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Complete the quotes. These are taken from the original sketches as they appeared on TV. Hope you enjoy!

A multiple-choice quiz by ssherm. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
ssherm

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
231,176

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition. Our chief weapon is..." Hint

fear

artillery

ruthless efficiency

surprise

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Question 2 of 10

2. "And Dinsdale said, 'I hear you've been a naughty boy Clement' and he splits me nostrils open and saws me leg off and pulls me liver out, and I said my name's not Clement, and then he loses his temper and..." Hint

nails my head to the floor

laid Stanley Baldwin

screwed my pelvis to a cake stand

brings out a tactical nuclear weapon

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Question 3 of 10

3. "Now this is for �15, and it's to stop us revealing the name of your lover in..." Hint

Ipswich

London

Bolton

Cardiff

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Question 4 of 10

4. "Drop your panties Sir William, I cannot ..." Hint

buy this record

wait till morning

wait till lunchtime

find the hovercraft

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Question 5 of 10

5. "I am not a loony! Why should I be tarred with the epithet 'loony' merely because I have a pet halibut? I've heard tell that Sir Gerald Nabarro has a pet..." Hint

hedgehog called Spiny Norman

clam called Sir Stafford

prawn called Simon

pike called Norman

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Question 6 of 10

6. "It's not pining, it's passed on. This parrot is no more. It has ceased to be. It's expired and gone to meet its maker. This is a late parrot. It's a stiff. Bereft of life, it rests in peace. If you hadn't nailed it to the perch, it would be pushing up the daisies. It's rung down the curtain and..." Hint

kicked the bucket

it's bleeding demised

bought the farm

joined the choir invisible

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Question 7 of 10

7. "He's a lumberjack and he's OK, he sleeps all night and he works all day. I cut down trees, I wear high heels..." Hint

suspenders and a bra

and has buttered scones for tea

I like to press wild flowers

and hang around in bars

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Question 8 of 10

8. "Telephone Mr. Hilter, it's that nice _________ from the Bell and Compasses. He says he's found a place where you can hire bombers by the hour." Hint

Mr. Bimmler

Ron Vibbentrop

Mrs. Johnson

Mr. McGoering

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Question 9 of 10

9. "And so the final result: The Upperclass Twit of the Year - Gervaise Brook-Hampster of Kensington and Weybridge; runner up - Vivian Smith-Smythe-Smith of Kensington, and third - ..." Hint

Brigadier Mainwaring Smith Smith Smith,etc., deceased

Oliver St. John-Mollusc of Harrow

Nigel Incubator-Jones of Henley

Simon Zinc-Trumpeter-Harris of Surrey

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Question 10 of 10

10. "Penguins don't come from next door, they come from the Antarctic."
"Burma!"
"Why did you say Burma?"
"I panicked."
"Oh, perhaps it's from the zoo."
"Which zoo?"
"How should I know which zoo, I'm not..." Hint

Margaret Bloody Thatcher

Stephen Bloody Hawking

David Bloody Niven

Dr. Bloody Bronowski

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition. Our chief weapon is..."

Answer: surprise

This is from The Spanish Inquisition sketch, when they first burst into the room. Cardinals Ximenez, Biggles, and Fang were played by Michael Palin, Terry Jones, and Terry Gilliam.

Answer: nails my head to the floor

This is from one of my favorites, The Piranha Brothers sketch, from the interview with Vince Snetterton-Lewis.
The Piranha brothers, Doug and Dinsdale, controlled London with a combination of violence and sarcasm.

3. "Now this is for �15, and it's to stop us revealing the name of your lover in..."

Answer: Bolton

This is from The Blackmail sketch. This is the phone call to Mrs. Betty Teal. My favorite was 'Stop the Film' - the longer you leave it, the more you have to pay.

4. "Drop your panties Sir William, I cannot ..."

Answer: wait till lunchtime

This comes from The Tobacconist sketch. The Hungarian says this right after the Policeman enters and before he says, "My nipples explode with delight". Other bogus phrases are "My hovercraft is full of eels", "I will not buy this record, it is scratched", "bouncy bouncy".

5. "I am not a loony! Why should I be tarred with the epithet 'loony' merely because I have a pet halibut? I've heard tell that Sir Gerald Nabarro has a pet..."

Answer: prawn called Simon

This one's taken from The Fish License sketch. After Mr. Praline says he has a pet halibut which "I chose out of thousands, the others were too flat". Then the clerk calls him a loony. The version on the Record Album ends with an hysterical song called "Eric the half a bee".

Answer: joined the choir invisible

This is, of course, from The Dead Parrot Sketch. This is what Mr. Praline says right before the clerk gives in and offers to replace it. Interestingly, Mr. Praline is the same character from The Fish License Sketch, played by John Cleese, and the clerk in both sketches was Michael Palin. I suppose if the bird was alive, Praline would want a license for it.

The Norwegian Blue prefers kipping on its back. Beautiful bird, lovely plumage.

7. "He's a lumberjack and he's OK, he sleeps all night and he works all day. I cut down trees, I wear high heels..."

Answer: suspenders and a bra

This is from The Lumberjack Song, right after the Mounties Choir incredulously repeat, "He puts on women's clothing and hangs around in bars?" Oh Bevis! And I thought you were so rugged.

8. "Telephone Mr. Hilter, it's that nice _________ from the Bell and Compasses. He says he's found a place where you can hire bombers by the hour."

Answer: Mr. McGoering

This is from The Mr. Hilter sketch. This is shortly after Bimmler tells Hilter to "cool it fuhrer cat". Then Mrs. Johnson answers the phone. Mr. Hilter was the National Bocialist candidate from North Minehead. His plans included annexing Poland.

9. "And so the final result: The Upperclass Twit of the Year - Gervaise Brook-Hampster of Kensington and Weybridge; runner up - Vivian Smith-Smythe-Smith of Kensington, and third - ..."

Answer: Nigel Incubator-Jones of Henley

This is from The Upperclass Twit of the Year sketch. These were the final results. Gervaise wins by shooting himself in the head. Nigel shoots Simon, then himself. Oliver runs himself over with a sports car.

10. "Penguins don't come from next door, they come from the Antarctic." "Burma!" "Why did you say Burma?" "I panicked." "Oh, perhaps it's from the zoo." "Which zoo?" "How should I know which zoo, I'm not..."

Answer: Dr. Bloody Bronowski

This is from the Exploding Penguin sketch. This exchange between the two pepperpots comes after they discuss the egg rolling down the back of the television, and before checking for property of the zoo stamps. That's the end of my first quiz and so it's time for the penguin on top of your set television to explode!

Source: Author ssherm

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