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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?
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?
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?
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.
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?
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.
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.
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?
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?
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?
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