| 100% | LIGETI | 6 | Composer György whose music is featured prominently in “2001: A Space Odyssey” |
| 56% | LIGETI | 6 | Composer György whose music was featured in Kubrick films |
| 46% | BACH | 4 | Composer whose work is featured in Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance” music video |
| 45% | ABBA | 4 | Band whose songs are featured in a hit 2001 musical and 2018 movie |
| 44% | ABBA | 4 | Group whose music is featured in "Mamma Mia!" |
| 43% | ABBA | 4 | Swedish pop group whose music is featured in "Mamma Mia!" |
| 43% | ABBA | 4 | Swedish pop group whose music is featured in "Muriel's Wedding" |
| 43% | SKATEPUNK | 9 | Rock subgenre whose music is featured in "Tony Hawk's" games |
| 43% | ABBA | 4 | Swedish pop group whose music was featured in "Muriel's Wedding" |
| 43% | ELO | 3 | Band whose music was featured in the movie "Xanadu," for short |
| 42% | ARTHURCCLARKE | 13 | "2001: A Space Odyssey" novelist who was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in 1997 (3 wds.) |
| 41% | IPOD | 4 | Gadget whose name was inspired by "2001: A Space Odyssey" |
| 40% | ABBA | 4 | Pop group whose music was the basis of a hit 2001 Broadway musical |
| 39% | ARTHURCCLARKE | 13 | "2001: A Space Odyssey" author, knighted in 2000: 3 wds. |
| 39% | HAL | 3 | Computer in "2001: A Space Odyssey" |
| 39% | DAVE | 4 | Protagonist in "2001: A Space Odyssey" |
| 38% | UTAH | 4 | State whose flag will feature a beehive beginning in 2024 |
| 38% | APES | 4 | Extras in ''2001: A Space Odyssey'' |
| 38% | HAL | 3 | Evil computer in "2001: A Space Odyssey" |
| 38% | HAL | 3 | Creepy computer in "2001: A Space Odyssey" |
| 38% | HAL | 3 | Sinister computer in "2001: A Space Odyssey" |
| 38% | HAL | 3 | Menacing computer in "2001: A Space Odyssey" |
| 38% | HAL | 3 | Villainous computer in "2001: A Space Odyssey" |
| 38% | HAL | 3 | Talking computer in "2001: A Space Odyssey" |
| 38% | HAL | 3 | Rogue computer in "2001: A Space Odyssey" |
| 38% | HAL | 3 | Untrustworthy computer in "2001: A Space Odyssey" |
| 38% | HAL | 3 | Murderous computer in "2001: A Space Odyssey" |
| 38% | HAL | 3 | AI character in "2001: A Space Odyssey" |
| 38% | BACH | 4 | Baroque composer whose music was sent into space on the Voyager probes |
| 37% | HOSTILECOMPUTER | 15 | HAL 9000, in "2001: A Space Odyssey"? |