Answer: John Cleese
John Cleese was born in 1939 and studied law at Cambridge University.
From Quiz: 'Fawlty Towers' - 'The Psychiatrist'
Answer: Japan
The Major, superbly played by Ballard Berkeley, is a great creation.
Absent-minded and eccentric, if not completely mad, his surreal ramblings steal many a scene.
From Quiz: Animal Tales in "Fawlty Towers"
Answer: Ballard Berkeley
Born in 1904, Ballard Berkeley's film career began in 1930 in a film called "The Chinese Bungalow". His last film was "National Lampoon's European Vacation". The Major's full name on the show is Major Gowen.
From Quiz: "Fawlty Towers" - the Major
Answer: Lord Melbury
Lord Melbury is a con artist and he tricks Fawlty into giving him money and he almost gets Basil's prized coin collection. Lord Melbury is played by actor Michael Gwynn.
From Quiz: "Fawlty Towers" - Guest Characters
Answer: Basil
Basil thinks it is a junk yard but asks, "Well, why's it got a collar and tie underneath?" Manuel recognizes immediately that it is a portrait of Mr. Fawlty.
From Quiz: "Fawlty Towers" - Polly
Answer: the garden gnome
First, Sybil tells Basil to put the gnome in the garden, but then she says, "On second thoughts, I think I'll leave him in charge. I'm sure he's cheap, and he's certainly better at it than you are."
From Quiz: "Fawlty Towers" - Sybil
Answer: Andrew Sachs
Andrew Siegfried Sachs was born in Berlin, Germany.
From Quiz: "Fawlty Towers" - Manuel
Answer: 34
This can be seen in the episode "The Germans". By careful examination of Sybil's four-hour-chart, you can see her age is put: 34.
From Quiz: Fawlty Towers
Answer: Country Life
Sybil wishes Sir Richard and Lady Morris were staying for a week, because it might pay for the ad!
From Quiz: "Fawlty Towers" - Episodes
Answer: A hideous orangutan
Lurphy promptly smashes Manuel's face in. His face must be made of titanium, because you can't see any damage for the rest of the episode. Nevertheless, conning the witless Manuel into insulting Lurphy is arguably the meanest thing Basil ever does to him.
From Quiz: F-F-F-"Fawlty Towers": Individual Episodes
Answer: 6
Did you know that Terence Conoley who plays Mr Johnston in "Waldorf Salad", married to the lady with a broken leg, also appears in "A Touch of Class", as Mr Wareing, "...a gin and orange a lemon squash and a scotch and water please"?
From Quiz: The Ultimate "Fawlty Towers" Quiz
Answer: What
Manuel, the waiter from Barcelona says 'Que' because he often does not understand Basil's instructions.
From Quiz: Que?
Answer: Squawking Bird, leader of the Blackfoot Indians in the late 1860s
Mr Hutchison: 'Now, this starts at 8:45 and goes for approximately three quarters of an hour.' Basil: 'I'm sorry- Are you talking to me?'
From Quiz: 'Fawlty Towers- The Hotel Inspectors'
Answer: 12
There were 12 episodes made from 1975-1979
From Quiz: 'Fawlty Towers'
Answer: Hideous Orangutan
You can guess what happened after he said that!
From Quiz: 'Fawlty Towers- The Builders'
Answer: Hang up a picture
The other events all happen in other episodes.
From Quiz: 'Fawlty Towers- A Touch of Class'
Answer: Siberian
'It's a rat! Hamsters are small and cuddly- cuddle that and you'll never play the guitar again!'
From Quiz: 'Fawlty Towers'- 'Basil the Rat'
Answer: A monkey
'Have we got enough bananas this week Sybil?'
From Quiz: 'Fawlty Towers- The Psychiatrist'
Answer: In-grown toenail
Basil(while hammering in a nail): Wish it was this one!
From Quiz: 'Fawlty Towers- The Germans'
Answer: 2
The Halls and the Twitchens.
From Quiz: 'Fawlty Towers'- 'Gourmet Night'
Answer: Audrey
'You don't like Audrey very much do you?'
'Oh, awful woman Major, awful!'
From Quiz: More of the Great 'Fawlty Towers'!
Answer: Mrs. Richards
Mrs. Richards had a habit of turning her hearing aid off, and then complaining because she couldn't understand what people were saying.
From Quiz: 'Fawlty Towers' - Part Deux
Answer: Hotel
Of course, Mr. Fawlty is just about the worst hotel owner in the world!
From Quiz: 'Fawlty Towers'
Answer: Newcastle
Mr Johnson tells Sybil that she has been visiting grandchildren there.
From Quiz: 'Fawlty Towers' - 'The Psychiatrist'
Answer: female gibbons
The Major was watching a program on television and informed Basil that the female gibbon gestates for seven months.
From Quiz: "Fawlty Towers" - the Major
Answer: the genius of the lamp
O'Reilly also says that he likes a woman with spirit, which causes Sybil to pick up a golfing umbrella and hit him with it. O'Reilly was played by actor David Kelly.
From Quiz: "Fawlty Towers" - Guest Characters
Answer: The Wedding Party
Polly replies, "Will they fit you?" Basil did not know that Polly was in school with Jean and knew the Lloyds for years. He assumed there was funny business going on between the Polly, the Lloyds, Alan and Jean.
From Quiz: "Fawlty Towers" - Polly
Answer: He learned it from a book
In "The Germans", Manuel is crouched down behind the desk and says, "I can speak English. I learned it from a book." The Major thinks the moose head on the desk is speaking to him.
From Quiz: "Fawlty Towers" - Manuel
Answer: The Germans
When Basil is ordering Manuel to fetch him a hammer, he goes through thinking it's a ham sandwich and then responds to Basil. "My hamster?"
From Quiz: Fawlty Towers
Answer: wooden
Basil insisted on using Mr. O'Reilly instead of Mr. Stubbs "because he's cheap"!
From Quiz: "Fawlty Towers" - Episodes
Answer: A lot of the English cars have steering wheels
...to which Mr Hamilton's retort is: "You wouldn't think they have room for them inside".
From Quiz: F-F-F-"Fawlty Towers": Individual Episodes
Answer: Joseph Lambert
In "Gourmet Night", the kitchen door is supposed to bounce back against Basil, knocking the duck on the floor. A stagehand is visible behind the door kneeling down against the door.
From Quiz: The Ultimate "Fawlty Towers" Quiz
Answer: Lord Melbury
Lord Melbury was played by Michael Gwynn.
From Quiz: 'Fawlty Towers'
Answer: gnome
'If you are not over here in twenty minutes with my door, I shall insert a large garden gnome in you- good day!'
From Quiz: 'Fawlty Towers- The Builders'
Answer: Coin
He offers to take them to the Duke of Buckley to discover its present value.
From Quiz: 'Fawlty Towers- A Touch of Class'
Answer: Pigeons
From Quiz: 'Fawlty Towers'- 'Basil the Rat'
Answer: Pediatrician
Basil: 'An attractive {woman;} how old would you say she was?' Sybil: '48...50' Basil: 'Oh, Sybil!' Sybil: 'I don't know Basil, perhaps she's 12.'
From Quiz: 'Fawlty Towers- The Psychiatrist'
Answer: Moose
And the Major thought it could talk!
From Quiz: 'Fawlty Towers- The Germans'
Answer: 87,000 pounds
'Don't be a fool Stephanie! 92,750 I said, and not a penny less!'
From Quiz: More of the Great 'Fawlty Towers'!
Answer: Torquay
Torquay, I've been told, is a vacation town in an area known as the English Riviera.
From Quiz: 'Fawlty Towers' - Part Deux