John Sexton

John Sexton was a horse racing journalist from Beverley, Hull who won £250,000.

Fastest Finger First question.

Starting with the shortest, put these film actors in order.

A: Tom Cruise

B: Danny DeVito

C: Clint Eastwood

D: Brad Pitt

Correct Order: B, A, D, C

1. (£100) What is the popular name for the UK national flag?

A: Union Jack

B: Unity John

C: Unified Jim

D: Unique Joe

Correct Answer: A

2. (£200) Which of these is a musician and TV presenter?

A: Jools France

B: Jools Belguim

C: Jools Luxembourg

D: Jools Holland

Correct Answer: D

3. (£300) Where in the body are the tonsils?

A: Throat

B: Lungs

C: Feet

D: Stomach

Correct Answer: A

4. (£500) What kind of fish can be 'rainbow' or 'brown'?

A: Trout

B: Plaice

C: Mackerel

D: Eel

Correct Answer: A

5. (£1,000) Which of these was created by Jim Henson?

A: Wombles

B: Clangers

C: Woodentops

D: Muppets

Correct Answer: D

6. (£2,000) Which of the British Isles is home to a tailess breed of cat?

A: Isle of Wight

B: Lundy Island

C: Anglesey

D: Isle of Man

Correct Answer: D

7. (£4,000) According to the rhyme, who took the kettle off again, after Polly had put it on?

A: Sylvie

B: Sunny

C: Sukie

D: Sooty

Correct Answer: C

8. (£8,000) Who had a UK number one single in August 2000 with the song 'Music'?

A: Mel C

B: Sonique

C: Kylie Minogue

D: Madonna

(John opted to ask the audience, 83% Madonna, 6% Kylie Minogue, 6% Sonique, 5% Mel C. He went for Madonna which was right)

9. (£16,000) Which of these traditional English counties no longer exists?

A: Cambridgeshire

B: Cheshire

C: Cornwall

D: Cumberland

Correct Answer: D

10. (£32,000) What kind of insect is a 'swallowtail'?

A: Butterfly

B: Grasshopper

C: Dragonfly

D: Beetle

Correct Answer: A

11. (£64,000) Bodega Bay is the main setting of which Alfred Hitchcock film?

A: The Birds

B: Rebecca

C: The 39 Steps

D: Psycho

(John used a 50:50 which left The Birds and Rebecca, John plumped for the Birds and won £64,000)

12. (£125,000) Which fruit is the principal ingredient of Slivovitz Brandy?

A: Cherry

B: Mango

C: Orange

D: Plum

(John didn't know so he phoned his mother Doris who said with full confidence that it was plum)

13. (£250,000) The phrase 'History is bunk' is associated with which famous American

A: Thomas Edison

B: Henry Ford

C: Theodore Roosevelt

D: George Custer

Correct Answer: B

14. (£500,000) Who was the prime minister when women first got the right to vote in Britain?

A: David Lloyd George

B: Lord Robert Cecil

C: Arthur Balfour

D: Andrew Bonar Law

(John thought it was Lloyd George, but couldn't risk it so he took the money, before he left Chris revealed that David Lloyd George was the right answer)