They come to a bridge that spans “The River of Death.” 

A bridge keeper allows travelers to cross his bridge only if they, “Answer me these questions three”.  

Give a wrong answer, and you’re tossed into the chasm.

Lancelot’s first. 

The keeper says: “What is your name?” 

“Sir Lancelot, Knight of the Round Table.”

The keeper says: “What is your quest?”

“To seek the Holy Grail.”

The keeper says: “What is your favorite color?”

“Blue.”

The keeper says: “Right then, off you go.”  

Lancelot crosses the bridge.

A second knight answers his name and quest. The third question is, “What is the capital of Assyria?”

The knight says, “I don’t know that.” And he is hurled, screaming, into the chasm.

The king steps up. “What is your name?”

The king says, “Arthur, King of the Britons.”

The keeper says, “What is your quest?”

“To seek the Holy Grail.”

“What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?”

“What do you mean,” asks Arthur, “an African or European swallow?”

“What?  I don’t know that,” answers the bridge keeper, who is hurled into the chasm.  Arthur and his followers cross-unhindered.

Do you believe when you get to Heaven’s bridge that you’ll be asked, “Why should you come in?”

Do you believe that if we answer correctly, in we go, and if we answer wrongly, it’s into the abyss?

Let’s Pray: Dearest God, in deepest secret, tell my secret soul Your unspeakable Holy Name that I may cross. Amen.

Here’s a Thought: What’s your life’s quest?

Source:
The Gospel of John, 11:25, NRSV

Monte Python and the Holy Grail, 1975: Python (Monty) Pictures, EMI Films, Distributed by Columbia Pictures (Sony Pictures Entertainment). Script taken verbatim from the movie.