The Fart Quiz 💨

The two gases that can make farts flammable

Compounds of this element are mostly responsible for the classic rotten-egg smell.

The scientific study of farts

Ancient civilization with the oldest recorded joke (1900 BC): a proverb about a flatulent bride

In this 14th-century work, the protagonist witnesses a demon mobilizing his troops by using his rear as a trumpet.

Work containing “The Miller’s Tale,” in which Nicholas “let[s] fly a fart as loud as it had been a thunder-clap" at Absolon

Shakespeare comedy where Dromio jokes that words are “but wind” and should be broken “in your face,” not “behind”

U.S. founder who wrote the satirical “A Letter to a Royal Academy,” requesting that science make farts smell better

Joseph Pujol, "Le Pétomane," exhibited controlled “flatulist” performances at this famous French venue.

James Joyce novel whose “Sirens” episode ends with Bloom’s musical onomatopoetic fart

According to the schoolyard rhyme, these are "the musical fruit."

Inflatable gag device whose modern rubber version was invented in 1930s Toronto

Slang term for pulling the covers over a person's head while flatulating

1974 western comedy with a famous beans-around-the-campfire fart scene

1975 comedy film with the taunt “I fart in your general direction.”

Children's book by Shinta Chō subtitled The Story of Farts

Flatulent Disney warthog

Superhero persona portrayed by Howard Stern, notably at the 1992 MTV VMAs

Animated series featuring fart-joke Canadian duo Terrance and Phillip

In 2001, Buck Weimer received this prize for inventing an undergarment with replaceable charcoal filter.

2016 film with Daniel Radcliffe as a farting corpse

Finish the saying: "Whoever smelt it..."