Statistics for Bands by Name Origin (T-Z)

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Band Name Origin	Band	% Correct
Named after the dog in The Wizard of Oz	Toto	90%
A reference to acts such as B.B. King and Z.Z. Hill	ZZ Top	81%
A nickname given to the frontman when he was a kid by other children teasing him about his asthma	Weezer	69%
Suggested because it was short, positive, direct, and memorable	Yes	57%
The UK government's form number for the Unemployment Benefit Attendance Card, as shown on the band's debut album	UB40	56%
3-letter acronym for each of the members' nicknames	TLC	40%
A reference to the literary character Don Quixote, who mistook windmills for giants	They Might Be Giants	35%
Term used by TV studios to describe a shoulders-up shot of a person as 'all content, no action.'	Talking Heads	32%
Named in reference to the aboriginal tradition of sleeping with dingos on cold nights	Three Dog Night	27%
A parody of the name of LA glam band Pretty Boy Floyd	Ugly Kid Joe	21%
Because of mishearing the Beatles lyric "With tangerine trees and marmalade skies"	Tangerine Dream	20%
From a thesis paper that described how interplanetary travel was possible in less than a minute	Thirty Seconds to Mars	14%
Baseball player Richie Ashburn used to yell "I've got it!" in Spanish to avoid collisions with his teammate.	Yo La Tengo	14%