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Royal Madness Trivia Quiz

If ever proof was needed that royal inter-breeding is a bad thing then this quiz provides that proof. I could have made a quiz of 100 questions with all the lunacy surrounding royal families. Enjoy!

A multiple-choice quiz by kristian88. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
kristian88

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
127,664

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
1100

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. One such mad family was the 19th Century royal house of Bavaria. Princess Alexandra of Bavaria harboured an unusual belief throughout her life. What was she convinced that she had swallowed as a child? Hint

Violin

Grand Piano

Pair of Cymbals

Bass Drum

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Question 2 of 10

2. Alexandra's nephew, Ludwig II of Bavaria (1846-86), was most notable for his decision to reverse night and day. He would take epic mountain journeys at the dead of night in a golden sleigh. What was the nickname attributed to him? Hint

The Night King

El Stupido

Dream King

King Nutmeg

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Question 3 of 10

3. Another in this mad family was Ludwig II's younger brother, Otto. The only way the prince thought he could keep his sanity was by doing what every day? Hint

Having sex with a goat

Shooting a peasant

Pretending to be a chicken

Eating his own faeces

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Question 4 of 10

4. Moving on from the mad Bavarians. True or False now. Catherine the Great of Russia (1729-96) was so enchanted by a butterfly that she made it her king.

True

False

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Question 5 of 10

5. King Henry Christophe (1767-1820) ordered his guards to prove their loyalty to him by marching over a 200ft cliff. Of which nation was he king? Hint

Abyssinia

France

New Caledonia

Haiti

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Question 6 of 10

6. A certain King of England was being driven through Windsor Great Park when he ordered his carriage driver to stop. He got out and began talking to an oak tree for several minutes and shaking hands with one of it's branches. Which mad king was this? Clue: A famous film was made about him. Hint

George III

Henry V

Charles II

James I

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Question 7 of 10

7. True of False again. Mad King Charles VI of France (1368-1422) was convinced he was made of glass and hated travelling by coach in case the vibration shattered him into a thousand pieces.

True

False

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Question 8 of 10

8. Charles VI of France's wife, Queen Isabeau, grew tired of him when he began wandering the royal palace's corridors howling like a wolf. To avoid sharing the king's bed she came up with idea to get out of it? Hint

She laughed at him when he was naked and put him off

She drugged him at night and convinced him she was there

She got a lookalike to take her place

She convinced him he was homosexual

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Question 9 of 10

9. Prussian Field Marshall, Prince Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher, whose intervention at Waterloo sealed Wellington's triumph was himself quite insane. What did he believe he was for part of his life? Hint

King of the Moon

Married to a horse

Made of chocolate and in danger of melting

Pregnant with an elephant

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Question 10 of 10

10. Not actually a royal but he was quite mad was 19th Century naturalist, Frank Buckland. He used to serve his guests bizarre meals including roast parrot, stewed sea slug and mice on buttered toast. Animals ran amok in his house and one lady guest, on her way to the powder room, stumbled across what dead animal on the stairs? Hint

Squid

Hippopotamus

Wild Boar

Kangaroo

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: Grand Piano

Unbelievably yes, her belief she had swallowed the piano stayed with her her whole life and nothing could shake her from the idea.

Answer: Dream King

He dressed his coachmen in the style of Louis XIV of France and built astonishingly expensive fairy-tale castles. He was eventually declared unfit to rule and was replaced.

3. Another in this mad family was Ludwig II's younger brother, Otto. The only way the prince thought he could keep his sanity was by doing what every day?

Answer: Shooting a peasant

He would take pot shots at the peasants working in his garden every morning. When numbers drastically reduced, one servant was given the task of loading the prince's gun with blanks whilst another servant dressed up as a peasant and pretended to drop down dead when he shot.

4. Moving on from the mad Bavarians. True or False now. Catherine the Great of Russia (1729-96) was so enchanted by a butterfly that she made it her king.

Answer: False

In the realms of this quiz, she was pretty sane. She was enchanted, however, by a primrose and posted a sentry to guard it day and night. Also, when she discovered that she had dandruff, she imprisoned her hairdresser for three years to stop the news spreading.

5. King Henry Christophe (1767-1820) ordered his guards to prove their loyalty to him by marching over a 200ft cliff. Of which nation was he king?

Answer: Haiti

Those who obeyed plunged to their deaths and those who refused were tortured and executed. The king ended up shooting himself.

Answer: George III

He believed he was talking to the King of Prussia. King George ended up being declared insane and locked away.

7. True of False again. Mad King Charles VI of France (1368-1422) was convinced he was made of glass and hated travelling by coach in case the vibration shattered him into a thousand pieces.

Answer: True

He also started prowling the corridors of the royal palace howling like a wolf much to his queen's consternation.

Answer: She got a lookalike to take her place

The lookalike was Odette de Champdives and every night for 30 years she wore the Queen's clothes and slept in the royal bed with Charles never spotting the deception.

Answer: Pregnant with an elephant

Yes, he believed it had been fathered to him by a French soldier. He would also tiptoe around everywhere believing the French had heated the floor to a greater temperature than human flesh could endure.

Answer: Hippopotamus

How he didn't realise it was missing is unknown and what must you think finding that on the stairs? His pet monkeys were given a glass of beer at night and a tot of port on Sundays. He even tried to make elephant trunk soup but the trunk was too tough to eat, even after boiling it for 3 days.

Source: Author kristian88

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