EPONYMS III

An eponym is a real or fictitious person or place from whom or which 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 their eponymous words.

1. Bushy whiskers on either side of the face
2. Garment worn by gymnasts and dancers
3. Cloth used for jeans
4. Revealing bathing suit
5. After-shave, for one
6. Men's formal attire
7. Classic sweater style

Answers:

1. SIDEBURNS - reversal of Ambrose Everett BURNSIDE, an undistinguished general in the Union Army, who was the first to sport them.
2.  LEOTARD - from Jules Leotard - "The daring young man on the flying trapeze" - who invented the garment and was the first to wear one.
3.  DENIM -  shortened from serge de Nimes - where it was first made
4. BIKINI - from the Bikini Atoll - site in the Marshall Islands of early atomic bomb testing - named for its explosive effect upon the viewer
5. COLOGNE - after KOLN - the German city on the Rhine - where eau de cologne was first made 
6. TUXEDO - after TUXEDO PARK in New York City - where Griswald Lorillard cut off the tails of his evening coat to create the first one.
7. CARDIGAN - after the 7th Earl of Cardigan - who set the style in 1850's England