1. Around 1040, Lady Godiva (Godgifu in the language of the day) rode naked through the streets of Coventry as a condition of her husband's promise to do what? (Her husband was the Earl of Mercia.) remit the heavy taxes oppressing the citizens deed lands to the local church free his serfs build a cathedral

2. The population of the city of Kyoto (in Japan) reaches 500,000 in which year? 1185 1904 1743 1329

3. The first successful gallstone operation took place in 1867 in which U.S. city? New York City Philadelphia New Orleans Indianapolis

4. French police are granted in 1671 the right to search houses for what during Lent? copies of the Torah and the Koran forbidden food non-Latin bibles Lutherans

5. In 1240, famine sweeps the German states whose towns are infested (like 'most everyone else's) with black rats. These rats came to Europe with whom? the Crusaders the Muslims the Mongol hordes Marco Polo

6. The worst earthquake in recorded history occurred in which year? 1422 1987 1898 1556

7. Notre Dame Cathedral at Reims is completed in which year, after 99 years of construction? 1501 1311 1283 1402

8. In 1950, which staple of New York City transportation opened? Brooklyn Bridge the subway system the Port Authority Bus Terminal Idlewild International Airport

9. The world's first printed cookbook appeared in which year? 1775 1575 1475 1675

10. The worst economic depression in the United States came in which year? 1868 1929 1783 1842