Where Have You Gone, Monty Python? Quiz

Answer: Graham Chapman

Poor Graham Chapman. After a long struggle with alcoholism, which led to poor health, he succumbed to cancer (and also a stroke). He was the straight man of the group, playing the lead roles in the "Holy Grail" and "Life of Brian". Really a charming fellow, I must say!

Answer: No

John Cleese has also received a 'Best Writing, Original Screenplay' nod from the Academy for his work on the 1989 film "A Fish Called Wanda". Unfortunately, neither won the awards for which they were nominated. The winners were the writers for "Witness" in 1986 and "Rain Man" in 1989...bloody favoritism!

Answer: Michael Palin

In this series, Palin attempted to retrace the steps of Phileas Fogg, the main character in the Jules Verne book of the same title. The catch was that he had to travel around the world in only 80 days without traveling by air. His adventures were fun to behold, much more natural than those blokes on the "Lonely Planet" travel series!

Answer: Terry Jones

In this captivating series Terry Jones explores everything from ancient weaponry to common household utensils. If you haven't had a chance to take a look at the episodes from this documentary series you really ought to check it out, very well done! Let me just add that Terry Jones would have made a better Tootsie than Dustin Hoffman...no man can mimic women quite as well as Mr. Jones!

Answer: The Wind in the Willows

"The Wind in the Willows" was a 1996 film directed by Terry Jones, and featuring himself, Eric Idle, Michael Palin and John Cleese. Unfortunately, the film was a complete flop at the box office...and from what I have heard it really isn't a very good film. Ah well, occasionally the troop had some bad sketches on the "Flying Circus", so we'll just chalk this one up as a bad feature-length sketch!

Answer: Graham Chapman

"Yellowbeard" also featured ex-Python's Eric Idle and John Cleese, but both starred in quite a number of films after the break-up of Monty Python, unlike Chapman who essentially only did this film. Sadly, the film just didn't cut it with the critics or the film-going public...it was a wash-out.

This is extraordinary when one considers the cast, featuring the three ex-Pythons, Cheech and Chong, Madeline Kahn, Peter Boyle and Marty Feldman, among others.

Answer: Eric Idle

I think it's safe to say that "Splitting Heirs" was not the most successful filmwriting attempt by a former Python member. The film also featured John Cleese, but failed to live up to its tagline, 'A wickedly funny comedy of royal proportions.' It's interesting that Idle failed (my opinion) in this solo writing effort, considering that he was the one Monty Python member who would spend most of his time writing material alone!

Answer: Mercedes Ruehl

Mercedes Ruehl won the 'Best Supporting Actress' award for her marvelous performance in Terry Gilliam's "The Fisher King" (my personal favorite of his films). Robin Williams was also nominated for an Oscar in that film (as 'Best Actor') but failed to come away with the award. What a rip-off!

Answer: John Cleese

Interesting, in "The World is Not Enough" he is introduced as 'R', while in the film "Die Another Day" he is listed as 'Q'. From what I understand, he was originally brought on as Q's assistant 'R', but now has simply taken over as 'Q'. Sadly, Desmond Llewelyn died in a car accident, so he was not able to continue with the Q character, hence why Cleese is now simply...Q.

Answer: None of them

Are you kidding? These guys wouldn't be able to keep a monk's robe on for five minutes! Though they are all intelligent, charitable individuals they are worth a lot more to us in their current capacity, making films and documentaries, than they would be protecting wild sneed pigeons (I made that bird up, by the way, so that would be doubly a waste of time!) Thank you for trying this quiz...and always look on the bright side of life!