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Bands by Name Origin (T-Z) - Statistics
General Stats
- This quiz has been taken 283 times
- The average score is 6 of 13
Answer Stats
| Band Name Origin | Band | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Named after the dog in The Wizard of Oz | Toto | 92%
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| A reference to acts such as B.B. King and Z.Z. Hill | ZZ Top | 80%
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| A nickname given to the frontman when he was a kid by other children teasing him about his asthma | Weezer | 76%
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| Suggested because it was short, positive, direct, and memorable | Yes | 69%
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| The UK government's form number for the Unemployment Benefit Attendance Card, as shown on the band's debut album | UB40 | 55%
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| 3-letter acronym for each of the members' nicknames | TLC | 50%
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| Term used by TV studios to describe a shoulders-up shot of a person as 'all content, no action.' | Talking Heads | 42%
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| A reference to the literary character Don Quixote, who mistook windmills for giants | They Might Be Giants | 36%
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| A parody of the name of LA glam band Pretty Boy Floyd | Ugly Kid Joe | 26%
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| Named in reference to the aboriginal tradition of sleeping with dingos on cold nights | Three Dog Night | 24%
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| Because of mishearing the Beatles lyric "With tangerine trees and marmalade skies" | Tangerine Dream | 22%
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| Baseball player Richie Ashburn used to yell "I've got it!" in Spanish to avoid collisions with his teammate. | Yo La Tengo | 21%
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| From a thesis paper that described how interplanetary travel was possible in less than a minute | Thirty Seconds to Mars | 15%
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