E Flashcards
What ‘E’ is a Christian church festival celebrated on January 6th?
Epiphany
What ‘E’ were the first people to make and wear parkas?
Eskimos
What ‘E’ was hurled into a lake at the death of King Arthur
Excaliber
What ‘E’ are big and little conrods in a car engine?
Ends
What ‘E’ is what the French want when they shout ‘Bis’?
Encore
What ‘E’ precedes Degas, Wallace and Allan Poe?
Edgar
What ‘E’ is a unit of energy?
Erg
What ‘E’ is a long involuntary absence like that of the Jews in Babylon?
Exile
What ‘E’ was the ancient, and now poetic, name for Ireland?
Erin
What ‘E’ is a newspaper published after mid-day?
Evening
What ‘E’ are the mongoloid peoples of the Arctic?
Eskimos
What ‘E’ is an Australian tree known as a coolabah?
Eucalyptus
What ‘E’ is the department of public service that looks after the nation’s money?
Exchequer
What ‘E’ comes from the Greek for heathen, and is now applied to racial minorities?
Ethnic
What ‘E’ was made out of Adam’s rib?
Eve
What ‘E’ precedes island, parade, bonnet and Sunday?
Easter
What ‘E’ Was was Adlai Stevenson’s middle name, or is JR’s Surname?
Ewing
What ‘E’ is what Schliemann did at Troy, and Carter did in Egypt?
Excavation
What ‘E’ are the conventional rules of social or professional behaviour?
Etiquette
What ‘E’ is an obsolete way of defining forty-five inches?
Ell
What ‘E’ was first distilled by Johann Maria Farina in the 18th century
Eau De Cologne
What ‘E’ are little holes for laces?
Eyelets
What ‘E’ is used to decorate the robes of judges, peers and royalty, and has little black tails all over it?
Ermine
What ‘E’ laid the foundations of modern geometry a long time ago?
Euclid
What ‘E’ is called a wapiti or a moose, in North America?
Elk
