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50 free Absolutely Fabulous trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Absolutely Fabulous arrived in 1992 and turned two middle-aged women behaving appallingly into one of British comedy's great double acts. Edina chases every fad going, Patsy lives on drink and almost no food, and the only adult in the house is Edina's long-suffering daughter Saffy. This quiz covers the whole run: the characters and their vices, the cast behind them, the best-known episodes and holidays gone wrong, the celebrities who played themselves, the theme tune, the specials and the 2016 film. Some questions are gentle openers; others will test fans who know every series. It is written for anyone who grew up with Ab Fab or found it later on repeat, and for quiz hosts who need a ready-made round on a classic sitcom. Every answer comes with a short explanation.
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Q 01Which supermodel does Edina accidentally knock into the Thames in Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie?
Kate Moss
Kate Moss topples off a balcony at a designer's launch party and is presumed dead, sending Edina and Patsy on the run. The model, playing herself, turns up alive at the end.
Q 02Which champagne is the drink of choice for Edina and Patsy throughout Absolutely Fabulous?
Bollinger
Bollinger is the pair's tipple, usually shortened to Bolly. The same house has a second screen life with James Bond, who first ordered it in Live and Let Die in 1973.
Q 03Which actress, once Purdey in The New Avengers, plays Patsy Stone in Absolutely Fabulous?
Joanna Lumley
Joanna Lumley nearly quit after an awkward first read-through, until her agent talked her into filming the pilot. The part was then reshaped around her modelling past.
Q 04Which London store, where Patsy gets a 50% discount, do she and Edina haunt in Absolutely Fabulous?
Harvey Nichols
Harvey Nichols is where the pair spend their days shopping instead of working. Edina visits her own office only rarely, and then for just a few hours at a time.
Q 05Which singer plays herself in Absolutely Fabulous as the star client who cannot stand Edina?
Lulu
Lulu keeps coming back as Edina's long-suffering client across the whole run. She returned for the 2016 film too, fuming at being bumped from performing at a launch.
Q 06Who created and wrote Absolutely Fabulous while also starring as the trend-chasing Edina Monsoon?
Jennifer Saunders
Jennifer Saunders built the sitcom around her own performance as Edina. Executives were wary at first: the Head of Comedy did not think drunk women were funny, the producer recalled.
Q 07The kitchen set from Absolutely Fabulous was later reused as the shop in which other British sitcom?
Miranda
Miranda took over the old stage, turning Edina's kitchen into the title character's shop. Its creator and star had earlier made a guest appearance in Absolutely Fabulous herself.
Q 08Atop which Paris landmark does Edina trick Saffron into a topless photo in Absolutely Fabulous?
Eiffel Tower
The Eiffel Tower stunt ends a rare happy mother-and-daughter day of shopping and fine dining. Edina had secretly arranged for a photographer to be waiting.
Q 09Which Australian pop star covered the Absolutely Fabulous theme tune for the 2016 film?
Kylie Minogue
Kylie Minogue released her version a few weeks before the film opened. The original TV theme was sung by Julie Driscoll, who first had a hit with the song in 1968.
Q 10Which blonde hairstyle, worn with a fringe, is Patsy Stone's trademark in Absolutely Fabulous?
A beehive
A beehive crowns Patsy in nearly every scene, and it doubles as storage: she keeps her joints tucked inside it.
Q 11In Absolutely Fabulous, Edina Monsoon runs her own struggling London firm in which line of work?
Public relations
Public relations is Edina's trade, though she rarely turns up to do any. She keeps the hopeless Bubble as her assistant because it makes her look more competent.
Q 12In Absolutely Fabulous, Patsy Stone holds a cushy job she barely does at what kind of workplace?
A glossy magazine
A glossy magazine employs Patsy as its fashion director, a post she won by sleeping with the publisher. She goes in so rarely that she once had to ask the way to her own office.
Q 13Which veteran of four Carry On films plays Edina Monsoon's mother in Absolutely Fabulous?
June Whitfield
Q 21Which Little Voice star plays Bubble, Edina's hopelessly scatty assistant, in Absolutely Fabulous?
Jane Horrocks
Jane Horrocks returned for the 2016 film, in which Bubble is revealed to have been quietly embezzling from Edina's company for years.
