Do you have any kings in your family tree? Watch them, they're weird.

As a result of April's Create challenge, many of you have no doubt been doing ancestor research. If you found any kings or queens in the bunch, you should be aware that these monarchs are often guilty of odd behaviour.

Answer these quick questions about some unusual kings.

1. Why did George I need a tutor after being named King of England?
2. What did King Mongkut of Siam offer to US President Abraham Lincoln as a handy means of personal transport?
3. What strange delusion made France's King Charles VI move very carefully?
4. What modern technology takes its name from the peculiar appearance of Denmark's King Harald Blatand?
5. King Louis XIV gets bad press, but what did he do when a scientist showed up at court and offered him a bioweapon?
6. King James VI and I had a pet elephant. What did he give it to drink?
7. When he granted his toadies a charter for the Carolina Colony – a huge land grant – what proposal did King Charles II of England make concerning the new colony's archbishop?
8. What did King John of England do when his brother Richard was captured by the German Emperor?
9. Did Egyptian pharaohs play Dungeons and Dragons in their free time?
10. Alexander the Great was kind of self-important: he named 70 cities after himself. What close companion did he also name a city after?

Easy, right? You king-watcher, you. Click the pic for answers.

Dmitri Gheorgheni

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