Tuesday, December 19, 2017

EPONYMS IV

The answer to each clue below is an eponym - a real or fictitious person or thing after whom or which someone or something is named. William Penn, for example, is the eponym of Pennsylvania. Can you identify these eponymous words?

1. English police officer
2. Refusal to buy, sell, or do business with
3. Popular salad that includes garlic and egg
4. One who is aggressively patriotic
5. Iconic amusement park ride
6. Men (and sometimes women)
7. Hot tub
8. Extra big
9. Narcotic pain medication
10. Iconic children's toy
11. Sudden, extreme fear
12. Shadowy profile
13. Miser
14. Extreme luxury
15. Electrical unit
16. Addictive ingredient in cigarettes
17. Chemistry lab staple
18. Traitor to one's country
19. Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong
20. Ham and cheese, for one

Answers:

1. Bobby - after Robert Peel
2. Boycott - after Charles C. Boycott
3. Caesar salad - after Caesar Cardini
4. Chauvinist - after Nicolas Chauvin 
5. Ferris wheel - after George W. G. Ferris, Jr. 
6. Guys - after Guy Fawkes
7. Jacuzzi - after Candido Jacuzzi
8. Jumbo - after an African elephant
9. Morphine - after Morpheus, the god of sleep
10. Teddy bear - After Theodore Roosevelt 
11. Panic - after Pan, the goat-like Greek god 
12. Silhouette - after Etienne de Silhouette
13. Scrooge - after Ebenezer Scrooge
14. Ritz - after Cesar Ritz
15. Volt - after Alessandro Volta
16. Nicotine - after Jean Nicot
17. Bunsen burner - after Robert Bunsen
18. Quisling - after Vidkun Quisling
19. Murphy's Law - after Captain Edward Murphy
20. Sandwich - after John Montague, 4th Earl of Sandwich, in England

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