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A Monty Python Quiz

1 In what year did the show make its television debut?

2 Which fictitious government department employed a tea lady called Mrs Twolumps?

3 What two words complete the following quote from a Python sketch – Nobody expects the….?

4 What breed of parrot featured in the Dead Parrot Sketch?

5 Which contest that included walking along a straight and narrow line was won by Gervaise Brooke Hampster?

6 In the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, which cricket star represented an animated depiction of God?

7 Who composed the Python theme of The Liberty Bell March?

8 In the opening credits of show a giant foot crushes the shows title. The foot in question belonged to which mythological god in a famous painting?

9 Which song is performed by Michael Palin accompanied by Canadian mounties?

10 Which item of food is included in every dish of the menu served in the café owned by Mr and Mrs Bun?

11 Who played King Arthur in Monty Python and the Holy Grail?

12 Which Python animator went on the direct several films including The Fisher King?

13 Released in 1983, what is the title of the fourth Python movie?

14 Which university was attended by Eric Idle and John Cleese?

15 Which Python musical debuted on Broadway in 2005?

16 What is the last name of Brian in The Life of Brian?

17 Which children’s TV series first broadcast in 1967 saw several of the Python team appearing alongside the Bonzo Dog Doodah Band and David Jason?

18 Which actress was sometimes referred to as the seventh Python?

19 Which line delivered in The Life of Brian was voted Funniest Ever Line in a British Movie?

20 The film The Life of Brian ended with which song?

Answers

1 1969

2 Ministry of Funny Walks

3 Spanish Inquisition

4 Norwegian Blue

5 Upper Class Twit of the Year

6 WG Grace

7 John Phillip Sousa

8 Cupid

9 The Lumberjack Song

10 Spam

11 Graham Chapman

12 Terry Gilliam

13 The Meaning of Life

14 Cambridge University

15 Spamalot

16 Cohen

17 Do Not Adjust Your Set

18 Carol Cleveland

19 He’s not the Messiah he’s a very naughty boy

20 Always Look on the Bright Side of Life