And Now For Something Completely Different... A Monty Python Feud by 42fish[Game Over]

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Object of the game:
Give the most popular answer for each category.

Rules:

  1. No reading the thread before answering. This is on the honor system.
  2. Formatting rules must be followed (see below).
  3. Joke answers will not be considered, as it is not fair to other players.
  4. Google (etc.) is allowed, if you desire.
  5. The game will end with 50 entrants, or when I get time to score it.
  6. There is no Rule 6.
  7. Special Rules for this particular Feud: See below.

Formatting rules:
To make semi-automated scoring possible, and my job easier, make you post look exactly like this:

  1. answer
  2. answer
  3. answer
  4. answer

No double spacing, do not use the “list” function, no smilies, no urls, no periods, no quote marks, and no punctuation if it is not necessary. Put “pass” if you want to leave an answer blank. If you feel you must qualify your answer, do it AFTER THE LIST! If you don’t format like this, your answers might be DISQUALIFIED.

Scoring:
With 50 entrants, an answer with a match is worth 2x the number of people matching it. If 4 people match, they each get 8 points for that answer. No matches = 0 points.
Formula: Score = 100 / (# of entrants) x (# of matches)

Good luck!

If any of you have ideas for Feuds -and would like me to score them- PM me. If anyone wants to run their own Feud, feel free. I will help any way I can.

Read the rules!
Special Rules for this particular Feud: Keep your answers short in questions #2 & 3.

  1. Name a member of Monty Python.
  2. Name your favorite sketch from the TV show - (Be brief! Please remember I have to sort these into duplicates.)
  3. Name your favorite scene from “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” (See #2.)
  4. Name a song from either the series or one of the movies.
  5. Name a Monty Python (TV or movie) catchphrase you’ve used in real life.
  6. Name a recurring visual bit from the TV series. (Not a catchphrase.)
  7. Name a project one of the Pythons did outside of the group.
  8. Name a non-Python-related example of British humor that was successful in the US.
  9. Name an example of British humor that was big in the UK but never really caught on in the US.
  10. Other than python, name a type of snake.
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  1. John Cleese
  2. Dead parrot
  3. Knights who say ni
  4. Lumberjack song
  5. And now for something completely different
  6. Foot squashing
  7. The Brothers Grimm
  8. The Office
  9. Benny Hill
  10. Adder
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  1. John Cleese
  2. Parrot sketch
  3. French Taunters (first appearance)
  4. Camelot
  5. “I’m not dead yet”
  6. Men dressed as women
  7. Fawlty Towers
  8. Benny Hill
  9. Red Dwarf
  10. Cobra
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  1. John Cleese
  2. Dead parrot
  3. Killer rabbit
  4. Lumberjack
  5. You’re no fun anymore!
  6. Animated foot stomp at end of credits
  7. Michael Palin travelogue
  8. Benny Hill Show
  9. Proms
  10. Boa
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  1. John Cleese
  2. Dead Parrot
  3. Bring out your dead
  4. The Lumberjack Song
  5. It’s only a flesh wound!
  6. The cartoon foot
  7. The Rutles
  8. Benny Hill
  9. Only Fools and Horses
  10. Rattlesnake
  11. Had to google that one - how would I know? :smiley:
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And once again one of the choices I thought was a dead cinch hasn’t been picked by anyone else yet (Fawlty Towers). Kicking myself for not thinking of the lumberjack song.

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  1. John Cleese
  2. Parrot Sketch
  3. King Arthur battles the Black Knight
  4. Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life
  5. “Help! Help! I’m being oppressed! Come see the violence inherent in the system!”
  6. Funny walks?
  7. A Fish Called Wanda
  8. A Fish Called Wanda
  9. Only Fools & Horses
  10. Cobra

ETA: Wow - no agreement on the quotes and hardly any on the songs!

