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54 free Monty Python and the Holy Grail trivia questions with answers. Monty Python and the Holy Grail cost £175,000, was funded by Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd, and became one of the most quoted comedies ever made. This quiz covers the whole quest: the coconut horses, the Black Knight's flesh wounds, the Trojan Rabbit, the Knights Who Say Ni and their shrubbery, Castle Anthrax, Tim the Enchanter, the killer rabbit and the Holy Hand Grenade, the Bridge of Death and the swallow question, and the police who end the film. It also digs into how it was made: Doune Castle standing in for everything, the rock-star investors, Graham Chapman drying out on set and Eric Idle turning it all into Spamalot. Easy questions ask how the knights 'ride' and what the Black Knight says. The hard ones want the size of Led Zeppelin's investment, the royal object the Holy Hand Grenade parodies and the alternative ending the Pythons dropped. It suits a film night or a quiz for people who can recite the whole thing. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia's articles on the film and its makers, and each question carries the sentence that backs it up.
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Q 01In what year was Monty Python and the Holy Grail released?
1975
It grossed more than any other British film shown in the US that year.
Q 02Which two Pythons directed the film?
Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones
It was the feature directorial debut for both.
Q 03Who plays King Arthur?
Graham Chapman
He also voices God and the middle head of the Three-Headed Giant.
Q 04Instead of horses, how do Arthur and his men travel?
Servants bang coconut shells while they mime galloping
The joke came from the old radio sound effect for hooves; the budget ruled out real horses.
Q 05The German title of the film translates as what, referencing the hoof-clopping gag?
The Knights of the Coconut
The Hungarian title, Gyalog galopp, means 'Galloping on Foot'.
Q 06What does King Arthur cut off first from the Black Knight?
His left arm
The Knight insists ''Tis but a scratch' and fights on.
Q 07What does the Black Knight say after losing an arm?
''Tis but a scratch'
He later dismisses losing both arms as 'just a flesh wound'.
Q 08Which Python plays the Black Knight?
John Cleese
Gilliam plays the Green Knight the Black Knight kills at the start of the scene.
Q 09Why does Arthur turn away from Camelot?
He decides it is 'a silly place'
He changes his mind after the knights perform a musical number.
Q 10Who orders Arthur to find the Holy Grail?
God
God is voiced by Graham Chapman and appears as a cut-out animation.
Q 11What do the French soldiers use to drive the Britons back from their castle?
A barrage of barnyard animals
They also insult the knights' mothers.
Q 12What flaw ruins the Trojan Rabbit plan?
Nobody remembered to hide inside it first
The rabbit is flung straight back at them.
Q 13What one word terrifies Arthur's party in the woods?
'Ni!'
The leader of the knights is played by Michael Palin.
Q 21Arthur miscounts while using the grenade, saying 'One, two...' and then what?
'Five!'
Galahad corrects him: 'Three, sir!'
Q 22How was the killer beast at the cave actually filmed?
With a real white bunny and puppets for its kills
Gilliam covered the real rabbit in red liquid without its owner knowing.
Q 23At the Bridge of Death, what must each knight do to cross?
Answer three questions
Getting one wrong flings you into the Gorge of Eternal Peril.
Q 14What do the Knights Who Say 'Ni!' demand?
A shrubbery
Later they demand a second shrubbery and that he cut down a tree with a herring.
Q 15How does Sir Robin avoid the Three-Headed Knight?
He runs off while its heads argue
Robin is 'the Not-Quite-So-Brave-as-Sir-Lancelot'.
Q 16Who occupies Castle Anthrax?
Young women who all try to woo Galahad
Lancelot 'rescues' Galahad against his will.
Q 17Who really wrote the distress note Lancelot answers at Swamp Castle?
The effeminate Prince Herbert
Lancelot slaughters much of the wedding party before realising his mistake.
Q 18Who is Tim the Enchanter?
A fire-wielding sorcerer who points them to a cave
John Cleese plays him; he warns them about the beast guarding the cave.
Q 19What guards the Cave of Caerbannog?
A killer rabbit
The knights mock it before it kills Bors, Gawain and Ector.
Q 20What does Arthur use to destroy the beast at the cave?
The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch
Brother Maynard provides it and reads its instructions from the Book of Armaments.
Q 24Which question stumps the bridgekeeper himself, sending him into the gorge?
The airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow
Arthur asks him to clarify African or European.
Q 25How does the film end?
Police arrest Arthur and break the camera
Cleese later said they ended it that way because they couldn't think of anything else.
Q 26Which modern-day character is murdered, triggering a police subplot?
A historian filming a documentary
An unknown knight on horseback kills him.
Q 27Which fortress provided most of the film's exteriors and interiors?
Doune Castle
Shot from different angles or as hanging miniatures, it stood in for many castles.
Q 28Which Argyll stronghold appears as 'Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh' at the end?
Castle Stalker
It is a privately owned castle in Argyll.
Q 29Why did the crew rely so heavily on one location?
Scottish authorities pulled permission for other castles
Permission was pulled in the two weeks before shooting, over fears of damage.
Q 30Which fortress, later Winterfell in Game of Thrones, was Holy Grail's main location?
Doune Castle
It also plays Castle Leoch in Outlander.