Eponyms Trivia | Dorky Geeky Nerdy Podcast (Mini #21)

What’s in a name? Well, sometimes that name can live on in a word used in our daily lives. When a name becomes a regular word, we call that an eponym. And we’ve got ten eponyms as the answers to our 10 questions in this mini episode. I’m your host Brian Rollins, this is the Dorky Geeky Nerdy Trivia Podcast, and let’s get started.

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Episode Transcript/Quiz

An advisor or teacher. Named after a character in the Odyssey
- Mentor
Something that is very large. Named for the first elephant to arrive in Europe alive
- Jumbo
A suddent expression of fear or distress. Named for a goat-like Greek god
- Panic (named after the god, Pan)
A photographer that follows celebrities around. Named for a character in the film La Dolce Vita
- Paparzzo
Fragments of metal from a bomb or shell. Named for the British officer that invented it.
- Shrapnel
A form-fitting one-piece garment. Named for the French acrobat that invented them
- Leotard
The refusal to buy or support somthing as an act of protest. Named for a landowner who received such a protest.
- Boycott
A book of maps. Named for the Greek god of astronomy and navigation
- Atlas
The lump of cartilage surrounding the larynx. Named for the first human in the Bible
- Adam’s apple
A stuffed animal. Named for the 26th President of the United States
- Teddy Bear