81 Life of Brian Trivia Questions & Answers

Answer: Capricorn

Mom: "Capricorn, eh; what are they like?"
Magi: "He is the son of God, our Messiah, King of the Jews."
Mom: "That's Capricorn, is it?"
Magi: "Oh, no, no, no, that's just him."
Mom: "Oh, I was going to say, otherwise there'd be a lot of 'em."
I don't know which is funnier; the fact that mom has no idea why her brat is the object of praise, or that these so-called "wise men" don't know they've stumbled into the wrong stable.

Answer: Creeping around a cow shed at two o'clock in the morning

The exact line, 'Well, what are you doing creeping around a cow shed at two o'clock in the morning? That doesn't sound very wise to me.' Mandy is a strange one, but she (played by Terry Jones) occasionally rifles off a bit of wit...essentially she is the same character as the old women who accompanies Dennis, the revolutionary peasant, from the 'Holy Grail'.

Answer: Slaps him

This is seen when the wise men leave. She slaps him and mutters, "Shut up!"

Answer: Cohen

Only mentioned once in the movie. Interestingly enough, surnames weren't generally used for another 1200 years.

Answer: a dangerous animal.

This film is considered by many to be the best single thing that the "Monty Python" group made. The group was made up of John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin.

Answer: nose

While listening to Jesus, Eric Idle lashes out on someone for having a big nose, when eventually Brian buts in "Oh, lay off him", only to get the reply, "Well, you can talk conch face!" The above quote follows.

Answer: about teatime

I think that this scene is from another film with the "Monty Python" team working over the top. If anybody knows what film it is please tell me and I can put it in this quiz as some "Interesting Information". Thanks.

Answer: Mandy

Another pepper pot by Terry Jones.

Answer: 2:00 a.m.

"What are you doing creeping around a cow shed at 2:00 in the morning? That doesn't sound very wise to me!" Brian's mother says this to the wise men.

Answer: In the trough

Somehow she thinks it's a dangerous animal which might bite the baby! Perhaps she dreamed it.

Answer: 33 A.D

The year Jesus is believed to have died. The group did stir up some controversy with the story being so close to the story of Jesus.

Answer: Two pointy ones, two flat ones and a packet of gravel

You would think that you could just pick them up off the ground, but no. "Feel that, that's craftsmanship, sir."

Answer: women

John Cleese is conducting the stoning, at which women are not allowed to be present.

Answer: any manufacturer of dairy products

My favourite line in the whole film! "Obviously it's not meant to be taken literally, it refers to any manufacturer of dairy products."
(This is said at the beginning of the film after the opening credits by the rich man.)

Answer: 16 years

"Then he healed me. Without so much as a 'By your leave.'"

Answer: The Meek

Reg and the PFJ are clearly not impressed with Jesus' 'Sermon on the Mount'. In agreeing with Francis' statement "...blessed be just about everybody with a vested interest in the status quo." Reg lays the blame directly where he thinks it belongs: "What Jesus blatantly fails to appreciate is; it's the meek who are the problem."

Answer: He wants to have babies

Reg didn't approve of the fact that Stan wanted to have babies, mainly because it wasn't possible.

Answer: The Judean People's Front.

Graham Chapman (Brian) was sadly the first "Monty Python" member to die after he passed away in 1989. He will be remembered for his fantastic acting and writing as well as his openness to being an alcoholic and his homosexuality.

Answer: written

It seems that most people couldn't care less as all the "stoners" (!) are women wearing beards.

Answer: nipple

Imperialist tit-bits - Cleese stars again in a background commentary at the stadium, in which they are arguing about Stan's right to have babies.

Answer: her donkey

This donkey looks apallingly unrealistic, especially when viewed on a DVD, but that just adds to the humour in my opinion. (This is said just before Brian and his Mother meet the stone seller, before the stoning scene.)

Answer: Halibut

'He said it again.'

Answer: Deuteronomy

As the charges are read, the blasphemer is clearly identified as "Matthias, son of Deuteronomy of Gath." Deuteronomy, meaning 'second law' is the fifth book of the Old Testament. Gath was an ancient Philistine city-state, destroyed in 800-900 BC. An unlikely combination for a name, but it sounds both serious and silly enough to work in this film's context.

Answer: Tea time

While the faithful listen intently to Jesus' speech, those who are less fortunately positioned have a difficult time hearing his famed sermon. This includes Mandy, who shouts irreverently, 'Speak up!' Brian's mum seems rather unenthusiastic about the sermon, and asks her son to accompany her to the local stoning.

Answer: A lot

He says this when he wants to become a member of the People's Front of Judea.