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Geography by Letter - E

Can you guess these geographical answers that start with the letter E?
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Last updated: September 5, 2018
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First submittedApril 26, 2013
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World's highest mountain
Everest
Spanish name for Spain
España
1966 FIFA World Cup champions
England
River near the Tigris
Euphrates
Paris's most famous landmark
Eiffel Tower
Cleopatra's country
Egypt
Europe's tallest mountain
Elbrus
Currency of the EU
Euro
What divides the Northern and
Southern Hemispheres
Equator
Capital of Alberta
Edmonton
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Answer
Sicilian volcano
Etna
Irish name for Ireland
Éire
One of Australia's national animals
Emu
Country that owns the Galapagos Islands
Ecuador
National animal of Thailand
Elephant
Israel's national airline
El Al
Remote Polynesian island known
for its statues
Easter Island
National Park in Florida
Everglades
Baltic country
Estonia
Major German river
Elbe
69 Comments
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Level 66
Jul 24, 2013
First comment!
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Level 66
Jul 24, 2013
Hubris related to the whole first comment thing led to my downfall: couldn't spell Elbrus for the life of me.
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Level 69
Jul 24, 2013
I don't know why, but my first instinct for the Australian animal was Ewok.
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Level 75
Jul 25, 2013
mine was echidna
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Level 51
Apr 29, 2015
Same
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Level 62
Dec 3, 2016
I thought about the echidna (I think), but the name I thought of for it was enchilada, which is neither Australian nor an animal.
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Level 37
Jul 26, 2013
Sorry... just got a mental image of a flying ewok... can't... stop... laughing...
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Level 69
Apr 6, 2017
You know emu can't fly, right?
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Level 66
Mar 18, 2018
Maybe they can't fly, but they're quite good fighters!
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Level 61
Oct 18, 2021
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Level 19
Feb 10, 2014
Isn't it a kangaroo
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Level 35
Mar 5, 2014
@CoolDood It is both the kangaroo and emu on their coat of arms. The question says one of Australia's national animals...so yes, you are partially right.
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Level 69
Apr 6, 2017
Regards the logic, It's not specifically that they can't walk backwards, it's more the "always moving forward" part that is the basis of the logic.

Also, we're the only country in the world who eats our national animal. Nom nom.

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Level 68
Mar 6, 2018
Lucd13, sorry but you're not. Bear is eaten both in Finland and Russia and I expect that some others can be found too https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_animals
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Level 69
Jan 21, 2019
True enough - you made me look it up and apparently Denmark eats Swan, so... Very that.
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Level 74
Mar 17, 2019
Southern-fried bald eagle - a little fishy, but yum-yum. (And yes, I'm kidding.)
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Level 61
Apr 13, 2014
mine too - surely an emu is a bird not an animal?
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Level 51
Apr 29, 2015
Wish I could like brandonpeck1's comment. Bravo
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Level 64
May 15, 2018
good effort ! xD kys
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Level 72
Jun 17, 2019
just so much wow....
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Level 82
Apr 30, 2021
Hmmm, why is a bird now called an animal? Yes an emu cannot fly, but it has wings, feathers, lays eggs, got a beak and eats bird food. I am an Aussie but still peeved to report I was completely stuck on echidna.
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Level 59
Jul 26, 2021
I'm confused. Is this a joke, or do some people really think birds are not animals?
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Level 45
Sep 8, 2021
once i heard of a vegan that would still eat birds and fish because they're "not animals"

i mean animal and mammal sound pretty similar but you get taught the difference in like 2nd or 3rd grade

