80 The Holy Grail Trivia Questions with Answers
80 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which biblical figure is traditionally said to have brought the Holy Grail to Britain?
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Joseph of Arimathea
Which 13th-century French prose romance cycle contains the story known as the Queste del Saint Graal?
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The Lancelot-Grail Cycle
In Monty Python and the Holy Grail, which actor plays King Arthur?
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Graham Chapman
In Robert de Boron’s Joseph d’Arimathie, what sacred vessel becomes the Holy Grail?
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The cup from the Last Supper
Which 12th-century French romance first presents Perceval as the hero of a Grail story?
Answer
Perceval, the Story of the Grail
Which medieval cycle is also known as the Vulgate Cycle and includes major Grail quest narratives?
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Lancelot-Grail Cycle
What is the name of the Grail castle in Wolfram von Eschenbach’s Parzival?
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Munsalvaesche
What is the title of Alfred, Lord Tennyson's Arthurian poem sequence containing “The Holy Grail”?
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Idylls of the King
In the 1989 film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, who directed the Grail adventure?
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Steven Spielberg
Which 12th-century French poet wrote Joseph d'Arimathie, one of the earliest Grail romances?
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Robert de Boron
Which English author included the Holy Grail quest in Le Morte d'Arthur?
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Thomas Malory
Who directed the 1981 film Excalibur, which features a quest for the Holy Grail?
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John Boorman
What is the title of the 1975 British comedy film about King Arthur's search for the Holy Grail?
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Which medieval poet made the Grail a stone called lapsit exillis in his poem Parzival?
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Wolfram von Eschenbach
Which unfinished poem by Chrétien de Troyes contains the earliest known mention of the Holy Grail?
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Perceval, the Story of the Grail