1. "The Builders": What does Manuel unwittingly call the Irish workman Lurphy? A hideous gorilla A horrible gorilla A horrible orangutan A hideous orangutan

2. "Waldorf Salad": How does Basil apologise to the American Mr Hamilton for the narrowness of "a little back street called the M5" (i.e. motorway)? It was dark and rainy, and consequently hard to see There's no room in the English cars for steering wheels The M5 is much narrower than the M4 A lot of the English cars have steering wheels

3. "A Touch of Class": Of which organisation is Mr Brown allegedly a member? The CIA Interpol The FBI MI5

4. "Communication Problems": Where's the sea? On the other side of this window Underneath the arches Over there, between the land and the sky Over there, between the two big....

5. "The Germans": How did the four German guests "start it"? They were in a bomber over Berlin They were talking about the War They were ordering ridiculous dishes like "Prawn Goebbels" and "Colditz Salads" They invaded Poland

6. "The Anniversary": When Basil is shepherding the queue of guests into his bedroom to see "Sybil", he rudely pushes the Major away. What's odd about this? The Major slips in anyway and stands in the far corner throughout the whole scene in the bedroom You see him push the Major away twice The Major wasn't there at the beginning of the scene outside the bedroom He makes the Major go up the stairs to Manuel's bedroom

7. "The Kipper and the Corpse": Why is Basil overjoyed to discover that Mr Leeman had been dead for hours? He wasn't overjoyed - he was completely disinterested He hated Mr Leeman He must therefore have died before Basil brought him his breakfast, which included the out-of-date kippers for which Basil could have got 20 years in prison He could feel he was cold, and therefore thought that the electric blanket didn't work, giving Mr Leeman something to complain about - if he'd lived

8. "The Wedding Party": According to Basil, which of the following is disgusting? That the apparently unmarried Alan and Jean want a double bedroom Polly's affair with Mr Lloyd The Law of England That both Alan and Basil haven't shaved

9. "The Hotel Inspectors": What does Basil offer Mr Hutchinson once he's found out he's a cultery salesman specialising in spoons, rather than one of the dreaded hotel inspectors? A prawn cocktail with a silly name A private fridge to keep his ginger beer cool A tea cosy for his pepper pot A Hermann Goering

10. "The Psychiatrist": How would a German do it? Knee him in the face Kick him in the guts while he's down Strangle him Judo flip him to the floor

11. "Gourmet Night": What did famous British chef Robert Carrier win a Nobel Prize for? The tin opener Nothing Getting the tomato sauce right on the plate Unscrewing the lid of a mayonnaise jar

12. "Basil the Rat": What actually was the "television exploding again"? A car backfiring in the driveway A tray of drinks crashing to the floor The hotel's electrical system shorting out The Major firing a shotgun in the bar

13. "The Kipper and the Corpse": How does Basil explain to Manuel? He stabs him in the backside with a fork He pokes him in the eye He clips him around the ear He hits him on the head with a teaspoon

14. "The Psychiatrist": What does Basil claim to be doing when the Abbotts and Raylene Miles catch him in their rooms? Responding to complaints received downstairs about their behaviour Hiding from a psychiatrist Checking the walls Seeing if there's a girl in Mr Johnson's room

15. "A Touch of Class": How do you build a wall in the traditional fashion? Stack the bricks together, one on top of the other Cement the bricks together, one on top of the other Don't use mortar, but build a dry stone wall Dump the bricks in a pile

16. "The Builders": Sybil has seen more intelligent creatures than O'Reilly "_____." ...crawling out from under rocks ...running around farmyards with their heads cut off ...lying on their backs on the bottoms of ponds ...being led by rings through their noses

17. "The Wedding Party": What oddity does Mrs Lloyd notice when Basil is giving her the fascinating history of the kitchen door? Manuel's feet sticking out of the linen basket on which Basil is sitting A slice of veal with rat poison on the kitchen floor Two fridges in the kitchen The kitchen on fire

18. "The Hotel Inspectors": What is the ultimate fate of Mr Hutchinson's omelette? Basil puts it on the plate with the cheese salad Mr Hutchinson eats it without complaint, unaware that it's really Jappo-Scandinavian imitation veal Basil tears it up Manuel throws it at Polly

19. "Gourmet Night": What's Duck Surprise? Duck soup Trifle Duck without orange or cherries Veal

20. "The Germans": What are German women? Good card players Thieves Ugly Good singers

21. "Communication Problems": How does Basil open the till? He bangs it with his head He bangs it with the flat of his hand He knees it Normally

22. "Waldorf Salad": What's Basil's first excuse for not being able to provide a Waldorf salad? The chef has gone home Because he didn't want to give him one They're-OK-with-the-apples-but-the-man-who-delivers-their-celery-and-walnuts-and-that-sort-of-thing-fell-as-he-was-getting-out-of-his-cab-and-may-have-fractured-his-arm-so-they-don't-have-any-but-if-you've-got-your-health-what-else-matters They're just out of Waldorfs

23. "The Anniversary": What's Basil's last guess as to the significance of today's date? Anniversary of the battle of Poitiers Anniversary of the battle of Agincourt Anniversary of the battle of Yom Kippur Anniversary of the battle of Crecy

24. "Basil the Rat": According to the story given to Ronald, the upper-class twit, and his fiancee, what's wrong with the veal given the health inspector? It's too full of air pockets It's Jappo-Scandinavian imitation veal It's duck It's eel

25. "Gourmet Night": Easy one to finish: Basil hurls expletives at his faltering car and then gives it the count of three to start. Apart from the obvious, what's unfair about this? He doesn't turn the starter key in the ignition while he's counting His car is really a garden gnome in disguise His car only speaks Spanish, not English He's just thrashed the car with a branch, and he hasn't given the car time to finish sulking