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'E' is the answer Trivia Quiz

Who? What? Where? All the answers begin with the letter 'E'.

A multiple-choice quiz by anagram2. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
anagram2

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
115,138

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
3302

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who? I was born in 1938 and became successful in the 1950s as a rock and roll singer. 'Three Steps to Heaven' was my last hit in 1960, the year that I died, aged only 21. Hint

Eddie Cochran

Eddie Calvert

Eddie Fisher

Eddie Holman

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Question 2 of 10

2. What? I am an artificial language invented in 1887 by a Polish philologist. Hint

Esperanto

Essequibo

Esparto

Escorial

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who? My name was Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar. I was an 11th century Spanish warrior and national hero, immortalized in poems and ballads. Hint

El Greco

El Nino

El Dorado

El Cid

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Question 4 of 10

4. Where? On October 23 1642 I was the site of the first major battle in the English Civil War. Hint

Edgeworth

Exeter

Exmoor

Edgehill

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Question 5 of 10

5. What? I am, quite literally, 'a bloody nuisance', being defined as acute haemorrhage of the nasal cavity. Hint

Epitaxy

Epistaxis

Epicondyle

Epigeal

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who? I was a Nazi, prominent in the extermination of Jews. After the war I escaped to Argentina, where I was finally captured by the Israelis in 1960, tried for war crimes and hanged. Hint

Eichmann

Eichler

Eckhart

Erhlich

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Question 7 of 10

7. What? I am a South American volcano, rising to over 19,000 feet above Peru's second city of Arequipa. Hint

El Misti

Elbrus

El Capitan

Elgon

8. Who? I succeeded to the throne of England in 978 following the assassination of my half brother King Edward. Unfortunately I don't think that I was cut out to be a war leader and was unable to prevent my country from being overrun by the Danes, despite bribing them with huge amounts of Danegeld. Hint

Edmund the Magnificent

Edward the Confessor

Ethelred the Unready

Edgar the Peaceable

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Question 9 of 10

9. Where? I was created a London borough in 1965, but am probably best known for the film studios situated here, that produced classic comedies in the 1940s and 50', most notably 'Kind Hearts and Coronets' in 1949. Hint

Ealing

Edgeware

Epping

Elstree

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who? I am credited with the saying 'Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration'. Hint

Eisenhower

Edison

Einstein

Elgar

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who? I was born in 1938 and became successful in the 1950s as a rock and roll singer. 'Three Steps to Heaven' was my last hit in 1960, the year that I died, aged only 21.

Answer: Eddie Cochran

Eddie Cochran was on a successful tour of Britain with Gene Vincent when, on April 17th 1960, he was involved in a serious car accident on his way to the airport and died in hospital later that day.

2. What? I am an artificial language invented in 1887 by a Polish philologist.

Answer: Esperanto

Lazarus Ludwig Zamenhof intended that Esperanto, the name means 'one who hopes', should be a universal language to promote world peace.

3. Who? My name was Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar. I was an 11th century Spanish warrior and national hero, immortalized in poems and ballads.

Answer: El Cid

Charlton Heston portrayed the legendary hero in the 1961 film titled 'El Cid' which co-starred Sophia Loren.

4. Where? On October 23 1642 I was the site of the first major battle in the English Civil War.

Answer: Edgehill

After a battle that lasted a mere three hours, neither the Roundheads nor the Cavaliers could claim a decisive victory at Edgehill.

5. What? I am, quite literally, 'a bloody nuisance', being defined as acute haemorrhage of the nasal cavity.

Answer: Epistaxis

An abundant supply of tiny blood vessels in the nose make nosebleeds quite common. The majority are associated with minor injuries or with common colds.

6. Who? I was a Nazi, prominent in the extermination of Jews. After the war I escaped to Argentina, where I was finally captured by the Israelis in 1960, tried for war crimes and hanged.

Answer: Eichmann

In the mid 1950s, recalling his memories of the war, Adolph Eichmann recorded 'I called my men into my Berlin office...and formally took leave of them. 'If it has to be' I told them, 'I will gladly jump into my grave in the knowledge that five million enemies of the Reich have already died like animals'.

7. What? I am a South American volcano, rising to over 19,000 feet above Peru's second city of Arequipa.

Answer: El Misti

Although the last major eruption was in the 15th century, El Misti had five minor eruptions in the 20th century.

Answer: Ethelred the Unready

Although remembered as 'The Unready', Ethelred was actually known as 'Unraed' which meant 'evil council' or 'without good advice'.

Answer: Ealing

After 43 years Ealing Studios returned to film making in 2002 with 'The Importance of Being Ernest' starring Rupert Everett, Colin Firth and Dame Judi Dench as the incomparable Lady Bracknell.

10. Who? I am credited with the saying 'Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration'.

Answer: Edison

Thomas Alva Edison, born in Ohio in 1847 was probably the most prolific inventor of all time, credited with over 1,000 inventions. One of the most notable being the electric light bulb in 1879.

Source: Author anagram2

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