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Mini 21 | Eponyms Trivia

Posted on May 19, 2023October 30, 2023 by Brian Rollins

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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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.

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

And that’s it for our twenty-first mini episode. Did I miss an eponym you think should have been included? Let me know on social media or Spotify.

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