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  1. John Cleese
  2. Dead Parrot
  3. Holy Hand Grenade vs Bunny
  4. Lumberjack Song
  5. “Help help I’m being oppressed!”
  6. Knight smacking character with a rubber chicken
  7. Fawlty Towers
  8. The Office
  9. Coupling
  10. Cobra
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  1. John Cleese
  2. The Parrot Sketch
  3. The Black Knight
  4. Every Sperm Is Sacred
  5. Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!
  6. nude organist
  7. Fawlty Towers
  8. The Young Ones
  9. Benny Hill
  10. boa
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  1. Graham Chapman
  2. Dead Parrot sketch
  3. French taunting
  4. Bright Side of Life
  5. Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition
  6. 16 ton weight dropping
  7. Fawlty Towers
  8. Benny Hill
  9. Fry & Laurie
  10. Anaconda
    I really had no idea on 9 - if it didn’t catch on in the US, how would I know about it?

ETA: Funny how Benny Hill keeps bouncing between answers 8 & 9.

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  1. John Cleese
  2. Dead Parrot
  3. The bridge crossing (what’re ya gonna do, bleed on me?)
  4. Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
  5. He’s not the Messiah, he’s a very naughty boy.
  6. Stomping foot.
  7. A Fish Called Wanda
  8. Benny Hill
  9. Blackadder
  10. Rattlesnake
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That’s the paradoxical one: a show that really didn’t catch on in the US wouldn’t be familiar enough to US Dopers to be a good answer. Or at least so I reasoned, naming a show that at least many Americans have heard of. I hope my strategy doesn’t backfire…

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  1. John Cleese
  2. Dead Parrot Sketch
  3. Battle with the Black Knight
  4. Lumberjack Song
  5. Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition
  6. Animated foot smashing stuff
  7. Fawlty Towers
  8. The Office
  9. Last of the Summer Wine
  10. Cobra

4 - My first instinct was “Sit on my Face”, but that was from an album, not a movie or show.
9 - According to various Brit-dopers, this has been on forever in the UK, but I’ve never seen it on PBS, which is my source for British comedy.

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  1. John Cleese
  2. The Ministry of Silly Walks
  3. The Knights Who Say Ni
  4. The Lumberjack Song
  5. Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition
  6. Naked man playing organ
  7. Michael Palin’s Pole to Pole
  8. Benny Hill
  9. Rhyming slang
  10. Cobra
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I was going to propose a side bet as to whether the parrot sketch would get 50/50. Now I can just point and laugh instead.

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Give the most popular answer for each category.

  1. John Cleese
  2. Dead Parrot Sketch
  3. She’s a Witch!
  4. I’m a Lumberjack and I’m OK
  5. What’s all this, then?
  6. Naked Piano Player
  7. Fawlty Towers
  8. Absolutely Fabulous
  9. pass
  10. Viper

Interesting, these are not the answers I would give as my farorites but ones I think more people will say.

D’oh! It’s organ player, not piano. Does that still count? You knew what I meant right? And :smack: for forgetting Benny Hill

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  1. Eric Idle
  2. Lumberjack
  3. Knights of the Round Table
  4. Lumberjack Song
  5. No one expects the Spanish Inquistion!
  6. Giant stomping foot
  7. The Rutles
  8. Benny Hill
  9. Alan Partridge
  10. Rattlesnake
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  1. John Cleese
  2. The Spanish Inquisition
  3. The Black Knight loses his arms and legs (it’s only a flesh wound)
  4. Every sperm is sacred
  5. “My brain hurts!”
  6. the naked organist (Terry Gilliam)
  7. Fawlty Towers
  8. Benny Hill
  9. Only Fools and Horses
  10. Anaconda
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  1. John Cleese
  2. Dead Parrot Sketch
  3. Black Knight
  4. Lumberjack Song
  5. And now for something completely different
  6. Naked guy playing organ
  7. A Fish Called Wanda
  8. Benny Hill
  9. Blackadder
  10. Cobra
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Shouldn’t this have been your answer to #5, Dolores? :slight_smile: