ROUND 9: Entertainment - Band Names

These questions ask you about the origins of the names 
of some well-known pop and rock bands.


1. This group, formed in 1969, took its name from a book by 
   W.H. Davies, "Autobiography of a ___".

A. Supertramp


2. This British pop duo took its name from the type of retail
   establishment where some of their friends worked.

A. Pet Shop Boys


3. This singer/songwriter named his band after a porno paperback.

A. Lou Reed


4. This British heavy metal band took its name from the title 
   of a Bob Dylan ballad. It's also a mild curse.

A. [The Ballad of Frankie Lee and] Judas Priest


5. This Scottish group is said to have chosen their name when 
   their manager stuck a pin in a map of Michigan.

A. Bay City Rollers


6. This American group took its name from Aldous Huxley's 
   book about his experiences taking mescaline.

A. The Doors


7. This US pop group took its name from a colourful 
   Australian expression for a very cold night in the outback.

A. Three Dog Night


8. This Australian pop group took its name from a road sign,
   punning that their work is "middle of the road".

A. Men At Work


9. This group's name is a deliberate misspelling of the name of a
   high school teacher that some of the band members disliked.
 
A. Lynyrd Skynyrd


10. This band's original name was the politer form of a popular
    obscenity; even this softer form this wasn't enough for their
    record company, who insisted that they add two more words,
    producing a name that alludes to a well-known aphorism.

A. The Mothers of Invention