E Answers Quiz #1

Based on the clues, guess these random things that start with the letter E.

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First submitted	January 17, 2013
Times taken	100,702
Average score	77.3%
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Clue	Answer
Adam's wife	Eve
French word for water	Eau
Houston, Tranquility base here. The ____ has landed.	Eagle
Name of eight English Kings	Edward
Scrooge's first name	Ebenezer
Green gemstone	Emerald
Capital of Scotland	Edinburgh
_____ has left the building	Elvis
Famous Paris tower	Eiffel
National Park covering much of southern Florida	Everglades
Disorder which causes seizures	Epilepsy

Clue	Answer
Detroit rapper	Eminem
Tree-dwelling "Star Wars" creature	Ewok
Funeral speech	Eulogy
Hemingway's first name	Ernest
One of the Great Lakes	Erie
A deadly sin that turns one green?	Envy
Most famous boy's school in England	Eton
Became independent from Ethiopia in 1993	Eritrea
What black piano keys were made from	Ebony
Happens around March 20th and September 23rd each year	Equinox
Able was I, ere I saw ____	Elba

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Level 29

Mar 25, 2013

Ahhh usually I can spot a palindrome

Level 65

Jun 24, 2015

But Palindrome doesn't start with an E. I seen the palindrome but was to dim to not figure out Elba. I was looking for another word for palindrome that started with an E.

Level 41

Jun 29, 2015

Yes, but what you were guessing was the "it". Really it should have been punctuated as (quote) "Able was I ere I saw" it (unquote), but that type of clue often takes liberties with punctuation. Anyway, that makes it clearer why the answer was "Elba", not "palindrome".

Level 46

Nov 19, 2015

ahhh, that makes sense Nyneve922, thanks.

Level 65

Jul 12, 2023

Aced the quiz this time

Level 84

Sep 23, 2016

If you're going to give one fill-in-the-missing-word clue as "The ____ has landed", then instead of "Able was I, ere I saw it", the clue should be "Able was I, ere I saw ___".

Level 27

Mar 25, 2013

So both white and black piano keys were made from ebony? Makes sense, though I learnt something new again.

+10

Level 90

Mar 25, 2013

Historically, blacks were made from ebony, whites from ivory. Now though, they're both mostly made of plastic coated or enameled wood.

Level 33

Mar 25, 2013

How the heck do so many people know the French for water. All I could think of was Evian.

+13

Level 54

Mar 27, 2013

'Eau de Toilette'

Level 13

Aug 13, 2013

The Logic!!!!!

Level 65

Jun 24, 2015

Eau de Puppy.

+14

Level 74

Jan 5, 2014

Since Evian started the bottled water phenomenon, have you ever thought about what it spells backwards?

Level 78

Jun 24, 2015

Level 39

Jun 24, 2015

Level 75

Jul 1, 2015

Level 78

Jan 22, 2021

I spell 'naïve' with two dots above the i.

Level 90

Jul 12, 2023

I do the same for Evïan

Level 48

May 15, 2014

Crossword puzzles.

Level 73

Jul 21, 2014

Cologne is how I know it

Level 42

Jun 24, 2015

I didn't know the word, but i got it, just don't know how......

Level 65

Jun 17, 2019

I think it is one of the first (and sometimes only/few) words people know in french. After oui, non, monsieur. (And not stuff that is normal in english language like garage and croissant)

Level 76

Oct 27, 2020

For real??

Level 73

Jul 13, 2023

Some people are aware that other languages exist. Some can even speak them.

Level 17

Mar 25, 2013

Is it sad that I only got Eton from the 2nd Harry Potter book (when Justin tells Harry he's a Muggle Born)?

Level 59

Mar 26, 2013

Nope. That just means I know for sure I'm not the only Harry Potter freak on this site.

Level 39

Jun 24, 2015

Level 90

Apr 15, 2013

I only knew it because of James Bond, so I can't judge :)

Level 45

Jun 26, 2014

I got it from Peter Pan in Scarlet. I would NEVER read something like Harry Potter.

Level 51

Mar 31, 2015

wow so much emphasis...

Level 75

Jun 24, 2015

Even though it's a children's book, it's still your loss.

Level 82

Nov 30, 2015

Have you ever actually read Harry Potter? As in more than the front cover?

Level 59

Mar 26, 2013

100%, though I only had to cheat to get "Elba". Great quiz!

Level 70

Sep 15, 2022

Not 100% then, really

Level 28

Mar 27, 2013

How do less than half know the first name of the greatest basketball player who ever lived?

Level 45

Jun 24, 2015

Most of the UK do not follow basketball, and a lot of us quizzers are UK based.

That said, I'm from the UK and I managed to get it...

Level 50

Feb 10, 2020

Michael doesn’t start with e

Level 73

Jul 13, 2023

There are, in fact, dozens of people who aren't from America.

Level 78

Sep 14, 2023

Perhaps even hundreds!

Level 50

Sep 14, 2023

Well, whoever he is/was, he's been removed, thankfully.

Level 8

Apr 28, 2013

i thought it was an e-walk so i didn't get it right!

Level 38

Jun 14, 2013

Without giving away a spoiler - The "Able was I..." quote was what Napoleon said when he saw the Isle to which he was to be exiled. It also (when the answer is added to the end) a palindrome (not a spoiler, but a major hint there).

Level 74

Nov 3, 2021

A decidedly odd thing for a French man to say in such a situaiton...

Level 81

Nov 28, 2021

Napoleon definitely did not say it.

