Tiffany's 'E'-centric Quiz

Answer: Elina

Barbie plays Elina in "Fairytopia", "Mermaidia", and "Magic of the Rainbow". When we first see Elina in "Fairytopia", she is a wingless fairy and earns a pair of wings by helping to save Fairytopia. In "Mermaidia", she trades her new wings for a tail to help save Prince Nalu, but she gets a new set of wings by the end of the movie.

In "Magic of the Rainbow", she once again saves Fairytopia from the evil Laverna and her wings change into a set of rainbow-colored ones.

Answer: Eohippus

The name 'Eohippus' means "dawn horse". The first remains discovered were found in England in the late 1830s. Then, about 30 years later in 1867, bones of an eohippus were found in the Southeastern United States. The eohippus has been believed to be an early ancestor of the modern-day horse, but this is still debated.

Answer: Equatorial Guinea

Equatorial Guinea has two official languages - Spanish and French. It lies on the western coast of Africa and was formerly known as Spanish Guinea. Several of the islands in the Gulf of Guinea also belong to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea. Equatorial Guinea gained its independence from Spain in 1968.

Answer: Edwards Syndrome

The disease was first described by Dr. John H. Edwards in 1960. It is a genetic disorder and is the second most common of all the trisomy diseases, the most common being Trisomy 21 or Down Syndrome. Trisomy 18 means that instead of the 18th pair of chromosomes, the child has three copies of the 18th chromosome.

The disease generally affects more girls than it does boys, and many infants with the disease die before they are born. While symptoms of the syndrome include distinctive physical features--such as a small head, congenital heart defects, small mouth and jaw, etc.--the only reliable test is karyotyping.

The survival rate is low and most babies with Edwards Syndrome will not survive their first year of life.

Answer: Ever After

In "Ever After", Drew Barrymore plays Danielle De Barbarac. After the death of her father, she gets treated as a servant by her step-mother, played by Anjelica Huston. Unlike most 'Cinderellas', Danielle is a very strong-spirited individual and takes risks by disguising herself as a courtier by wearing her deceased mother's clothes.

She falls in love with Prince Henry, and, with a little help from Leonardo Da Vinci, she manages to marry him and find her 'happily ever after'.

Answer: Elvis Crespo

Elvis Crespo was born on July 30, 1971 in New York City and was named after the famous Elvis Presley. When Elvis was young, he and his mother moved to Puerto Rico where he was raised. The song "Suavemente" is definitely one of his most famous works, and he even released a 'Spanglish' version of it for the movie "Dance With Me".

His music generally falls under the genre of Merengue with a bit of salsa or pop flare to it.

Answer: Egyptology

Egyptology involves studying Ancient Egypt and all of its wonders. When studying the cultures of Ancient Egypt, Egyptologists look at the language, religion, history, art, literature, and history of the people. While many Egyptologists work in the field as archaeologists, some will also do work for museums and universities. Modern Egyptology got its beginnings in the early 1800s.

Answer: Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson was born on May 25, 1803 in Boston, Massachusetts. He started attending Harvard when he was only fourteen. His first wife, Ellen, died of tuberculosis and he later married Lydia, but he called her Lydian. They had four children, one of whom was named after his first wife. Emerson died on April 27, 1882.

Answer: True

According to AskOxford.com, Samuel Morse counted the number of times that letters appeared in sets of printers' type. He needed to know which letters were more common so that he could give the most commonly used letters the simpler codes. The experts at Oxford did their own study using the 'Concise Oxford Dictionary', and the results were the same--the letter 'E' is the most commonly used letter.

Answer: Epazote

Other names for this herb include skunkweed, pigweed, goosefoot, Jesuit's Tea, and Mexican Tea. It can be found in traditional Mexican dishes. It's name comes from the Nahuatl 'epazotl', which is made up of the words 'epatl' and 'tzotl' to make the name 'smelly animal' since it has a very pungent odor.

The Aztecs used this herb in cooking, but they also used it for its medicinal value in relieving discomfort in the abdomen caused by eating beans.