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1. When Basil purchases a moose's head to hang in the hotel lobby, the Major mistakenly believes it can talk! Which country does he suggest to Basil it might have been made in?
2. Basil is away from the hotel whilst some building work is undertaken in the lobby. He phones for a progress report but frustrated by Manuel's inability to supply the necessary information, instructs the hapless waiter to insult one of the builders. What did Manuel call the "man with beard"?
3. Which breed of dog bites Polly whilst she is serving in the dining-room?
4. Mr Carnegie, the public health inspector, issues Basil with a long list of items which must be addressed if the hotel is to remain open. The problems include two dead birds in the water tank. What type of birds?
5. Manuel has a pet rodent which he calls Basil; everyone else knows it to be a rat, but what does Manuel believe it to be?
6. After being given a tip by a rare satisfied guest, Basil wins a tidy sum of money betting on a horse. What was the name of the winning horse?
7. When the partly deaf and very brusque Mrs Richards complains about the view from her room, Basil launches into a splendid tirade about the views she might be expecting to see from a Torquay hotel bedroom. Herds of which animal were in Basil's list?
8. Thoroughly annoyed and frustrated by Mrs Richards' rude and uncompromising attitude, Basil threatens to do what to her?
9. What colour is Puss, the hotel cat?
10. When the unfortunate Mr Leeman dies during the night, Basil panics about what to do with the body. For a short time he keeps it in the office, until the Major, in a rare visit to the real world, tells Basil to move the body as it might attract what?
Source: Author
Mutchisman
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