Monkey Business Trivia Quiz

Answer: Bourbon

The actual lyrics are:
"Kangaroo lady with her bourbon in a pouch,
Can't afford the rental on a bamboo couch,
Collectin' back her favours"
"Monkey Business" featured on the "Slave to the Grind" album, which was the band's second studio release, in 1991. The track reached the Top 20 on the UK Chart when it was released as a single earlier that year.

Answer: Winne the Pooh

"Return to the Hundred Acre Wood" was authorised by the A.A. Milne's estate, and published in 2009. It was the first new Winnie the Pooh book for over eighty years, and the text was written by David Benedictus.

Answer: Mary Kornman

Mary Kornman was just seven years old when she made her first appearance in an "Our Gang" film. She came to the attention of director Hal Roach because her father worked for him as a cameraman.
"Monkey Business" was first shown in 1926.

Answer: Running a supermarket

The monkeys in the story ran a supermarket. The strip was drawn by John Geering who also devised the "Bananaman" character and drew the stories from their inception in 1980 until his death in 1999.
"The Dandy" was first printed in 1937, by DC Comics, and has been running ever since, although it was forced to reduce printing to one issue every two weeks during World War II.

Answer: Chuck Berry

The song was written by Chuck Berry in 1956, was released as a single, and reached number four on the Billboard R&B Chart. It later featured on his first solo album "After School Session" (1957).

Answer: PG Wodehouse

The anthology in question is called "Blandings Castle and Elsewhere", and was first published in 1935.
"The American Magazine" was first published in 1906, and continued for fifty years until it finally shut down in 1956.

Answer: Californication

The first series of "Californication" was broadcast in 2007, and series six began in 2012.
It is the fourth episode of series four that is entitled "Monkey Business" and unfortunately the monkey ends up dying, killed accidentally by Charlie Runkle, played by Evan Handler.

Answer: Gary Hart

Gary Hart was a Senator with aspirations to the Presidency of the United States, when he, perhaps foolishly, told the American press to "prove" he had been unfaithful to his wife. They took him at his word, and when pictures of him, aboard Monkey Business, with Donna Rice, were printed, a media frenzy ensued and any hope he had of becoming President was dashed.
Eddie Lewis was the owner of Monkey Business at the time of the scandal.
Floyd Parker and Lloyd Bentsen were both Vice-Presidential candidates in the US election of 1988.

Answer: The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse

The actual story of the two mice has been told many times, with versions extant dating back to ancient Greece.
Many people nowadays know the Beatrix Potter version "The Tale of Johnny Town Mouse" best; it was first published in 1918.

Answer: Black Eyed Peas

The single "Don't Phunk with My Heart" won the Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Rap Duo or Group at the 1996 awards ceremony. It was the band's second album with Fergie on vocals.