Comedy Classics

Movies and TV · 10 questions

Films and shows that made generations laugh.

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1. Which British comedy troupe made 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail'?

   1. The Goodies
   2. The Two Ronnies
   3. Little Britain
   4. Monty Python
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   D) Monty Python

2. Which Charlie Chaplin character is known for a bowler hat and cane?

   1. The Dictator
   2. The Tramp
   3. The Kid
   4. The Gold Digger
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   B) The Tramp

3. Which 1980 comedy features the line 'Don't call me Shirley'?

   1. Airplane!
   2. The Naked Gun
   3. Spaceballs
   4. Caddyshack
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   A) Airplane!

4. Which sitcom, co-created by Larry David, is famously 'about nothing'?

   1. Curb Your Enthusiasm
   2. Frasier
   3. Seinfeld
   4. Cheers
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   C) Seinfeld

5. Which film follows a group of friends heading to a Las Vegas bachelor party gone wrong?

   1. Superbad
   2. The Hangover
   3. Wedding Crashers
   4. Old School
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   B) The Hangover

6. Which comedian created and starred in 'Mr. Bean'?

   1. Hugh Laurie
   2. Steve Coogan
   3. Stephen Fry
   4. Rowan Atkinson
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   D) Rowan Atkinson

7. Which 1984 comedy has parapsychologists catching ghosts with proton packs in New York?

   1. Ghostbusters
   2. Beetlejuice
   3. Casper
   4. Poltergeist
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   A) Ghostbusters

8. Which 1990 comedy has Arnold Schwarzenegger as a detective who goes undercover as a teacher?

   1. Twins
   2. Junior
   3. Kindergarten Cop
   4. Jingle All the Way
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   C) Kindergarten Cop

9. 'Monty Python' first appeared on British television in the 1960s.

   1. True
   2. False
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   A) True

10. 'The Simpsons' is a live-action sitcom.

    1. True
    2. False
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    B) False