A Shopping Trip

1 Which group topped the UK charts in 1998 with the song Brimful of Asha?

2 Which Body Shop founder was created a Dame in 2003?

3 Which supermarket chain uses the slogan, Making life taste better?

4 Which song character was “window shopping but never stopping to buy”?

5 Which high street chain opened its first store in Brixton in 1925 and went on to merge with Habitat and Mothercare in 1986?

6 What advertises itself as the “world’s local bank”?

7 What H is the unusual first name of KFC founder Colonel Sanders?

8 Which supermarket chain was named after TE Stockwell and Jack Cohen?

9 Which department store uses the motto, All things for all people everywhere?

10 What began life as a drapers shop in 1788 on Wigmore Street, London?

11 On which London street is Hamley’s toy shop located?

12 Which musical features the songs, Suddenly Seymour and Skid Row?

13 Which pop duo originally performed under the name West End?

14 Which supermarket chain was named after the surname of the founder Albrecht and the word discount?

15 Which chain uses the slogan, Scandinavian for value?

16 Geoffrey the giraffe is the official logo of which high street chain?

17 In which 1999 film did Hugh Grant play the proprietor of the Travel Bookshop?

18 Which Tom Hanks film was an updated version of the 40s movie The Shop Around the Corner?

19 What is the surname of the brothers often seen sipping a beverage in a coffee shop called Café Nervosa?

20 Which novel opens with the line, “Although I am an old man night time is generally my time for walking”?

21 Which 1987 film featured Anthony Hopkins and a London bookstore?

22 Which rock group derived their name from the change given to them at a Starbucks coffee shop?

23 Which English city is home to the headquarters of Next clothing retailers?

24 What is the name of Roy Cropper’s café in Coronation Street?

25 What does the WH stand for with regard to WH Smith?

Answers

1 Corner Shop
2 Anita Roddick
3 Sainsbury’s
4 Georgy Girl
5 British Home Stores
6 HSBC
7 Harland
8 Tesco
9 Harrods
10 Debenham’s
11 Regent Street
12 The Little Shop of Horrors
13 Pet Shop Boys
14 Aldi
15 Netto
16 Toys R Us
17 Notting Hill
18 You’ve Got Mail
19 Crane from the TV comedy Frasier
20 The Old Curiosity Shop
21 84 Charing Cross Road
22 Nickelback
23 Leicester
24 Roy’s Rolls
25 William Henry