# Cryptic Band Name Quiz (help us win chocolate!) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 15, 2013, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-band-name-quiz-help-us-win-chocolate/653004 "2013-03-15T14:09:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mavic\_Chen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mavic\_Chen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mavic_Chen)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-band-name-quiz-help-us-win-chocolate/653004/1 "2013-03-15T14:09:25Z")
Hello everyone, our company is trying to raise money for “[red nose day](http://www.rednoseday.com/)” which is a charity event here in the UK. We have been sent 40 cryptic band names to decipher by the boss, the winner gets chocolate. Our department have paid our subs and worked out 36 of the 40, can anyone please help us get the last four and ace the competition? It works like this, the clue might be “Season Females” which becomes “The Spice Girls” ie. season like a spice and females like errm, a girl. The ones we are stuck on are: Job on the side Chocolate bar farrier Frank Planet Honey producer on ocean Thanks very much! ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-band-name-quiz-help-us-win-chocolate/653004/2 "2013-03-15T14:20:14Z")
Aero is a brand of candy bar A farrier, like a smith, puts shoes on horses. So candy bar farrier is Aerosmith ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-band-name-quiz-help-us-win-chocolate/653004/3 "2013-03-15T14:27:32Z")
[spoiler]A “job on the side” is commonly known as “Moonlighting” - there seem to be a number of bands by this name, don’t know if any of them are well-known enough for this purpose but it’s worth a try if you can’t think of anything better. “Farrier” is another word for blacksmith, there is a band called “Blacksmith” but I can’t find any bands which are called “XXXXXX Blacksmith”, where “XXXXXX” is the name of a chocolate bar. It seems there may be a band called “Candid Earth” which would fit for “Frank Planet”, but they don’t seem very well-known either - I was only able to find this link: http: [//www.mp3unsigned.com/CandidEarth](https://www.mp3unsigned.com/CandidEarth) and I have no idea what that leads to as it was blocked at work. As for the last one, “Bee” must be the honey producer, I would think, but don’t know what follows it. Sorry I can’t be more help, you’ve probably thought through all the above already![/spoiler] Ninja’d by **astorian** on preview - at least I was on the right track with one of them! ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-band-name-quiz-help-us-win-chocolate/653004/4 "2013-03-15T14:32:32Z")
> [@Mavic\_Chen](#): > > Honey producer on ocean Oh sweet Jesus, tell me this isn’t [Bee-on-Sea](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyonc%C3%A9_Knowles). ETA: “Frank Planet” = “Bruno Mars” (Frank Bruno, geddit?) ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-band-name-quiz-help-us-win-chocolate/653004/5 "2013-03-15T15:27:05Z")
Misread the post. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2013, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-band-name-quiz-help-us-win-chocolate/653004/6 "2013-03-16T00:18:50Z")
So? Results? Anything? Bueller? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2013, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-band-name-quiz-help-us-win-chocolate/653004/7 "2013-03-16T02:45:25Z")
Job on the side=[Moonlighters?](http://www.myspace.com/moonlightersny) ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2013, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-band-name-quiz-help-us-win-chocolate/653004/8 "2013-03-16T20:07:48Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > ETA: “Frank Planet” = “Bruno Mars” (Frank Bruno, geddit?) This was what I came to say. Frank Bruno is English, right? ---
**Author:** ![Mavic\_Chen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mavic\_Chen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mavic_Chen)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2013, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-band-name-quiz-help-us-win-chocolate/653004/9 "2013-03-16T20:39:49Z")
Thank you so much for the help everyone. We had to hand in the answers by end of business so we put Moonlighting for the Job on the Side but I think Cat’s choice was probably better in retrospect. And Gyrate’s Beyonce had us groaning but I’m sure it’s right. Results on Monday, fingers crossed!