Monday, February 13, 2012

Trivia Monday!

I've decided it would be fun to start to a new blog feature. Every Monday I will post a trivia question related to the 18th century, and the first person to leave a comment with the correct answer will have their name and response posted the following week.

I have a pretty easy one for you this week:-
What historical figure had several pets, including a monkey, birds, and small dogs (two of whom were named Mimi and Ines)?
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4 comments:

  1. katie eggemanFebruary 14, 2012 at 1:27 PM

    Marie Antoinette, perhaps, though now that I have guessed, I googled her and couldn't find anything specific, on Mimi or Inez, but I thought I remembered a monkey in the movie?

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  2. Olympe de la Tour D'AuvergneFebruary 14, 2012 at 7:06 PM

    Nice guess and it wouldn't surprise me if she did have a monkey, but no, it's wasn't her.

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  3. CarolineFebruary 15, 2012 at 5:18 PM

    Could it be Catherine the Great?

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  4. Olympe de la Tour D'AuvergneFebruary 15, 2012 at 5:19 PM

    It was not Catherine the Great, but she seems like the type of person who would've had a lot of animals, doesn't she?

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