Thursday
Jul152010
Round the Sphere Again: Quiz
Thursday, July 15, 2010 at 9:18PM 
Today’s collection of links consists of one. I’ve been busy, you see.
Name that Eponym
“Getting a building or a street named after you is a real honor, but what about a word used every day? Only a lucky few can point to their eponym. An eponym is a word derived from a person’s name, either real or fictional. In this quiz, we’ll give you a clue for the person and the definition of the word. Can you fill in the eponym?” (mental_floss Blog)
I got 50%. How’d you do?
Reader Comments (5)
I got 90 percent and talked myself out of the one I missed.
I got 70%. (It counted # 1 wrong because I misspelled Sousaphone, but I think I was close enough.) I can't believe I couldn't come up with Svengali.
Wow Kim. You're good.
A couple of my wrong ones were misspellings, too, Staci.
80%! I couldn't even guess on the purple flower or the hypnotist, and totally guessed on two others. The frequency one was a giveaway, but I think I would have gotten it without the obvious hint. So that leaves me with 50-60% fairly earned.
80% I missed Svengali and Fuschia.