Stories Behind Band Names
This Swedish pop group simply took the letters of their members' names and arranged them into a palindrome
ABBA
Most of the game takes place in this real-life location which extends throughout California, Arizona, Nevada, and Utah
Mojave Desert
Divide an object's speed by the speed of sound to get this number; passenger jets often cruise at about 0.8
Mach
Take the L out of this ball-in-lane sport in an alley and you get this act of showing respect
bowling/bowing
Quarter-circle projectiles this are known colloquially as a "fireball," Street Fighter was the first to popularize it with Ryu's move called this
Hadouken
This band created in 1973 by two Scottish-born Australian brothers borrowed the name from an inscription off their sister's sewing machine
AC/DC
Doc Mitchell wakes up the player character here, after performing "a little brain surgery"
Goodsprings
For milk in the U.S., this bacteria-destroying process requires 161 degrees F for at least 15 seconds
pasteurization
This sticker identifying the contents of a container drops an L to become this doomed man in the Bible, Cain's brother
label/Abel
This villain from the "Fantastic Four" is a playable character in Marvel vs Capcom 2
Dr. Doom
After an airshow disaster in 1988, this German metal band assumed their name from the air force base at which it occurred
Rammstein
The lawless portion of New Vegas, adjacent to the Strip
Freeside
This planet's four largest moons are Titan, Rhea, Iapetus, and Dione
Saturn
Take the L out of this icy Olympic sport and you get this act of healing a disease
curling/curing
This 3D fighting series is also well-known for its "Xtreme" spinoff games that focus more on beach activities rather than brawling
Dead or Alive
This band shares its name with the 18th century agriculturalist who invented the horse-drawn seed drill; their frontman is known for playing the flute
Jethro Tull
This town was once a motel and got its name from the only letters still lit up on its signage
Novac
About 66 million years ago, an asteroid hit Earth with a yield of 100 trillion tons of TNT, ending this era; Latin for "middle life"
Mesozoic
DAILY DOUBLE
Another term for a merry-go-round loses an L to go party, and get its drink on in a big way
"Evo Moment #37" is likely the most-watched FGC clip of all-time: it features this Japanese player who parries his opponent 14 times consecutively before making a comeback to win the set
Daigo
An Irish band with a black frontman, their name is taken from a 1950s comic book character; they spelled it the way they pronounced it
Thin Lizzy
The airforce base home to the isolationist, weapon-crazed "Boomers"
Nellis
This physics term defines the ability of a body to resist a distorting influence and to return to its original size and shape when such an influence or force is removed
elasticity
A word describing mild weather mildly drops an L to become a major component of concrete
clement/cement
Every Mortal Kombat game (except the first) features an easter egg of the sound director saying this word in a falsetto voice