Friday Quiz
Posted on May 5th, 2006 by TK
I think its safe to say that this is, by far, the strangest quiz I’ve ever read or taken.
Which Historical Lunatic Are You?
Hat tip to Doug over at Bogus Gold. He’s having blog problems this week. Visit him so he’ll feel a little better!
Woot!
Born with the name of Otto, you became Ludwig at the request of your grandfather, King Ludwig I, because you were born on his birthday. You became Crown Prince at the tender age of 3, and soon after stole a purse from a shop on the basis that everything in Bavaria belonged to you. Tragedy struck when your pet tortoise was taken away; relatives thought the six-year-old prince was too attached to it. Your childhood was lonely and formal. Once, you were prevented from beheading your younger brother by the timeous arrival of a court official. From the age of 14 you suffered from hallucinations.
Despite striking an imposing figure with your great height and good looks, your speeches were pompous to the point of incomprehensibility. You became even more of a recluse, often spending hours reading poetry in a seashell-shaped boat in your electrically-illuminated underground grotto.
You are most famous for building three fairytale castles - Linderhof, Neuschwanstein and Herrenchiemsee - at tremendous public expense. Declared insane and confined to your bedroom by concerned (and embarrassed) subjects, you escaped on 13 June 1886, but were later found drowned with your physician in Lake Stamberg in mysterious circumstances.
The picture didn’t post. That’s from Ludwig II, Swan King of Bavaria. Image: http://rumandmonkey.com/widgets/tests/images/lunatics/l.jpg
Congrats on finding the single greatest quiz in the history of blogs!
I’m almost embarrassed to mention, but when I started taking the quiz, I thought it said “Which LITURGICAL Lunatic Are You? So I was a little disappointed when I read correctly what the quiz was about.
But I’m over that now.
LIturgical Lunatic. That’s what my kids call me behind my back, I’m pretty sure.