🧠 Fawlty Towers Quiz

Fawlty Towers

1Who played the bumbling, hot-tempered hotel owner Basil Fawlty in the classic British sitcom Fawlty Towers?

💡 John Cleese

2In Fawlty Towers, what is the name of the Spanish waiter who frequently misunderstands instructions and is constantly berated by Basil?

💡 Manuel

3Fawlty Towers is set in a small, struggling hotel in which English seaside town?

💡 Torquay

4Which actress played Basil's domineering wife Sybil Fawlty throughout the entire run of Fawlty Towers?

💡 Prunella Scales

5In the Fawlty Towers episode 'Communication Problems', Basil secretly bets on a horse and tries to hide his winnings from Sybil. What is the name of the winning horse?

💡 Dragonfly

6Which Fawlty Towers episode, notorious for its repeated use of a racial slur, was temporarily removed from streaming platforms in 2020 before being reinstated with a content warning?

💡 The Germans

7Fawlty Towers was co-written by John Cleese and which actress, who was also his wife at the time?

💡 Connie Booth

8The character of Basil Fawlty was partly inspired by a real-life hotel owner John Cleese encountered while staying in Torquay during the filming of Monty Python. What was that hotelier's name?

💡 Donald Sinclair

9In the episode 'Gourmet Night', Basil's dinner service is ruined when his chef becomes incapacitated. What is the chef's name?

💡 Kurt

10The lovably doddery Major Gowen was a recurring character in Fawlty Towers, always propping up the hotel bar. Which actor played him throughout the entire run of the show?

💡 Ballard Berkeley