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Sketching Monty Python Trivia Quiz

A few scenes from Monty Python sketches to put a smile on your face.

A multiple-choice quiz by gme24. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
gme24

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
379,338

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
238

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Question 1 of 10

1. In the "Cheese Shop" sketch Michael Palin plays a cheese seller that doesn't appear to have anything for sale. What is the Yorkshire "cheesy" name of the owner? Hint

Henry Wensleydale

Henry Gloucester

Henry Cheddar

Henry Leicester

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Question 2 of 10

2. In the "Dead Parrot" sketch, from which country was the deceased bird? Hint

Australia

Norway

Sweden

New Zealand

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Question 3 of 10

3. In the "Philosopher's Football Match" the German team played against the Greeks. Who scored a dramatic last minute goal to give the Greek side the win? Hint

Archimedes

Leibnitz

Marx

Socrates

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Question 4 of 10

4. In the "Albatross" sketch what kind of flavour is the albatross that John Cleese is touting? Hint

Strawberry

Sea salt

Sea bird

Chocolate

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Question 5 of 10

5. In the "Mattress" sketch, what song do they have to sing when Mr Lambert puts a bag over his head? Hint

Jerusalem

God Save the Queen

Auld Lang Syne

Waterloo

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Question 6 of 10

6. What is the name shared by all the professors of the Philosophy Department at the University of Woolloomooloo? Hint

Brian

Bruce

Eric

Fred

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Question 7 of 10

7. One of the chocolates in the "Chocolate Assortment Box" is described as "Crunchy frog". From which country are the frogs "dew-picked"? Hint

Iran

Iraq

France

Switzerland

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Question 8 of 10

8. In the sketch "Self Defence Against Fresh Fruit" what did the instructor do to the student who attacked him with a banana? Hint

Released the tiger

Shot him

Tripped him

Wrestled him

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Question 9 of 10

9. In the sketch "Dennis Moore" the highwayman stops the coach and demands what? Hint

Gold

Strawberries

Silver

Lupins

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Question 10 of 10

10. In "Upper Class Twit of the Year" what was the first trial? Hint

Kicking the beggar

Walking along the straight line

Doing handstands

Walking the dog

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In the "Cheese Shop" sketch Michael Palin plays a cheese seller that doesn't appear to have anything for sale. What is the Yorkshire "cheesy" name of the owner?

Answer: Henry Wensleydale

The name Henry Wensleydale can be seen as John Cleese is about to enter the shop. The name comes up again as Cleese goes through all the cheeses that he knows. When he asks for Wensleydale the proprietor replies "Yes sir?" and when Cleese asks for some Palin replies "Thought you were referring to me."

2. In the "Dead Parrot" sketch, from which country was the deceased bird?

Answer: Norway

The Norwegian blue that was either "Resting" or "Pining for the fjords" according to the pet shop proprietor.

3. In the "Philosopher's Football Match" the German team played against the Greeks. Who scored a dramatic last minute goal to give the Greek side the win?

Answer: Socrates

Socrates scored the winner with a diving header from an Archimedes cross. The Germans argued that it was off-side, but Confucius, the referee of the game, let the goal stand.

4. In the "Albatross" sketch what kind of flavour is the albatross that John Cleese is touting?

Answer: Sea bird

In earlier times during the intermission of a film screening, sellers carrying various things such as nuts, ice cream, etc would walk along the aisles announcing as they walked along the products for sale. In the sketch John Cleese appears in a girl's uniform and is shouting "Albatross! Albatross! Albatross!".

A client approaches the girl and asks for "Two choc-ices please" to which she replies "I haven't got choc-ices. I only got the albatross. Albatross!". The client insists "What flavour is it?" the response to which is "It's a bird, innit? It's a bloody sea bird . .. it's not any bloody flavour."

5. In the "Mattress" sketch, what song do they have to sing when Mr Lambert puts a bag over his head?

Answer: Jerusalem

They have to stand in a tea chest and sing "Jerusalem" as Mr Lambert takes exception to the word mattress.

6. What is the name shared by all the professors of the Philosophy Department at the University of Woolloomooloo?

Answer: Bruce

They are all named Bruce and when the English professor Michael Baldwin joins the department they call him the new Bruce so as they say "To avoid confusion".

7. One of the chocolates in the "Chocolate Assortment Box" is described as "Crunchy frog". From which country are the frogs "dew-picked"?

Answer: Iraq

As the proprietor explains "only the finest baby frogs, dew-picked and flown from Iraq, cleansed in finest-quality spring water, lightly killed, and then sealed in a succulent Swiss quintuple smooth treble cream milk chocolate envelope and lovingly frosted with glucose."

8. In the sketch "Self Defence Against Fresh Fruit" what did the instructor do to the student who attacked him with a banana?

Answer: Shot him

The instructor, John Cleese, asks one of the students, Graham Chapman, to attack him with a banana. The student does that and the instructor shoots him dead.

9. In the sketch "Dennis Moore" the highwayman stops the coach and demands what?

Answer: Lupins

Dennis Moore stops the coach and demands "Hand over the lupins" because he knows that the coach is the "Lupin express".

10. In "Upper Class Twit of the Year" what was the first trial?

Answer: Walking along the straight line

In this trial the twits have to walk along a straight line with varying degrees of success. They either miss the line or fall over. Licking the beggar was one of the trials, as was waking the neighbour, insulting the waiter and shooting the rabbits.

Source: Author gme24

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