| First word in Vergil work | 25 |
| First word learned by Helen Keller | 34 |
| First word of The Raven | 26 |
| First word of ''California Dreamin''' | 57 |
| First word of ''Cheek to Cheek'' | 48 |
| First word of ''Nowhere Man'' | 45 |
| First word of ''Send in the Clowns'' | 52 |
| First word of ''The Aeneid'' | 44 |
| First word of ''The Raven'' | 43 |
| First word of 'America' | 31 |
| First word of 'Send in the Clowns' | 42 |
| First word of "A Hard Day's Night" | 48 |
| First word of "A Lost Chord" | 38 |
| First word of "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" | 65 |
| First word of "A Visit From St. Nicholas" | 51 |
| First word of "Aeneid" | 32 |
| First word of "Billie Jean" | 37 |
| First word of "Blowin' in the Wind" | 49 |
| First word of "Cheek to Cheek" | 40 |
| First word of "Citizen Kane" | 38 |
| First word of "Frere Jacques" (okay, the English version) | 67 |
| First word of "Greensleeves" | 38 |
| First word of "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" | 49 |
| First word of "Home, Sweet Home" | 42 |
| First word of "Huckleberry Finn" | 42 |
| First word of "Jabberwocky" | 37 |
| First word of "Lycidas" | 33 |
| First word of "Marseillaise" | 38 |
| First word of "Nowhere Man" | 37 |
| First word of "Old Folks at Home" | 43 |
| First word of "Paul Revere's Ride" | 48 |
| First word of "Richard III" | 37 |
| First word of "Rock Around the Clock" | 47 |
| First word of "Scarborough Fair" | 42 |
| First word of "Send in the Clowns" | 44 |
| First word of "Shrek" | 31 |
| First word of "Stairway to Heaven" | 44 |
| First word of "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" | 60 |
| First word of "The Aeneid" | 36 |
| First word of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" | 57 |
| First word of "The Raven" | 35 |
| First word of "The Waste Land" | 40 |
| First word of "Ulysses" | 33 |
| First word of "Winter Wonderland" | 43 |
| First word of "Wooly Bully" | 37 |
| First word of a 1968 movie title | 32 |
| First word of a Beatles song title | 34 |
| First word of a Beatles' album title | 40 |
| First word of a Carroll work | 28 |
| First word of a celebration | 27 |
| First word of a Christmas hymn | 30 |
| First word of a Clement Moore poem | 34 |
| First word of a counting rhyme | 30 |
| First word of a Dickens-inspired band | 37 |
| First word of a fairy tale | 26 |
| First word of a famous Christmas poem | 37 |
| First word of a famous palindrome | 33 |
| First word of a famous song title | 33 |
| First word of a Frank McCourt title | 35 |
| First word of a French motto | 28 |
| First word of a kid's random selection ditty | 48 |
| First word of a kids' rhyme | 31 |
| First word of a kids' rhyme that ends with "moe" | 62 |
| First word of a kids' round | 31 |
| First word of a Latin epic | 26 |
| First word of a letter | 22 |
| First word of a limerick | 24 |
| First word of a Mozart opera title | 34 |
| First word of a Mozart title | 28 |
| First word of a New Year's song title | 41 |
| First word of a Pacino film | 27 |
| First word of a popular hymn | 28 |
| First word of a pre-Lenten celebration | 38 |
| First word of a quotation | 25 |
| First word of a Santa Claus story | 33 |
| First word of a Sarah Adams hymn | 32 |
| First word of a seasonal poem | 29 |
| First word of a sentry's challenge | 38 |
| First word of a song sung once a year | 37 |
| First word of a song whose last word is "Dominum" | 59 |
| First word of a southern celebration | 36 |
| First word of a Thomas Hardy title | 34 |
| First word of a three-word command | 34 |
| First word of a toast | 21 |
| First word of a tropical drink | 30 |
| First word of a U.N. document: Dec. 10, 1948 | 44 |
| First word of an Austen title | 29 |
| First word of an Indiana Jones complaint | 40 |
| First word of an Isaac Goldberg quote | 37 |
| First word of Burns's "To a Mouse" | 48 |
| First word of Carroll's "Jabberwocky" | 51 |
| First word of Dante's ''Inferno'' | 53 |
| First word of Dante's "Inferno" | 45 |
| First word of Declaration | 25 |
| First word of Eliot’s “The Waste Land” | 50 |
| First word of every episode title of "Friends" | 56 |
| First word of every Robert Ludlum title but one | 47 |
| First word of fairy tale | 24 |
| First word of KISS | 18 |
| First word of Longfellow's "Paul Revere's Ride" | 65 |