"It is the first graphical query language, using visual tables where the user would enter commands, example elements and conditions. Many graphical front-ends for databases use the ideas from QBE today."
GraphQL seems to borrow the name. Graph [ical] Q [uery] L [anguage]
It could be a pure coincidence, but then, further down:
"GraphQL a QBE for JSON front-ends."
As evidenced by the reply, the parent seems to have predicted correctly that there are people who have no idea the two are related, i.e., one is descended from the other.
In QBE the request resembles the response.