Q 22Which synth-pop duo made the 1994 charity single Absolutely Fabulous from sound bites of the sitcom?
Pet Shop Boys
Pet Shop Boys released it under the sitcom's own name, with Edina and Patsy in the video. It reached number six in Britain and number two in Australia.
Q 23Which star storms out of Edina's Absolutely Fabulous party when asked to play background piano?
Elton John
June Whitfield played Mother, a character never given a first name, from the first series in 1992. The 2016 film of the sitcom was her last film role.
Q 14Which Press Gang actress plays Saffron, Edina's sensible daughter, in Absolutely Fabulous?
Julia Sawalha
Julia Sawalha got the part when the makers chose someone younger than the comedian first lined up to play the daughter. She later voiced Ginger in Chicken Run.
Q 15Edina Monsoon in Absolutely Fabulous is a die-hard fan of which couturier, who appeared as himself?
Christian Lacroix
Christian Lacroix is the label Edina is forever name-dropping. The designer played himself in two different series of the sitcom.
Q 16To which Riviera resort do Edina and Patsy flee the police in Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie?
Cannes
Cannes is where the pair land, hoping to marry Patsy off to money. Filming used the real Hôtel Martinez there.
Q 17Which comedian played the daughter in the 1990 sketch that grew into Absolutely Fabulous?
Dawn French
Dawn French was the sensible daughter in Modern Mother and Daughter, opposite the future Edina. In the sitcom itself she appears just once, in a brief first-series cameo.
Q 18What does Patsy Stone pass out holding when she burns down Edina's kitchen in Absolutely Fabulous?
A lit cigarette
A lit cigarette in a sleeping Patsy's hand sets the room ablaze. The next series opens with Edina so fixated on one door handle for the new kitchen that she flies abroad to find it.
Q 19Which Spice Girl plays herself as one of Edina Monsoon's celebrity clients in Absolutely Fabulous?
Emma Bunton
Emma Bunton turns out to have been at school with Saffron, who was her head girl. She came back for the 2016 film, spotting the fugitives abroad.
Q 20Which religion does Edina Monsoon, a supposed vegetarian, claim to practise in Absolutely Fabulous?
Buddhism
Buddhism is just one of Edina's New Age enthusiasms. She has also tried feng shui, past-life regression, aura consultations and a sensory deprivation tank.
Elton John had been lured along to hear lost Beatles tapes. When they are finally played, they hold only Edina singing, because Patsy had recorded over them by mistake.
Q 24Absolutely Fabulous aired an anniversary special in July 2012 to tie in with which London event?
The Summer Olympics
The Summer Olympics gave the episode its plot and title, with designer Stella McCartney dropping in for a cameo. One Telegraph critic said it would win no medals for comedy.
Q 25In Absolutely Fabulous, Edina and Patsy fly to which city just to find the perfect door handle?
New York
New York is where Edina finally finds and photographs the handle, at the Four Seasons Hotel. She flies home having forgotten Saffron's birthday.
Q 26In which city does a spiteful Patsy Stone sell Saffron at a bazaar in Absolutely Fabulous?
Marrakesh
Marrakesh is where Edina and Patsy go for a photo shoot that never happens, leaving them lost in the desert. They are saved only when they run into Saffron again.
Q 27Which song co-written by Bob Dylan is the theme tune of Absolutely Fabulous?
This Wheel's on Fire
This Wheel's on Fire was written with Rick Danko of the Band. The TV version reunited the song with Julie Driscoll, whose 1968 recording had reached number five in Britain.
Q 28Edina of Absolutely Fabulous insists her house is not in Shepherd's Bush but in which district?
Holland Park
Holland Park is the address Edina loudly corrects people to. Unknown to her, the house legally belongs to Saffron, thanks to an arrangement her second husband made in the divorce.
Q 29Besides champagne, which vodka brand is Patsy Stone's other drink of choice in Absolutely Fabulous?
Stolichnaya
Stolichnaya, shortened to Stolly, is Patsy's fallback, though she will drink whatever is around. Food is another matter: she is seen eating only twice in the entire run.
Q 30Ignoring the name Saffron chose, what does Edina call her baby granddaughter in Absolutely Fabulous?
Lola
Lola is Edina's preferred name, and she never lets it go. By the 2016 film the girl is 13 and is whisked abroad by her grandmother, along with her credit card.