Q 01/05

What nickname, now a byword for a voyeur, was given to the one man who spied on Lady Godiva's ride?

A) Nosy Parker

B) Paul Pry

C) Peeping Tom

D) Simple Simon

Answer · why

C) Peeping Tom

Peeping Tom is missing from the medieval accounts and joined the story centuries later. Coventry's annals first name him in 1773, when the city paid f...

Q 02/05

According to legend, Lady Godiva rode naked through Coventry to make her husband lift what burden from the townspeople?

A) Forced labour

B) Heavy taxes

C) A curfew

D) Army service

Answer · why

B) Heavy taxes

Heavy taxes were the townspeople's grievance, and the earl promised relief only if his wife made the ride. The tale first appears well over a century ...

Q 03/05

In the legend of her naked ride through Coventry, what alone is said to have covered Lady Godiva's body?

A) Her long hair

B) A borrowed cloak

C) The morning mist

D) A horse blanket

Answer · why

A) Her long hair

Her long hair is the only covering the legend allows her. In Hollywood's 1955 film of the story, the star wore a leotard under her hair and the ride w...

Q 04/05

Which children's author wrote The Seven Lady Godivas, a 1939 picture book for adults he called his greatest failure?

A) Dr. Seuss

B) Roald Dahl

C) A. A. Milne

D) E. B. White

Answer · why

A) Dr. Seuss

Dr. Seuss saw most of the 10,000 copies go unsold, and they were remaindered in cigar stores for 25 cents. He said he could not draw convincing naked ...

Q 05/05

Godiva Chocolatier, which took Lady Godiva's name in 1945, began as a family praline workshop in which country?

A) Switzerland

B) France

C) Austria

D) Belgium

Answer · why

D) Belgium

Belgium is where Pierre Draps started making pralines at home in 1926. His sons adopted the Godiva name in 1945, an idea credited to one son's wife, G...