What does "Why didn't she ask EBA" mean in Hyouka?


At the end of the episodes involving the movie, 10-11 iirc, just before the
ending credits there is the subtitled text "Why didn't she ask EBA?" which I
don't understand.

This wast touched on at this [Yahoo Answers
link](https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20130806114319AAUOitO) but
did not help my understanding.

Is this a joke from the translator? If so, what does it refer to?




Each of the _Hyouka_ novels has a Japanese title and an English sub-title (the
English sub-titles are present in the Japanese novels - they are not the work
of a translator). At the end of each episode of the anime, the sub-title of
the novel that the episode was adapted from is displayed; for the movie arc,
that's "Why didn't she ask EBA?".

The English sub-titles are mostly references to mystery novels and at the same
time thematically relevant.

  * The first novel, "the niece of time", is a reference to Josephine Tey's _The Daughter of Time_. The arc is about Sekitani Jun, whose niece is Chitanda.
  * The second novel, "Why didn't she ask EBA?", is a reference to Agatha Christie's _Why Didn't They Ask Evans?_. Indeed, the whole affair would've been resolved quickly if Irisu had had just asked Eba how the film was supposed to end.
  * The fourth novel, "Little birds can remember", is a reference to Christie's _Elephants Can Remember_. The thematic relevance of this one is unclear to me.
  * The fifth novel (not animated), "It walks by past", is a reference to John Dickson Carr's _It Walks By Night_. I haven't gotten around to reading this volume yet, so I don't know what thematic relevance exists, if any.




Each of the _Hyouka_ novels has a Japanese title and an English sub-title (the
English sub-titles are present in the Japanese novels - they are not the work
of a translator). At the end of each episode of the anime, the sub-title of
the novel that the episode was adapted from is displayed; for the movie arc,
that's "Why didn't she ask EBA?".

The English sub-titles are mostly references to mystery novels and at the same
time thematically relevant.

  * The first novel, "the niece of time", is a reference to Josephine Tey's _The Daughter of Time_. The arc is about Sekitani Jun, whose niece is Chitanda.
  * The second novel, "Why didn't she ask EBA?", is a reference to Agatha Christie's _Why Didn't They Ask Evans?_. Indeed, the whole affair would've been resolved quickly if Irisu had had just asked Eba how the film was supposed to end.
  * The fourth novel, "Little birds can remember", is a reference to Christie's _Elephants Can Remember_. The thematic relevance of this one is unclear to me.
  * The fifth novel (not animated), "It walks by past", is a reference to John Dickson Carr's _It Walks By Night_. I haven't gotten around to reading this volume yet, so I don't know what thematic relevance exists, if any.

