- Which of the following is named after a person?
a. accordion
b. cinnamon
c. graffiti
d. shrapnel
e. trellis - Which of the following is not named after a person?
a. boysenberry
b. duvet
c. guppy
d. mausoleum
e. salmonella
Find out about these eponyms and more in “9 Things You Didn’t Know Were Named After People” and “6 More Things You Didn’t Know Were Named After People.” Keep scrolling for the answers ↓.
Answers:
- d) shrapnel, named for Gen. Henry Shrapnel
- b) duvet
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Comments
I missed ‘duvet’, but gave a random guess at shrapnel.
Who knew?
I got both wrong. On the latter, duvet does sound like a French surname.