Named After Quiz

This quiz asks what things are named after.

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#1. Name a part of the body that is named after a person.

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Adam’s Apple. There are more less common ones. Check out this Mental Floss article to see some more obscure ones.

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#2. What food is named after a Belgian city?

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Brussels Sprouts, named after the Belgian capital.

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#3. What country is named after Jesus? ? This country has a Spanish name

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El Salvador, in Spanish translates to ‘The Saviour’.

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#4. The US is one of two countries that has a capital named after what?

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A President. Washington D.C., named after George Washington. Liberia is the other. The capital Monrovia is named after former US President, James Monroe.

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#5. What is the only language to have over 100 million speakers and be named after a religion?

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Hindi

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#6. What musical instrument is named after a shape?

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Triangle

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#7. All the planets in our solar system except for earth are named after what?

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Roman Gods

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#8. The teddy bear is named after whom?

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Theodore Roosevelt, the story of how this came about can be found here.

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#9. Name one of the two people that have a month named after them?

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Julius Caesar and Augustus Caesar. Of course July and August.

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#10. Which country is named after a biblical king? Clue: it is a pacific island nation.

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Solomon Islands

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#11. What has both a planet and a month named after it?

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Mars, the god of war. March and Mars(planet).

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#12. Which US city is named after the Greek word meaning brotherly love?

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Philadelphia

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#13. What is the citrus fruit that is named after another fruit?

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Grapefruit, it is named grapefruit as it can grow in clusters, like grapes.

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#14. Which US State’s capital city is named after the man who discovered America?

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Ohio, capital Columbus, named after Christopher Columbus.

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#15. What is the only ocean that is named after a country?

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Indian Ocean

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#16. The Nobel prize is named after whom?

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Alfred Nobel, a Swedish chemist, engineer, inventor and businessman who invented Dynamite. He originally wanted to name his discovery ‘Nobel’s Safety Powder’, but settled for Dynamite.

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#17. What is the only sign of the zodiac that is not named after a living thing but rather an object?

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Libra, scales.

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#18. What is the sports stadium in Manhattan that is named after a president?

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Madison Square Garden

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#19. What is a breed of dog that is named after a state in Mexico?

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Chihuahua

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#20. Which country is named after Australia’s discoverer?

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Cook Islands, named after Captain James Cook. He was the first man to step foot on all the continents apart from Antarctica.

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