Q 01/05

Which city does everyone cite to excuse waiter Manuel, a line Manuel himself once falls back on?

A) Madrid

B) Barcelona

C) Salamanca

D) Valencia

Answer · why

B) Barcelona

Barcelona gets blamed so often that one guest takes the excuse to be about the manager, and Manuel has to put her right: Mr Fawlty is from Swanage.

Q 02/05

Which order does concussed Basil keep giving his staff as German guests arrive, then break himself?

A) Don't mention the war

B) Don't upset the Major

C) Don't tell him, Pike

D) Don't panic

Answer · why

A) Don't mention the war

Don't mention the war is the rule Basil breaks at once, reading back an order for 'a prawn Goebbels, a Hermann Goering and four Colditz salads', and a...

Q 03/05

Which car does Basil thrash with a branch when it stalls on his dinner dash?

A) Morris Marina

B) Ford Cortina

C) Austin 1100

D) Hillman Imp

Answer · why

C) Austin 1100

The Austin 1100 gets a last warning first: Basil tells it he has laid it on the line time and time again, then fetches a branch to give it 'a damn goo...

Q 04/05

What does Manuel insist his pet, named after his boss, really is?

A) A chinchilla

B) A guinea pig

C) A Russian dwarf gerbil

D) A Siberian hamster

Answer · why

D) A Siberian hamster

A Siberian hamster is what the pet shop told Manuel he was buying, at a special price of five pounds, and Basil's reply is to ask whether he has heard...

Q 05/05

Which Sybil actress was guest of honour when the Gleneagles Hotel reopened after a 2006 makeover?

A) Penelope Keith

B) Prunella Scales

C) Patricia Routledge

D) Wendy Craig

Answer · why

B) Prunella Scales

Prunella Scales was guest of honour at the £1 million relaunch, where she recalled that her first question to Cleese about the Fawltys had been why th...