EPONYMS V

The answer to each clue below is an eponym. That is, the name of the product is based on the person who invented it. For example, the mason jar is named after its creator, John Mason. Can you supply the eponymous names of the products describe below?

1. Public opinion survey

2. Radioactivity monitor

3. Pie crust ingredient, perhaps

4. Life-saving help for choking victims

5. Road-surfacing material

6. Container to hold bacterial cultures

7. Metal fastener with a slotted cross, on top

8. Earthquake severity measure

9. Wildly popular 3-D puzzle of the '80's

10. Air-tight containers for storing food

11. Psychological evaluation tool using ink blots

12. Wind instrument related to the flute and clarinet 

 

Answers:

 

1. Gallup poll - after George Gallup

2. Geiger counter - after Hans Geiger

3. Graham cracker - after Rev. Sylvester Graham

4. Heimlich Maneuver - after Henry Heimlich

5. Macadam - after John McAdam

6. Petri dish - after Julius Petri

7. Phillips screwhead/scrwdriver - after Henry Phillips

8. Richter Scale - after Charles Richter

9. Rubik's Cube - after Erno Rubik

10. Tupperware - after Earl Tupper

11. Rorschach Test - after HermannRorschach

12. Saxophone - after Adolphe Sax