An eponym is a real or fictitious person from whom something is thought to have taken its name. William Penn is the eponym of Pennsylvania. A serious weakness in an otherwise strong person would be his Achilles' heel. Use the following clues to identify these eponymous words or expressions.
1. Frontier knife
2. Temperature scale
3. Temperature scale
4. Mis-speak in a telltale way
5. ALS - degenerative nerve disease
6. Method to destroy bacteria in milk
7. Iconic jeans' brand
8. Celebrated violin
9. Ice-smoothing machine
10. Aggressive press photographer
11. Highest mountain on Earth
Answers:
1. Bowie
2. Fahrenheit
3. Celsius
4. Freudian slip
5. Lou Gehrig's Disease
6. Pasteurization
7. Levis
8. Stradivarius
9. Zamboni
10 Paparazzo (from Federico Fellini's film La Dolce Vita)
11. Everest (after George Everest, British surveyor in India)
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