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Things Named After Places
Quiz: name the following, which were created or inspired by actual places
A humorous five-line poem named after a city in western Ireland?
Type of fortified wine named after a city in Portugal?
An easy-peeling citrus fruit named after a former province in Japan?
This word describing bitter derision or a mocking look appears to stem from a Mediterranean island?
A location where mineral-rich spring water is used to give medicinal baths; named after a town in Belgium?
A sport named after the seat of the Duke of Beaufort in Gloucestershire?
A costume for women named after an atoll in the Marshall Islands?
A socially unconventional person, especially one who is involved in the arts; named after a small province in the Austrian Empire?
Slang term for prison that comes from the name of a London street?
Dog breed that gets its name from a region in Croatia?
Type of bag that gets its name from a small town in Belgium, near Antwerp?
A style of typeface invented by printer Aldus Manutius in 1501 which he named after his country?
A word that decribes using very few words to express what you mean, which comes from an Ancient Greek district whose administrative capital was Sparta?
This colour was the location of a battle during the Franco-Austrian war?
A word which comes from a river in Turkey known locally for its long, curving pattern?
Cotton fabric that gets its name from the city in Iraq where it was once produced?
A unique floor covering when first made in 1755 by cloth weaver Thomas Whitty in the Devon village which gives it its name?
A type of chair that gets its name from a mountain range in northeastern New York?
A variation of the British fried breakfast that is prepared in Northern Ireland?
High-quality type of wool yarn and the fabric made from this yarn, the name derives from a village in the county of Norfolk, England?
Answers
Limerick
Port - named after the city of Oporto
Satsuma - named after the Satsuma Province
Sardonic - from the island of Sardonia
Spa - Spa is a town in Belgium
Badminton - Badminton is a village and civil parish in Gloucestershire
Bikini - named after the Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands
Bohemian - Bohemia is now a region forming much of the Czech Republic
Clink - London Prison was located on Clink Street but was destroyed in 1780
Dalmatian - Dalmatia is a hsitorical region in present-day Croatia
Duffel bags - the bags were first produced in Duffel, Belgium
Italics - the word 'italic' literally means "Of Italy"
Laconic - the word comes from Laconia, a historical region of Greece
Magenta - the Battle of Magenta was fought in 1859
Meander - after the river Buyuk Menderes in Turkey
Muslin - from the city of Mosul in Iraq
Axminster carpets - the first factory was in Axminster, Devon
Adirondack chair – named after the Adirondack mountains