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And Now For Something Completely "Monty Python"

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And Now For Something Completely Monty Python game quiz
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1. Which BBC comedy supremo first gathered the Pythons together in the hope of persuading them to create the now famous "Monty Python's Flying Circus"?
    Barry Cryer
    Barry Inferness
    Barry Norman
    Barry Took


2. Who spoke the first-ever line in the first-ever episode transmitted?
    Eric Idle
    Michael Palin
    John Cleese
    Graham Chapman


3. In how many different series two episodes did Dinsdale Piranha's spiky stalker Spiny Norman make an appearance?
    One
    Three
    Two
    Four


4. Which former British Prime Minister has never been portrayed or name checked in any "Monty Python" episode?
    Ramsey McDonald
    Margaret Thatcher
    Alexander Bonar Law
    Stanley Baldwin


5. Which film did ultra-rubbish director L.F. Dibley not claim to have made a version of before a much more talented director went on to achieve more substantial success with his own version?
    Francis Ford Coppola's "Finian's Rainbow"
    Arthur Penn's "Bonnie and Clyde"
    Lyndsey Anderson's "If..."
    Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey"


6. What is the name of the Spanish Inquisition's forgetful leader?
    Xavier
    Ximinez
    Zoltaire
    Zoltan


7. In what strange surroundings do we find John Cleese's "and now for something completely different..." announcer in the first episode of series two?
    The boot of a car
    A greasy spoon café
    The top level of a double decker bus
    A cage in a zoo


8. In tribute to the late, great Graham Chapman, which of these lines was not spoken by him in the TV series?
    "I object to all this sex on the television. I mean - I keep falling off!"
    "Burma!"
    "A murder - a murderer - is after all just an extroverted suicide."
    "I'm afraid the swan has just choked itself to death!"


9. The "Monty Python" theme tune is a piece composed by Phillip Sousa. What is it called?
    Liberty Chime
    Liberty Bell
    Liberty March
    Liberty Flute


10. Which former "Saturday Night Live" star presented the 1989 "Best Of" compilation, "Parrot Sketch Not Included," released to mark the Python's 20th anniversary?
    Bill Murray
    Chevy Chase
    Dan Aykroyd
    Steve Martin


11. In series two, episode two we are treated to a series of communication themed film/book/play spoofs, starting with "The Semaphore Version of Wuthering Heights". There then follows three further spoofs. Which one of these is NOT one of them?
    Gunfight at the OK Corral in Morse Code
    The Flare Assisted Citizen Kane
    Julius Caesar on an Aldis Lamp
    The Smoke Signal Version of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes


12. Complete the line - "I've got lots of lovely Lire _________..."
    now the Franc is getting dearer
    now the Drachma's getting dearer
    now the Dollar's getting deareR
    now the Deutsch-mark's getting dearer


13. Which celebrated humourous sci-fi/fantasy writer collaborated with Graham Chapman on a sketch for series four?
    Rob Grant
    Doug Naylor
    Terry Pratchett
    Douglas Adams


14. Terry Gilliam's animations for the TV series are justifiably legendary, but the American made very few on screen appearances compared to his counterparts. Which of these characters did he portray?
    Mr. Vibrating
    Luigi Facotti
    Fang
    Cardinal Richelieu


15. The last episode of series two ended with a controversial sketch that drew the most complaints to the BBC than any episode. What did the sketch involve?
    An undertaker who suggests cannibalism as a body disposal method
    Two old ladies violently beating each other up
    A naked man complaining about nudity on television
    A politician who insists on capital punishment for young offenders


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Compiled May 23 13