Eponyms Generation trivia

Eponyms Generation Mini Quiz

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Question 1

John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich, gave his name to which convenient food?

Legend says Montagu ate beef between bread slices so he could keep gambling without leaving the table.

Question 2

Louis Braille lent his name to which raised-dot system for blind readers?

Braille was 15 when he adapted a military night-writing code into the tactile alphabet still used today.

Question 3

Charles Boycott, a 19th-century Irish land agent, gave his name to which protest tactic?

After tenants refused all dealings with him, Boycott's name became the word for organized refusal or ostracism.

Question 4

Ambrose Burnside, a Civil War Union general, lent his name to what facial hair style?

Burnside's thick side whiskers became known as burnsides, which later flipped to sideburns.