Daily Quiz for August 5, 2009

The War of Jenkins’ Ear. In 1738, Capt. Robert Jenkins appeared before the British Parliament holding his severed, pickled ear, and described how it had been cut off by Spanish coast guards. His tale helped incite the growing animosity between the two nations, but the ensuing naval and colonial war in the Atlantic and the Caribbean resulted more from differing trade policies than outrage over Capt. Jenkins’ treatment.