Resort where there might be New Age music in the background |
| 49% | GARY | 4 | Indiana city sung about in "The Music Man" |
| 49% | AFROPUNK | 8 | Annual music festival that originated in Brooklyn and is now held in cities around the world |
| 49% | SHIPOOPI | 8 | The Music Man song whose title is a nonsense word |
| 49% | MUNICH | 6 | City in Germany where the beverage festival "Oktoberfest" was first held and has since continued to be held annually |
| 49% | ROAST | 5 | Where one might be in the hot seat? |
| 49% | STEAMBATH | 9 | Where one might be in the hot seat? |
| 49% | DJS | 3 | Is in charge of the music |
| 49% | BENEATHME | 9 | Where "menial" is in the dictionary? |