quiz-zone: Named After Quiz

NAMED AFTER

1.	The band T�Pau took their name from a character in which TV series?
2.	What name is given to abdominal thrusts performed on a choking victim, which is named after the American physician to whom it is credited?
3.	Which car manufacturer is named after the US market that it targets?
4.	The band Kaiser Chiefs took their name from a football club in which country?
5.	The Teddy Bear is named after which historical figure?
6.	Which British band named themselves after the villain from the sci-fi movie Barbarella?
7.	Which British comedy actor has a refuse tip named after him in New Zealand, after he visited Palmerston, and said that it was a great place to commit suicide?
8.	The author of Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy had an asteroid named after him after he died in 2001. What was his name?
9.	The word KOP, when used at a number of football grounds, is named after which historical event?
10.	Which US band named themselves after their strict gym teacher at their high school, Mr Skinner.

quiz kindly submitted by Fraenulum on 22nd May 2009