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Monty Python quiz

Monty Python's Flying Circus was first broadcast on 5th October 1969. Here's our quiz to mark 50 years of the sketch group...

1. How many series did they make of Monty Python's Flying Circus?

2. Which of the five surviving members of Monty Python is the youngest?

Monty Python Live (Mostly). Image shows from L to R: John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam. Copyright: Phil McIntyre Entertainment / Hipgnosis

3. What colour suit was Eric Idle wearing to perform The Galaxy Song in Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life?

4. Name the obsese character in The Meaning Of Life.

Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life. Image shows from L to R: Terry Jones, John Cleese

5. The group made two episode for a foreign broadcaster, speaking in the native language. Which country?

6. What is the name that Monty Python gave to their middle-aged characters, who were often women.

Monty Python's Flying Circus. Image shows from L to R: John Cleese, Graham Chapman. Copyright: BBC

7. What is the correct name of the political group Brian asks to join in The Life Of Brian.

8. Who setup HandMade Films, to ensure that Monty Python's Life Of Brian was made?

Monty Python's Life Of Brian

9. Which of these was NOT a working title for Monty Python's Flying Circus?

10. Who delivered the line "Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!" in Monty Python And The Holy Grail?

Monty Python And The Holy Grail. Copyright: Hand Made Films

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