T117 A SHOPPING TRIP QUIZ
Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 4:05 am1 Which group topped the UK charts in 1998 with the song Brimful of Asha?
CORNER SHOP
2 Which Body Shop founder was created a Dame in 2003?
ANITA RODDICK
3 Which supermarket chain uses the slogan, Making life taste better?
SAINSBURYS
4 Which song character was “window shopping but never stopping to buy”?
GEORGY GIRL
5 Which high street chain opened its first store in Brixton in 1925 and went on to merge with Habitat and Mothercare in 1986?
BRITISH HOME STORES
6 What advertises itself as the “world’s local bank”?
HSBC
7 What H is the unusual first name of KFC founder Colonel Sanders?
HARLAND
8 Which supermarket chain was named after TE Stockwell and Jack Cohen?
TESCO
9 Which department store uses the motto, All things for all people everywhere?
HARRODS
10 What began life as a drapers shop in 1788 on Wigmore Street, London?
DEBENHAMS
11 On which London street is Hamley’s toy shop located?
REGENT STREET
12 Which musical features the songs, Suddenly Seymour and Skid Row?
LITTLE HOUSE OF HORRORS
13 Which pop duo originally performed under the name West End?
PET SHOP BOYS
14 Which supermarket chain was named after the surname of the founder Albrecht and the word discount?
ALDI
15 Which chain uses the slogan, Scandinavian for value?
IKEA
16 Geoffrey the giraffe is the official logo of which high street chain?
TOYS R US
17 In which 1999 film did Hugh Grant play the proprietor of the Travel Bookshop?
NOTTING HILL
18 Which Tom Hanks film was an updated version of the 40s movie The Shop Around the Corner?
YOU'VE GOT MAIL
19 What is the surname of the brothers often seen sipping a beverage in a coffee shop called Café Nervosa?
CRANE FROM FRASIER
20 Which novel opens with the line, “Although I am an old man night time is generally my time for walking”?
THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP
21 Which 1987 film featured Anthony Hopkins and a London bookstore?
84 CHARING CROSS ROAD
22 Which rock group derived their name from the change given to them at a Starbucks coffee shop?
NICKELBACK
23 Which English city is home to the headquarters of Next clothing retailers?
LEICESTER
24 What is the name of Roy Cropper’s café in Coronation Street?
ROY'S ROLLS
25 What does the WH stand for with regard to WH Smith?
WILLIAM HENRY
CORNER SHOP
2 Which Body Shop founder was created a Dame in 2003?
ANITA RODDICK
3 Which supermarket chain uses the slogan, Making life taste better?
SAINSBURYS
4 Which song character was “window shopping but never stopping to buy”?
GEORGY GIRL
5 Which high street chain opened its first store in Brixton in 1925 and went on to merge with Habitat and Mothercare in 1986?
BRITISH HOME STORES
6 What advertises itself as the “world’s local bank”?
HSBC
7 What H is the unusual first name of KFC founder Colonel Sanders?
HARLAND
8 Which supermarket chain was named after TE Stockwell and Jack Cohen?
TESCO
9 Which department store uses the motto, All things for all people everywhere?
HARRODS
10 What began life as a drapers shop in 1788 on Wigmore Street, London?
DEBENHAMS
11 On which London street is Hamley’s toy shop located?
REGENT STREET
12 Which musical features the songs, Suddenly Seymour and Skid Row?
LITTLE HOUSE OF HORRORS
13 Which pop duo originally performed under the name West End?
PET SHOP BOYS
14 Which supermarket chain was named after the surname of the founder Albrecht and the word discount?
ALDI
15 Which chain uses the slogan, Scandinavian for value?
IKEA
16 Geoffrey the giraffe is the official logo of which high street chain?
TOYS R US
17 In which 1999 film did Hugh Grant play the proprietor of the Travel Bookshop?
NOTTING HILL
18 Which Tom Hanks film was an updated version of the 40s movie The Shop Around the Corner?
YOU'VE GOT MAIL
19 What is the surname of the brothers often seen sipping a beverage in a coffee shop called Café Nervosa?
CRANE FROM FRASIER
20 Which novel opens with the line, “Although I am an old man night time is generally my time for walking”?
THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP
21 Which 1987 film featured Anthony Hopkins and a London bookstore?
84 CHARING CROSS ROAD
22 Which rock group derived their name from the change given to them at a Starbucks coffee shop?
NICKELBACK
23 Which English city is home to the headquarters of Next clothing retailers?
LEICESTER
24 What is the name of Roy Cropper’s café in Coronation Street?
ROY'S ROLLS
25 What does the WH stand for with regard to WH Smith?
WILLIAM HENRY