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Level 60
Jul 25, 2013
88% got equator? lol
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Level 17
Jul 25, 2013
I can get Elbrus but not Everglades? TF? lol
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Level 26
Jul 26, 2013
I tried Echidna before realising that you may have meant Emu.
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Level 35
Dec 21, 2013
shame . i got wrong on easter island. i was thinking of a country
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Level 59
May 7, 2014
grrrr, failed with 'Espania'... had the right pronounciation!
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Level 35
Jan 2, 2016
espaÑa
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Level 43
Aug 3, 2020
Same.
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Level 76
May 18, 2014
In school we learned that Mt Blanc was the highest mountain of Europe. Checking the map I am still not convinced it's Elbrus (which I never heard of before). Anyway I can accept "Mt Blanc" really doesn't fit as an answer in this quiz.
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Level 22
Jul 24, 2014
el brus is definitely: a) in europe;it is in russia, not georgia b) taller than mt blanc
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Level 78
Jul 24, 2014
Why is there a question about the World Cup in a Geography Quiz?
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Level 37
Aug 4, 2014
If animals are geography than so is sport.
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Level 81
Nov 2, 2014
Got 'em all with 2:15 to go. Fortunately a previous quiz reminded me of Mt. Elbrus. I had been trying to call it Mt. Erebus.
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Level 72
Jun 17, 2019
same !!
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Level 32
Feb 15, 2015
Erikthev, I applaud you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Level 22
Dec 5, 2015
WHERE IS EYJAFJALLAJOKULL
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Level 70
Jan 2, 2016
Just north of Skogar
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Level 55
Jan 4, 2016
Oh, right then. Thanks!
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Level 35
Jan 2, 2016
THERE'S A HUGE MISTAKE HERE!! IT SAYS: EUROPE'S TALLEST MOUNTAIN, ANSWER "ELBRUS". THAT IS WRONG; ELBRUS IS LOCATED IN ASIA, WHILST THE ACTUAL TALLEST EUROPEAN MOUNTAIN IS MONT BLANC. SHAME ON YOU JETPUNK!
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Level 55
Jan 4, 2016
Yes, and while we're at it, can we also discuss whether to call it Burma/Myanmar, if Cyprus is in Europe or Asia, if the Hague is accepted as capital for the Netherlands, and if Wales is a country or not? Because those things have definitely never been addressed on jetpunk before, and I, for one, would really like to see them argued about in multiple comment threads til the dead horse is like, REALLY dead.
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Level 36
Dec 9, 2017
The Hague (or, properly, Den Haag) is the legislative capital of the Netherlands. Like South Africa, the Netherlands has more than one capital.
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Level 70
Mar 17, 2019
Any country that cannot make up it's mind which city is the Capital should be relegated for being 'Overcapitalised'
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Level 72
Jun 17, 2019
ehm no... the netherlands only has one capital... just because others cant remember that, that doesnt change the facts.. and it is comments like the above that perpetuate this confusion.
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Level 69
Jun 20, 2016
Also, Han shot first.
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Level 74
Mar 17, 2019
And the Americas are two continents and we're just getting started on Eswatini and North Macedonia.
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Level 77
Mar 22, 2019
Where do you draw the boundary between Europe and Asia? Normally the Caucasus Mountain watershed is the boundary in that portion of the world. Elbrus is clearly on the European side of the Caucusus divide.
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Level 89
Dec 19, 2021
All caps is a pretty funny way to make a point - especially when you're wrong.
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Level 59
Aug 22, 2023
But if caucasic countries are in Asia according to JetPunk, and Elbrus is in the Caucasus, then Elbrus is in Asia.
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Level 46
Dec 16, 2016
is mont blanc?
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Level 57
Jan 22, 2017
Eufrat shoud be enough
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Level 81
Mar 18, 2017
Very nice quiz!
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Level 31
Feb 26, 2018
Eder should also be accepted for major german river
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Level 75
Sep 14, 2018
Six months later... Eder is 177 km long, how is that a major river? If you know about Eder, you surely must know about Elbe.
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Level 75
Sep 14, 2018
...and if you want to take it there, Echaz, Eder, Eider, Elbe, Elde, Else, Elz (Neckar), Elz (Rhine), Elzbach, Ems, Emscher, Ennepe, Enz, Enz (Prüm) and Erft should be all the rivers in Germany starting with the letter "E".
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Level 28
Mar 17, 2019
Only 25% got Elbrus? I understand there may be some confusion since it depends on where you consider the Asia-Europe border to be, but I would have thought at least 55% would get that.
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Level 74
Mar 17, 2019
Probably many, like me, had trouble remembering the exact name. I tried Erebus, Erebrus, Elebrus, etc. before finally getting the correct word.
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Level 72
Jun 17, 2019
I dont think I ever learned about it in school. I remember mount everest and mont blanc etc but no elbrus..
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Level 75
May 3, 2021
This is definitely a case of using "etc" to mean "I can't think of any others" lol
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Level 34
Mar 17, 2019
I fluked the highest mountain. Thought Elbrus was the German river :)
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Level 72
Jun 17, 2019
Tried erebus instead of elbrus... turns out that is a greek god,,,

Got all the others besides the alberta one.

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Level 36
Jul 21, 2019
While Amsterdam is generally accepted as the capital of the Netherlands, its legislature meets in Den Haag (The Hague), which makes Den Haag the seat of the government of the Netherlands. It is, therefore, not incorrect to say that the Netherlands has two capitals. Unlike Bolivia (Sucre/LaPaz) and South Africa (Capetown/Bloemfontein), the Netherlands doesn't publicize its two capitals, that doesn't mean that they don't exist.
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Level 49
Feb 2, 2020
Getting back to the coat of arms animals, I think the Scots eat unicorns...
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Level 61
Oct 18, 2021
If you're talking about that why don't you reply in that thread?
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Level 45
Sep 8, 2021
got elbrus but not england
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Level 68
May 16, 2022
Not all EU members use the Euro
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Level 61
Aug 23, 2022
Regardless, it's still the official currency of the EU, which is what the question asks for.
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Level 77
Jul 19, 2023
Should Erin be correct for Irish name for Ireland? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erin