What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?
Answer
African or European?
From The Internet Movie Database (Monty Python and the Holy Grail):
Bridgekeeper:
Hee hee heh. Stop. What... is your name?
King Arthur:
It is 'Arthur', King of the Britons.
Bridgekeeper:
What... is your quest?
King Arthur:
To seek the Holy Grail.
Bridgekeeper:
What... is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?
King Arthur:
What do you mean? An African or European swallow?
Bridgekeeper:
Huh? I... I don't know that.
[he is thrown over]
Bridgekeeper:
Auuuuuuuugh.
Sir Bedevere:
How do know so much about swallows?
King Arthur:
Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.