Q 01/05

A rude man the Pythons met in Torquay inspired which sitcom?

A) Fawlty Towers

B) Duty Free

C) Porridge

D) The Good Life

Answer · why

A) Fawlty Towers

Fawlty Towers: John Cleese based Basil on hotelier Donald Sinclair, who reportedly put Eric Idle's bag outside, fearing it held a bomb.

Q 02/05

Besides the BBC, which country's television commissioned two special episodes of Monty Python's Flying Circus?

A) West Germany

B) Sweden

C) Canada

D) The Netherlands

Answer · why

A) West Germany

West Germany's WDR produced the two specials, and the Pythons performed the first one in German and the second in English, dubbed for broadcast.

Q 03/05

In Monty Python and the Holy Grail, which knight calls his severed arm "but a scratch"?

A) The Black Knight

B) The Green Knight

C) The Three-Headed Knight

D) Sir Robin

Answer · why

A) The Black Knight

The Black Knight grew from a story Cleese's English teacher told, about a Roman wrestler who was found dead just as he was declared the winner.

Q 04/05

In which city did future Pythons Terry Gilliam and John Cleese first meet?

A) Cambridge

B) London

C) Los Angeles

D) New York

Answer · why

D) New York

New York: Gilliam, then working for Help! magazine, cast Cleese as a man who falls in love with a Barbie doll in one of its photo comics.

Q 05/05

Which BBC satirical show is credited with first bringing the British Pythons together?

A) The Frost Report

B) That Was the Week That Was

C) Not Only... But Also

D) I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again

Answer · why

A) The Frost Report

The Frost Report: its famous class sketch lined up Cleese, Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett by height, so the upper class literally looked down on the...