‘Gentlemen, ‘this is a very good joke indeed, but why should you all be kings?’. For 10 points each, answer some questions about the deposed monarchs with which Candide dines.
[10e] Theodor von Neuhoff was a mercenary who became king of this island before being deposed by the Genoese and the French. Napoleon was born on this island off the coast of France.
ANSWER: Corsica [accept Corse]
[10m] Ivan VI reigned for just 13 months as an infant before being overthrown by this person, his cousin. This person, who established the Imperial Moscow University, was the youngest daughter of Peter the Great .
ANSWER: Empress Elizabeth of Russia [or Elizabeth Petrovna, also accept Yelisaveta or Elizaveta]
[10h] One Sultan of this name reigned during the Tulip Period but was deposed after the decadence of his court drew the ire of a bath attendant named Patrona Halil. Another Sultan of this name commissioned a mosque with six minarets designed by Mehmed Agha.
ANSWER: Ahmed [also accept Ahmed I or Ahmed III]