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Quiz about Websters Dictionary Other Eponymous Terms

Webster's Dictionary & Other Eponymous Terms Quiz

Noah Webster published his opus "An American Dictionary of the English Language" in 1828. His name has been synonymous (or even eponymous) with dictionaries every since. Dictionaries are also havens for other eponyms, which are featured in the quiz.

A multiple-choice quiz by hitachi. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
hitachi

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
93,358

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Avg Score
7 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. If you're just a little crazy, someone might say you're this eponym.

Answer: (One Word...Rhymes with "catty")

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Question 2 of 10

2. She didn't invent this 19th century female clothing, just advocated it. Hint

Madame Etienne Brassiere

Amelia Jenks Bloomer

Rita S. Pantiluna

Crendileen Catalona

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Question 3 of 10

3. The grandaddy "ism" of Communism.

Answer: (One Word...Begins with M, ends with -ism)

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Question 4 of 10

4. Even though feminists have kept his name in circulation, anyone with a fanatic fervor for their own kind owes the insult to him. Hint

Dale Misogylia

Adduy Pigg

Nicolas Chauvin

Chieto Suffragion

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Question 5 of 10

5. A vodka and tomato juice drink evokes the memory of this Queen of England.

Answer: (Two Words...Name the Drink)

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Question 6 of 10

6. This eponym refers to the metal fragments or bullets thrown out by an exploding shell.

Answer: (One Word...Begins with S)

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Question 7 of 10

7. This innovator turned his personal tragedy into a eye opener for millions.

Answer: (One or Two Words...Surname Begins with B)

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Question 8 of 10

8. This man became an eponym after he made a fortune from the Gold Rush--but not as a miner.

Answer: (One or Two Words...(First or Full Name, Begins with L))

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Question 9 of 10

9. Istanbul used to be named for this eponymous ruler. Hint

Alexander the Great

Amerigo Vespuci

Romulus

Constantine I

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Question 10 of 10

10. An American physician who promoted a diet of ground beef is forever immortalized in this eponym. Hint

James H. Salisbury

Sir Edward Canter Loin

Tom "Ribeye" Hughes

Angus T. Futter

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. If you're just a little crazy, someone might say you're this eponym.

Answer: Batty

"Fitzherbert Batty was a prominent English barrister who lived in Spanish Town, Jamaica, during the early 1800's. Always an eccentric, he was certified as insane in 1839. The London newspapers made much of the incident at the time."--from an online article by Lyle Larson.

2. She didn't invent this 19th century female clothing, just advocated it.

Answer: Amelia Jenks Bloomer

Mrs. Amelia Bloomer was an American social reformer who advocated the shortened pantaloons worn under a woman's skirt.--from TexasChapBookPress.com

3. The grandaddy "ism" of Communism.

Answer: Marxism

Karl Marx was an German social philosopher and revolutionary, as well as the author of "The Communist Manifesto." While the modern term has taken on a different political definition, Marxism is the theory and practice of working class self-emancipation.

4. Even though feminists have kept his name in circulation, anyone with a fanatic fervor for their own kind owes the insult to him.

Answer: Nicolas Chauvin

"Nicolas Chauvin, a soldier in the army of the First Republic, idolized Napoleon and praised him endlessly. His extreme devotion became the source of many jokes, and now anyone fanatically patriotic or rigidly convinced of the superiority of his own group is said to be a chauvinist.""--from an online article by Lyle Larsen

5. A vodka and tomato juice drink evokes the memory of this Queen of England.

Answer: Bloody Mary

This drink picked up its nomer after the nickname of Mary I, Queen of England from 1553-58, who was notorious for her persecution of Protestants.--from TexasChapBookPress.com

6. This eponym refers to the metal fragments or bullets thrown out by an exploding shell.

Answer: shrapnel

"The first explosive shell filled with shrapnel was used against the Dutch in Surinam. The shell was then called a "spherical case shot" and consisted of a round container filled with gunpowder and musket balls. An Englishman, Lieutenant General Henry Shrapnel, invented the device about 1802."--from an online article by Lyle Larsen

7. This innovator turned his personal tragedy into a eye opener for millions.

Answer: Louis Braille

The braille system of writing for the blind is named after Louis Braille, the French teacher of the blind who invented it in 1852 after a carpentry accident took his own eyesight.--from TexasChapBookPress.com

8. This man became an eponym after he made a fortune from the Gold Rush--but not as a miner.

Answer: Levi

Born Loeb Strauss, this Bulgarian immigrant extended his family's textile business west, after the Gold Rush of 1849. Soon enough, he teamed up with Jacob Davis, a Reno, Nevada tailor who added metal rivets to the pants he made for customers. Soon, they had a booming business for waist overalls--a business more lucrative than any gold mine.--from levistrauss.com

9. Istanbul used to be named for this eponymous ruler.

Answer: Constantine I

All of these persons have become eponymous (Alexandria, Egypt, America, and Rome) but Istanbul used to be Constantinople. If you listen to alternative rock, the band They Might be Giants has a song on this topic.

10. An American physician who promoted a diet of ground beef is forever immortalized in this eponym.

Answer: James H. Salisbury

Futter, however, is a Germanic surname, meaning "feeder of cattle". This eponym (Salisbury) is from "A New Dictionary of Eponyms" by Morton S. Freeman. It's a great resource if you want more fun with eponyms!

Source: Author hitachi

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