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What idea said kings answer to God alone?

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  1. 1 Easy

    Which king danced as the rising sun at age 14?

    Answer: Louis XIV

    Why: The Ballet royal de la Nuit ran through the whole night, some 12 to 13 hours, before his sunrise ended it.

  2. 2 Medium

    How old was Louis XIV when he became king?

    Answer: 4

    Why: His mother, Anne of Austria, governed France as regent while he was a child.

  3. 3 Hard

    How long did France's Estates-General go uncalled before 1789?

    Answer: 175 years

    Why: Weeks after it reopened in May 1789, its Third Estate declared itself the National Assembly.

  4. 4 Easy

    Which royal prison held only seven inmates when stormed in 1789?

    Answer: Bastille

    Why: Four of the seven were forgers, and one was a count locked up by royal warrant at his father's request.

  5. 5 Medium

    What did Joseph II order to be reusable to save wood?

    Answer: Coffins

    Why: A lever opened a trapdoor in the coffin's floor, dropping the body, sewn into a sack, into the grave.

  6. 6 Hard

    Where was absolutism written into law in 1665?

    Answer: Denmark

    Why: Denmark kept this King's Law until its 1849 constitution replaced most of it and ended absolute rule.

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