| 100% | CAGE | 4 | John —, experimental composer whose 4'33" featured no sound |
| 32% | ERIKSATIE | 9 | Composer whose ballet “Parade” features a typewriter as percussion |
| 31% | ONO | 3 | Experimental musician whose name sounds like a cry |
| 30% | OTT | 3 | Sports great whose No. 4 jersey was retired |
| 29% | BACH | 4 | Composer whose work is featured in Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance” music video |
| 29% | HOAGY | 5 | “Stardust” composer Carmichael, whose name sounds like a sandwich |
| 29% | CALE | 4 | Rocker John whose surname sounds like a leafy vegetable |
| 28% | DIEHARD | 7 | No-doubt-about-it Christmas movie from 1988 featuring cop John McClane |
| 28% | WALLE | 5 | Pixar film whose opening 35 minutes feature nearly no dialogue |
| 28% | HOT | 3 | With 4-Across, pepper whose name sounds like an oxymoron |
| 28% | MYSTIKAL | 8 | Rapper featured on the 2001 hit "Stutter" whose name sounds occult |
| 27% | EWING | 5 | Patrick whose No. 33 jersey was retired by the Knicks in 2003 |
| 27% | CAGE | 4 | John —, US composer whose works include 1951's Music of Changes |
| 27% | SCRIABIN | 8 | Alexander —, Russian composer whose Symphony No 3 in C minor, Opus 43 is entitled Le Divin Poeme |
| 27% | GNU | 3 | Animal whose head makes no sound? |
| 26% | SILENCE | 7 | No sound |
| 26% | ZWILICH | 7 | Ellen —, US composer whose Symphony no 1 (Three Movements for Orchestra) won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Music |
| 26% | HOUSTONCOMETS | 13 | Early W.N.B.A. powerhouse whose logo featured a tail but no animals |
| 26% | IVES | 4 | Experimental composer Charles |
| 26% | CHOPIN | 6 | Frederic —, Polish composer whose Waltz in D Flat Major, Op 64 No 1 is known as the Minute Waltz |
| 25% | FIVE | 4 | "___ Easy Pieces," 1970 drama film that features Frederic Chopin's "Prelude, Op. 28, No. 4" |
| 25% | VOLCANO | 7 | Feature no vocal composition |
| 25% | LIGETI | 6 | Composer György whose music was featured in Kubrick films |
| 25% | ELGAR | 5 | Composer whose "Enigma" remains unsolved |
| 25% | NOISELESS | 9 | Making no sound |
| 25% | SILENT | 6 | Having no sound |
| 25% | MUTED | 5 | With no sound |
| 25% | SILENT | 6 | Making no sound |
| 24% | BEETHOVEN | 9 | Composer whose only opera was Fidelio |