| 100% | CAROLINA | 8 | The ___ Chocolate Drops, string band that features USA's Charlotte Hornets' state in its name |
| 59% | GEORGIA | 7 | The ___ Satellites, rock band that features USA's Callaway Gardens' state in its name |
| 51% | DETROIT | 7 | The ___ Wheels, rock band that features USA's Fox Theatre's city in its name |
| 49% | ATLANTA | 7 | ___ Rhythm Section, rock band that features USA's Piedmont Park's city in its name |
| 46% | YORK | 4 | New ___ Dolls, rock band that features USA's Time Square city in its name |
| 38% | ONEMISSISSIPPI | 14 | 2021 Kane Brown song with a state in its name that hit the top 40: 2 wds. |
| 37% | GIANTS | 6 | NFL team that doesn't play home games in the state it's named for |
| 36% | REM | 3 | Band that took its name from a stage of sleep Michael Stipe found in the dictionary |
| 32% | KILLERS | 7 | The ___, "Mr. Brightside" band that derived its name from a fictitious band seen in New Order's "Crystal" music video |
| 32% | SOUSAPHONE | 10 | It dots the "i" in the Ohio State marching band's spelling of "Ohio" |
| 31% | SMOKY | 5 | Great ___ Mountains, USA's mountain range that's named for the blue mist surrounding it |
| 31% | THEROOTS | 8 | Hip-hop band that dropped “Square” from its name |
| 31% | EAST | 4 | Only cardinal direction that’s not in the name of a U.S. state |
| 30% | EAST | 4 | Only cardinal direction that does not appear in the name of a U.S. state |
| 30% | AOL | 3 | ISP that dropped the long form of its name in 2006 |
| 30% | EPCOT | 5 | Attraction that dropped the word "Center" from its name in 1994 |
| 30% | CARDIO | 6 | Informal name for a hospital department related to the heart that is featured in "Grey's Anatomy" |
| 30% | ELO | 3 | Rock band that fills in the blanks of its song "_vi_ W_man" |
| 30% | SPINALTAP | 9 | Fictional band that uses an umlaut on the "n" in its name |
| 29% | SDAK | 4 | Only U.S. state in which the name of the state and its capital share no letters: Abbr. |
| 29% | BOY | 3 | Friar's Fat ___, fast food restaurant that is featured in the "Shrek" franchise and named after Friar Tuck |
| 29% | ABBA | 4 | Swedish pop band that has the first letter of each member on its name |
| 29% | AVA | 3 | Name that fills in the blanks to make another name: S_ _ _NNAH |
| 29% | ASHRAM | 6 | In the Mahabharata, it's stated that a youthful Krishna was sent to see Sand?pan? Muni at one of these |
| 29% | OKGO | 4 | Band that danced on treadmills in the 2006 music video for "Here It Goes Again": 2 wds. |
| 28% | PARAMORE | 8 | Band that played its song “Misery Business” in 2022 for the first time since retiring it four years earlier |
| 28% | STE | 3 | Sault ___ Marie, city in Canada's Ontario that shares its name with a city in the USA |
| 28% | FROG | 4 | Chocolate ___, chocolate in "Harry Potter" that may run around like the amphibian its shaped after |
| 28% | STEELYDAN | 9 | Band named after the steam-powered sex toy in William S. Burroughs's Naked Lunch |
| 28% | PIERRE | 6 | Only state capital that shares no letters with the name of its state |