| 100% | IPOD | 4 | Gadget whose name was inspired by "2001: A Space Odyssey" |
| 60% | CARDIB | 6 | Rapper whose name was inspired by a rum brand |
| 59% | PANDORA | 7 | Music-streaming service whose name is inspired by a Greek myth |
| 59% | LADY | 4 | ___ Gaga, "Poker Face" singer whose name was inspired by a Queen song |
| 59% | RADIOHEAD | 9 | "Paranoid Android" band whose name was inspired by a Talking Heads song |
| 57% | DEEP | 4 | ___ Purple, "Smoke on the Water" band whose name was inspired by a Peter DeRose song |
| 57% | MEN | 3 | Of Mice and ___, "Restoring Force" band whose name is inspired by a John Steinbeck novel |
| 57% | ROMANCE | 7 | My Chemical ___, "Helena" band whose name is inspired by a collection of novellas by Irvine Welsh |
| 56% | ROLLING | 7 | The ___ Stones, "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" band whose name was inspired by a Muddy Waters song |
| 55% | RADLEYS | 7 | The Boo ___, "Wake Up Boo!" band whose name is inspired by Harper Lee's novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" |
| 54% | SUNBIRD | 7 | A feathered creature whose name is inspired by the centre of the solar system |
| 52% | FRAISIER | 8 | French cake whose name is inspired by strawberries |
| 51% | DREAM | 5 | WNBA team whose name was inspired by an MLK speech |
| 50% | ALIENWARE | 9 | Dell gaming brand whose name was inspired by "The X-Files" |
| 50% | NEONTREES | 9 | Band whose name was inspired by In-N-Out Burger signage |
| 49% | AETNA | 5 | Insurance company in the Fortune 100 whose name was inspired by an Italian volcano |
| 49% | OLYMPIANS | 9 | Indianapolis ___, extinct NBA team from Indiana whose name is inspired by the Greek Gods |
| 48% | STEELY | 6 | ___ Dan, "Do It Again" band whose name is inspired by William S. Burroughs' novel "Naked Lunch" |
| 47% | STARBUCKS | 9 | Coffeehouse chain with a siren logo, whose name was inspired by Melville's best friend in "Moby Dick" |
| 47% | MODEST | 6 | ___ Mouse, "Float On" band whose name is inspired by Virginia Woolf's novel "The Mark on the Wall" |
| 46% | PITCHFORK | 9 | Music review website, whose name was inspired by the tattoo design on Al Pacino's right arm in "Scarface" |
| 46% | TOP | 3 | ZZ ___, band with the song "Gimme All Your Lovin'" whose name was inspired by ZZ King and BB Hill |
| 45% | ALLTIME | 7 | ___ Low, "Monsters" band whose name was inspired by lyrics from the song "Head On Collision" by New Found Glory: 2 wds. |
| 45% | BENGALS | 7 | Cincinnati ___, NFL team from Ohio whose name is heavily inspired by tigers |
| 45% | MOUNTAINDEW | 11 | Citrus-flavored soft drink brand under PepsiCo, whose name was inspired by the term Tennesseans had for illicit liquor: 2 wds. |
| 45% | APOLLO | 6 | Greek god whose name was used for a former NASA space program |
| 41% | TOMBRAIDER | 10 | Game whose heroine was played by Angelina Jolie in a 2001 film |
| 41% | IAMSAM | 6 | 2001 Sean Penn film whose title was inspired by "Green Eggs and Ham": 3 wds. |
| 40% | ALBAN | 5 | Berg whose first name is formed by inserting a B inside 73 Down |
| 40% | JAMESBDONOVAN | 13 | Actor Tom Hanks's character in 2005 historical drama "Bridge of Spies" which was inspired by a real-life lawyer named ___: 3 wds. |