Audiovisual Band Name Origins, Part 2 by PenningtonJ

Champion(s):

AdamKing


Runner(s)-Up:

RautY
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Quiz Description

This quiz is self-explanatory. Each question in this quiz has an audio or visual clue that illustrates the origin of a band's name.

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1 AdamKing 463 98 00
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Questions:

What band, which had its biggest hit in 2003, took its name from the location in the redacted photo below?

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Fountains of Wayne

What English band founded in 1976 took its name from the redacted phrase from the following passage?

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Joy Division

What British band of the 1960s took its name (with minor spelling alterations) from the unusual subculture described in the redacted article linked below?

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The Troggs

What band took its name from the fictional character depicted on the right side of the following movie still?

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Duran Duran

What band, which had its peak of popularity in the 1980s, took its name from the text under the black bar in the following movie poster?

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Fine Young Cannibals

What band took its name from the cartoon characters depicted in the picture below?

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Belle & Sebastian

What New Wave group took its name from the cropped poster linked below?

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Frankie Goes to Hollywood

What American indie rock band shares its name with the song by a German rock group excerpted in the audio clip below?

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Spoon

What group chose its name in the manner described by its frontman in the audio clip below?

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Twenty-One Pilots

What band took its name from the movie depicted in the following photo?

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They Might Be Giants

What band, which appeared at the first Live Aid concert, selected a name inspired by the comic strip depicted below?

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Thompson Twins

What Grammy-winning act created its name from the redacted words in the linked music review below?

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Daft Punk