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1. Their name was derived from the title of a Hershel Gordon Lewis horror film about a Confederate ghost town who takes revenge on some Yankee travelers:
2. This name came from an advertisement for a British retail store:
3. This group named themselves after an Australian Aboriginal slang term for a very cold night:
4. This name is actually a British government public assistance (or unemployment) form:
5. Which of the following did NOT get their name from a book or novel?
6. Which of the following did NOT get their name from a movie?
7. This name means 'the juxtaposition of two orbicular oris muscles in a state of contraction'?
8. Which of the following bands were NOT named after a session with a board game?
9. Which of the following is NOT named for one or more historical figures?
10. In Buddhism, this is described as 'the state of perfect blessedness attained through the annihilation of the self'.
11. What group got their name from a Monty Python comedy skit spoofing band names?
12. An Old English folk tale tells of a traveler who enters a town and finds villagers refusing to bury a dead man because he owed money. The traveler pays the debts and sees to a decent burial. Later, the traveler is saved by a mysterious event, which is credited to the dead man's spirit. This story lends itself to the name of what famous group?
13. Which of the following was NOT named after members of the group?
14. Which of the following artists did NOT name themselves after other artists?
15. The story goes that legendary drummer Keith Moon of The Who told members of this group that their new band will fail...going so far and to say it would 'go over like a lead balloon'. The band took the critique and became known as:
16. This group took their name from a classic car made in the 1930's:
17. This band name was derived from an ad in 'True Detective' magazine for a doll head that you put your finger in to change its expression.
18. Which of the following groups did NOT take their name from song titles or lyrics?
19. Your pick...this band named themselves after either a military bomber or a 1950's hairstyle:
20. This singer changed his name so as not to be confused with another celebrity:
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