Name Trivia

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[edit] Band Names

• The Grateful Dead began as The Warlocks in 1964. Jerry Garcia picked their new name randomly out of a dictionary, reading the definition aloud: "the soul of a dead person, or his angel, showing gratitude to someone who, as an act of charity, arranged their burial." ^[1]

• The names of the U2 band members are Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr.

[edit] Cartoon Names

• Popeye's nephews are named Peepeye, Poopeye, Pipeye, Pupeye.

[edit] Company Names

• George Eastman, the inventor of the company's original camera, chose the name Kodak because he loved the letter "k." Eastman thought the strong incisive sound resembled the click of the camera's shutter.

• Mountain Dew was a slang term for "moonshine." In 1940, the soda was invented to mix with whiskey.^[2]

• IKEA is a creative acronynm based on the name of the founder, Ingvar Kamprad; he was from a family farm called Elmtaryd near the village of Agunnaryd. The acronym is a Swedish phrase which happens to work in English as well: Ingvar Kamprad's Economical Alternative.^[3]

[edit] Domain Names

• The domain name, poker.com, was supposedly sold for $27 million. The details are unconfirmed, but it is considered the most expensive domain sale thus far.

[edit] Historical Facts

• In 1878, the first telephone book was published; it was one page long and contained 50 names.

[edit] Movies

• Mike and Sully, in the movie Monster's Inc., had three cereals in their apartment: Kreature Krisp, Prickly Puffs and Dirt Clods. The ingredients included sweat, tears, shrimp and bile.

• The Disney series, the Adventures of the Gummi Bears, features the memorable personalities of Zummi, Gruffi, Grammi, Cubbi, Sunni, and Tummi Gummi.

[edit] People

• Eldrick is Tiger Woods real name. "Tiger" was the name of a South Vietnamese soldier his father had fought alongside during the Vietnam War, and he gave him the nickname.*

• Mark Twain's real name was Samuel Clemens.

• John Wayne was born Marion Michael Morrison.

• To ensure that her work was taken seriously, English novelist Mary Ann (Marian) Evans, (22 November 1819 – 22 December 1880), wrote under the pen name George Eliot.

• James Bond, know to his friends as "Jim", was a Philadelphia ornithologist. He was the author of a book called Birds of the West India, through which Ian Fleming discovered the name and branded the British secret agent.^[4]

[edit] Places

• China has about 500 surnames, Korea has approximately 250. Japan has about 120,000.

• The then-mayor, Fiorello LaGuardia, named the two stone lions in front of the New York Public Library Patience and Fortitude.

• In Ontario, there is a single township named: Dysart, Dudley, Harcourt, Guilford, Harburn, Bruton, Havelock, Eyre and Clyde. In 2001, approximately 5,000 people lived there.^[5]

[edit] Stuff Names

• Some common names for hot dogs: franks, red hots and tube steaks.

[edit] Toys

• Margaret and George are the names of Barbie's parents.*

[edit] Food

• There are more than 50 different types of pumpkins, including the names Munchkin, Funny Face, and Spooktacular.

[edit] NOTES

1. ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grateful_Dead
2. ↑ http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/332007/fun_facts_about_mountain_dew.html
3. ↑ http://www.comedy-zone.net/triviazone/history/company-names.htm
4. ↑ http://www.coolquiz.com/trivia/names/names.asp?name=bond
5. ↑ http://ca.epodunk.com/profiles/ontario/dysart-dudley-harcourt-guilford-harburn-bruton-havelock-eyre-and-clyde/2005778.html

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