Now here’s a band that appeals to trivia buffs on several levels. The name alone is enough.

When John Flansburgh and John Linnell started their alternative rock duo in 1982, they took on an ambitious name — They Might Be Giants.

Indeed the band has grown, and currently includes Marty Beller, Dan Miller and Danny Weinkauf.

But the group got big in other ways, winning two Grammy Awards and scoring a long string of hits, including “Birdhouse in Your Soul” and a new version of “Istanbul (Not Constantinople).”

The band’s name comes from the title from a 1971 film starring George C. Scott as a man who thinks he Sherlock Holmes, with Joanne Woodward as his psychiatrist, Dr. Watson.

The film also alludes to the novel “Don Quixote,” and the hero’s delusion that windmills are evil giants.

They Might Be Giants will perform at the Fillmore at 9 p.m. Nov. 13. 1805 Geary Blvd., San Francisco. $26.50. (415) 346-6000, livenation.com.