| 100% | NOTREDAME | 9 | Winner over Ohio State in 1935's so-called "Game of the Century" |
| 40% | STARINGCONTEST | 14 | Game that's over in the blink of an eye |
| 38% | WARFARE | 7 | It's the W in Call of Duty's MW gaming franchise |
| 37% | MAYA | 4 | Moore whom Sports Illustrated called the "greatest winner in the history of women's basketball" |
| 36% | CYCLONES | 8 | Nickname of the Iowa State University men's basketball team who defeated Houston in the 2023-'24 Big 12 Conference championship game |
| 35% | GAMECOCKS | 9 | Nickname of the University of South Carolina women's basketball team who defeated Louisiana State in the 2023-'24 Southeast Conference championship game |
| 35% | LONGHORNS | 9 | Nickname of the University of Texas women's basketball team who defeated Iowa State in the 2023-'24 Big 12 Conference championship game |
| 35% | PELE | 4 | Joint winner of FIFA's Player of the Century award in 2000 |
| 35% | WOLFPACK | 8 | Nickname of the North Carolina State University men's basketball team who defeated North Carolina in the 2023-'24 Atlantic Coast Conference championship game |
| 35% | ASTROS | 6 | Winners of the longest postseason game in major-league history (18 innings, 2005) |
| 34% | WALKOFFSHAME | 12 | Humiliation of the pitcher who gives up the game winner in the bottom of the ninth? |
| 33% | ALA | 3 | State in which The CW's "Hart of Dixie" is set (Abbr.) |
| 33% | ALI | 3 | Winner of boxing's "Rumble in the Jungle" |
| 33% | MODELT | 6 | Car of the Century winner, 1999 |
| 32% | LENDL | 5 | Winner of three consecutive U.S. Opens in the 1980s |
| 32% | HAWKS | 5 | Atlanta ___, NBA team that has won 170 games in the playoffs over the course of their history |
| 32% | CELTICS | 7 | Boston ___, NBA team that has won 407 games in the playoffs over the course of their history |
| 32% | PISTONS | 7 | Detroit ___, NBA team that has won 189 games in the playoffs over the course of their history |
| 32% | SOUSAPHONE | 10 | It dots the "i" in the Ohio State marching band's spelling of "Ohio" |
| 32% | KENO | 4 | Game introduced to the U.S. by Chinese immigrants in the 19th century |
| 32% | LION | 4 | So-called "king of the jungle" that actually lives in grasslands |
| 32% | AIDA | 4 | The “A” in the so-called ABCs of Opera, the most-performed operas in the Met’s history |
| 32% | TWENTYONE | 9 | Number of the century we're living in now |
| 32% | POWELL | 6 | U.S. secretary of state raised in the Bronx |
| 32% | KANSAS | 6 | Dorothy's home state in the Wizard of Oz |
| 32% | WABASH | 6 | River in the title of Indiana's state song |
| 32% | BOISE | 5 | State capital in the so-called "Treasure Valley" |
| 32% | KNICKS | 6 | New York ___, NBA team that has won 193 games in the playoffs over the course of their history |
| 32% | LAKERS | 6 | Los Angeles ___, NBA team that has won 466 games in the playoffs over the course of their history |
| 32% | SPURS | 5 | San Antonio ___, NBA team that has won 222 games in the playoffs over the course of their history |