Level 70

Sep 13, 2023

No? He didn't have a sideline in collecting English-language palindromes?

Level 25

Nov 11, 2014

I tried 'elegy' instead of 'eulogy'. I'm not asking for this to be accepted, I'm just saying.

Level 54

May 20, 2018

Ditto.

Level 65

Jun 17, 2019

I tried epitaph a few times with different spelling... then it suddenly came to me,.

Level 66

Jun 24, 2015

What's the deal with "Elvis has left the building"? Is it from some kind of a tv show, a movie, a song?

Level 78

Jun 24, 2015

I think they always announced it when Elvis had left the building where he made a gig, so people wouldn't just wait for him to come back and ignore the other artists.

Level 75

Jun 24, 2015

Or trample each other trying to get a glimpse of him as he was leaving. After his last song the band would keep playing long enough for him to exit at the back and get away before the fans engulfed him.

Level 78

Jan 22, 2021

Whoa

Level 70

May 15, 2018

I believe the phrase was related to the fact that Elvis did not do encores, so they announced that he had left the building, so people knew not to expect an encore.

Level 65

Jun 17, 2019

I think it is the most repeated phrase in history. Cant think of any others... ow yea maybe houston we a problem and "that's all folks" from looney tunes..

Level 60

Aug 5, 2021

I'm pretty sure the MOST REPEATED phrase in the ENTIRE HISTORY would be "In the name of the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit." Or something along the lines of. Come on. Elvis was popular, but keep a little bit of rationality, will ya.

Level 48

Jun 24, 2015

I simply refuse to believe that nearly 6 out of 10 quiz takers knew Eritrea became independent of Ethiopia in 1993 without cheating.

Level 37

Aug 8, 2015

You would be correct, I didn't know but I still got the correct answer simply because I know that Eritrea is just north east of Ethiopia geographically

Level 44

Dec 15, 2017

I knew it because I've worked with a lot of people from that region.

Level 65

Apr 6, 2018

*shrug* I knew it without cheating.

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Level 87

May 15, 2018

I don't think you give people on this site enough credit.

Level 48

May 15, 2018

Pretty simple. What's a country next to Ethiopia that starts with an E? Ignore the 1993 part.

Level 70

May 16, 2018

This site is rife with trivia and geography nerds. It shouldn't be that surprising.

Level 37

Jul 23, 2019

^ I learned about Eritrea in the news. Some of us do follow current events. Also, it's not a particularly hard guess: E(thiopia), E(ritrea).

Level 76

Oct 27, 2020

I knew it without cheating. But, I will add, I knew it because of this website on a previous quiz.

Level 56

Jun 24, 2022

I also didn’t cheat and I usually suck at geography. Just couldn’t think of too many African countries that start with “e.”

Level 70

Sep 15, 2022

I didn't know the year but a lot of people come to this site because they like geography. Eritrea and Ethiopia are right next to each other so it would be a reasonable guess knowing that the answer starts with an E

Level 56

Feb 22, 2016

I kept thinking garcon for french waiter, but realized that it doesn't start with an E

Level 57

Feb 20, 2018

I put epitaph... I'm so mad at myself

Level 65

Jun 17, 2019

I did too, and I am not.

Level 33

May 15, 2018

Harrow is to Eton what Oxford is to Cambridge... "One of the two most famous boys schools in England" would be more appropriate.

Level 70

May 15, 2018

But Harrow does not begin with an E so it's just process of elimination

Level 60

Aug 5, 2021

I'm sorry, but that's just simply not true. Whenever an example of english boys school is mentioned, it is Eton almost every time. I have seen Harrow written down like 3 or 4 times, including you comment.

Level 70

Sep 13, 2023

You must know Wellington's famous utterance "Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton, and the occasional intramural match with Harrow, with its equally famous playing fields".

Level 82

Jul 12, 2023

I am not even sure that Harrow is the second most famous worldwide (Rugby being another obvious candidate), but I would be pretty confident Eton was the first. .

Level 83

May 15, 2018

Finished with 4:07 remaining. You could probably cut a couple of minutes off of this one.

Level 52

May 15, 2018

Please accept eugoogoly.

Level 78

Mar 11, 2019

Ahem

Level 78

Mar 11, 2019

I keep forgetting emerald

Level 45

Jan 13, 2021

Lmao missed eminem :(

Level 35

Mar 5, 2022

i kept spelling erie as eerie..

Level 66

Jul 12, 2023

1:17 used

Level 70

Jul 12, 2023

Some serious crosswordese leaking into this quiz: eau (312), eagle (270), ebony (144), Elba (328), envy (120), Erie (1385), Eton (835), Ewok (58), Eve (763).

The number in parentheses represents total occurrences in the New York Times Crossword.

If you've never heard of "crosswordese," they're often vowel heavy words that see heavy use crossword puzzles but are used far less frequently in everyday speech. Vowels represent about 25% of letters used in normal speech/writing, but, in crosswords, they represent ~50%.

Level 78

Jul 13, 2023

Got all except for the Star Wars answer.

Level 67

Jul 18, 2023

Eminem was not born in Detroit...perhaps "Detroit-raised" would be more accurate.

Level ∞

Jul 19, 2023

Changed from "Detroit-born" to "Detroit"

Level 58

Sep 13, 2023

Actually there were as many as eleven Edwards who were kings of England. The regnal numbers only go back to the Norman Conquest. Edward the Elder (899-924), Edward the Martyr (975-978) and Edward the Confessor (1042-1066) all before that.

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