Q 01/05

How many members made up Monty Python?

A) Six

B) Four

C) Five

D) Seven

Answer · why

A) Six

Chapman, Cleese, Gilliam, Idle, Jones and Palin; a frequent actress is often called the seventh Python.

Q 02/05

Monty Python's Flying Circus aired on the BBC between which years?

A) 1970 and 1975

B) 1969 and 1974

C) 1965 and 1970

D) 1972 and 1979

Answer · why

B) 1969 and 1974

There were 45 episodes over four series, plus two made for German television.

Q 03/05

Which two Pythons met at Oxford University?

A) Eric Idle and Terry Gilliam

B) Graham Chapman and Eric Idle

C) Terry Jones and Michael Palin

D) John Cleese and Graham Chapman

Answer · why

C) Terry Jones and Michael Palin

Chapman, Cleese and Idle were at Cambridge; Gilliam is American.

Q 04/05

Where did Terry Gilliam first meet John Cleese, during a Footlights tour?

A) Cambridge

B) West London

C) Los Angeles

D) New York

Answer · why

D) New York

Cleese was touring with the revue Cambridge Circus, and Gilliam later ran one of his photo strips in Help! magazine.

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) The Goon Show

Answer · why

A) The Frost Report

It ran from 1966 to 1967 with David Frost.