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Namesakes - True or False
Try and guess whether these things, places and people are named after the other one.
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Last updated: September 10, 2025
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| First submitted | September 7, 2025 |
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1. Teddy bears are named after Theodore Roosevelt
News surfaced that president Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt had refused to shoot a cornered bear, believing it to be unsportsmanlike, inspiring political cartoonist Clifford Berryman, and his wife Rose, to create the toy.
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2. The city of St. Louis, MO is named after Louis XIV, the Sun King
St Louis is named after King Louis IX of France, canonized in 1297 by Pope Boniface VIII.
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3. Leonardo DiCaprio is named after Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo's mother felt him kick while looking at a Di Vinci painting in the Uffizi, choosing to name him after the artist.
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4. The Michelin Guide is named after the Michelin tire company
The guide's initial intention was to encourage car travel, and therefore tire usage, by promoting restaurants that people would feel like visiting.
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5. The Caesar salad is named after Julius Caesar
The salad is named after Caesar Cardini, who created the dish in the 1920s and served it at his hotel/restaurant in Tijuana, Mexico.
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6. The Nobel Prize is named after inventor Alfred Nobel
It is alleged that Alfred didn't want to be remebered for the invention of dynamite, so he promoted the creation of the awards to alter his legacy.
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7. McDonald's is named after the "Old MacDonald had a farm" song
The restaurant is named after the McDonald brothers who opened the first location, before selling it to businessman Ray Kroc
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8. Taylor Swift is named after Elizabeth Taylor
She is named after fellow musician James Taylor, one of her parents' favourite artists.
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9. New Zealand is named after the island of Zealand, in Denmark
The country is named after the Dutch province of Zeeland.
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10. Bluetooth is named after Danish King Harald “Bluetooth” Gormsson
King Harald united the Danish tribes into a single kingdom, the name for the technology was chosen to imply that Bluetooth similarly unites communication protocols.
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11. The Guinness World Records are named after Guinness Breweries
The book was idealized by Sir Hugh Beaver, managing director of the Guinness Breweries, allegedly after an argument over the fastest bird transpired during a hunt.
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12. Hamburgers are named after ham
Burgers are named after the city of Hamburg, in Germany.
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13. The Smithsonian is named after Joseph Smith
The museum is named after English scientist James Smithson.
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14. The term "boycott" is named after Charles Boycott
The word is derived from much maligned irish landlord Charles Boycott, whose refusal to lower rent and attempts to evict tenants amidst a bad harvest led to him being ostracized by workers, businesses and even the postman.
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15. The Victoria Falls are named after Queen Victoria
Famous Scottish explorer David Livingstone was the first European to document the falls, in 1855, naming them after Queen Victoria.
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And yes, I feel like the New Zealand question might be the hardest outside of maybe the DiCaprio and Taylor Swift ones,
-Capitalize "prize" in question 6
-Capitalize "danish" in question 10
-Capitalize "english" in the answer explanation of question 13
-Uncapitalize and put in quotes the word "Boycott" in question 14
-Capitalize "falls" in question 15
-Capitalize "scottish" and "european" in the answer explanation of question 15
there might be more but those were the only ones i noticed
I really appreciate the corrections, in portuguese we don't capitalize words like Danish, European, etc... guess I had never realized that we are supposed to in english haha.
Hopefully it gets someday hehe