Thursday 10th October 2024
Difficulty: Medium
Eponymous verbs (Quiz #692)
Humphrey Bogart - see question 3. (Public domain)
Questions about people whose actions have led to their names becoming verbs.
1. Which of these was NOT bowdlerised by Thomas Bowdler?
2. "Gerrymandering" is named after Governor Elbridge Gerry, governor of Massachusetts. So why is it "gerrymandering" and not just "gerrying"?
3. What are you doing with your cigarette or joint if you are "bogarting" it?
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