ANSWERS

1. The Battle of Crécy. The blind king was King John of Bohemia.

2. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

3. The 19th Amendment

4. Krakatoa

5. Pope John Paul I

6. James Cook, on HMS Endeavour. He was sent to observe the transit of Venus.

7. Waldi, a dachshund

8. Prince Albert

9. Montgolfier (Joseph-Michel Montgolfier)

10. Christopher Isherwood. The musical is "Cabaret".