| ARBYS | Contrary to popular belief, its name is not derived from its trademark sandwich |
| MOLE | *Contrary to popular belief, it's not blind |
| CREDO | Statement of beliefs, its name comes from the Latin for 'I believe' |
| AIDA | Verdi opera which, contrary to popular belief, was not written to mark the opening of the Suez Canal |
| SPOTTEDHYENA | African carnivore which, contrary to popular belief, is mainly a predator rather than scavenger |
| TNT | Not dynamite, contrary to popular belief |
| RICE | Contrary to popular belief, throwing it won't endanger birds |
| OUR | The "O" in "SOS" doesn't stand for it, contrary to popular belief |
| TOADS | Contrary to popular belief, they don't cause warts |
| ODDLY | "Contrary to popular belief..." |
| HERETICAL | Contrary to popular belief, he edited article (9) |
| SOJOURNERTRUTH | Activist who, contrary to popular belief, most likely didn't say "Ain't I a woman?" in her 1851 speech |
| MAMBA | Deadly African snake that, despite its name, is not black. Instead, it ranges in colour from gray to dark brown, with a lighter underside. |
| IRONMAN | Triathlon that, despite its name, is not just open to males |
| SEASNAIL | An abalone, cowrie, dog-whelk, ocean butterfly, oyster drill, periwinkle or purple topshell; or, a creature that, despite its name, is not a mollusc but a tadpole-like vertebrate allied to lumpsuckers |
| POLECAT | Ferret relative that, despite its name, is not a feline |
| HAL | Sci-fi computer name not derived from IBM |
| IRON | With a symbol derived from its Latin name ferrum, a metal obtained from hematite and magnetite (4) |
| LEAD | Metallic element whose symbol Pb is derived from its Latin name plumbum (4) |
| ISIS | Alternative name for part of the River Thames, derived from its ancient name, Tamesis (4) |
