(1) We've enjoyed a lot of geography along the way. But we're down to one letter now, and it's hard to get a good quiz question out of the French commune called Y or the Swedish village called O. Bear with me, I'll find a way to get some geography in. In the meantime, these answers are all single letters.
FILM CERTIFICATE REPLACED WITH '18' IN 1982X
LETTER ON THE BACK OF HOLIDAYING SPANISH CARSE
MAJOR SCALE YOU CAN PLAY WITHOUT ANY EBONY KEYSC
LETTER ON THE COSTUME OF A CLOWN CALLED RONALDM
MOST COMMON BLOOD GROUPO
IT'S BETWEEN 'U' AND 'O' ON A QWERTY KEYBOARDI
(2) Now, some questions about trees. Specifically, Christmas trees.
WHICH COUNTRY-INFLECTED FESTIVE TUNE HAS BEEN RECORDED BY JUSTIN BIEBER, BRENDA LEE, AND KIM WILDE WITH MEL SMITH?ROCKIN' AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE
WHICH COUNTRY GIVES THE UK A CHRISTMAS TREE EVERY YEAR FOR DISPLAY IN TRAFALGAR SQUARE?NORWAY
AND WHICH SPECIES OF TREE DO THEY USUALLY GIVE US?NORWEGIAN SPRUCE
IN WHICH FILM DOES BUDDY LOVINGLY WATCH AS JOVIE DECORATES A TREE?ELF
AND IN WHICH FILM DOES BOOKSHOP-OWNER MEG RYAN DECORATE HER TREE WHILE SINGING A JONI MITCHELL LINE ABOUT CUTTING DOWN TREES?YOU'VE GOT MAIL
THE CAROL 'OH, CHRISTMAS TREE' SHARES ITS TUNE WITH WHICH POLITICAL SONG?THE RED FLAG
(3) More trees! Who are these people, whose names all contain trees? And why do we sometimes call some of these trees 'shrubs'? No need to answer that, it's not part of the 40 points.
STEVE COOGAN PLAYED HIM IN STAN AND OLLIESTAN LAUREL
SHE PLAYED FLICK IN NEIGHBOURS BEFORE SINGING 'KISS KISS'HOLLY VALANCE
MR BEANROWAN ATKINSON
THE ONLY PERSON TO STAR IN MEN BEHAVING BADLY AND QUADROPHENIALESLIE ASH
SCOTTISH PRESENTER, SHE OFTEN HOSTS THE GOLF AND THE SNOOKER FOR THE BBCHAZEL IRVINE
SISTER TO MOSES, DAUGHTER TO CHRIS AND GWYNETHAPPLE MARTIN
HEAVYWEIGHT BOXER WHO HAS BEEN A BRITISH, OLYMPIC AND WORLD CHAMPIONANTHONY JOSHUA
HE PLAYS CAPTAIN KIRK NOWADAYSCHRIS PINE
SHE PERFORMED 'BUFFALO STANCE' WHILE PREGNANT ON TOP OF THE POPS AND HAS A BROTHER CALLED EAGLE-EYENENEH CHERRY
(4) Now, the partridge. Or rather, Partridge. Five of the TV shows below are pitched by Alan Partridge. The other five are actual TV shows. A point each time you can tell me: Actual Telly or Alan Telly?
COOKING IN PRISONALAN TELLY!
TREE OF THE YEAR WITH ARDAL O'HANLONACTUAL TELLY!
KNOWING M.E., KNOWING YOUALAN TELLY!
EXTREME FISHING WITH ROBSON GREENACTUAL TELLY!
THERE'S A RHINO IN MY HOUSEACTUAL TELLY!
YOUTH HOSTELING WITH CHRIS EUBANKALAN TELLY!
A YEAR WITH THE RED ARROWSACTUAL TELLY!
RICHARD MADELEY MEETS THE SQUATTERSACTUAL TELLY!
INNER CITY SUMOALAN TELLY!
ARM WRESTLING WITH CHAS AND DAVEALAN TELLY!
(5) At last, the fruit of our theme.
WHICH PEAR VARIETY, NOW BRITAIN'S MOST WIDELY GROWN, WON FIRST PRIZE AT BRITAIN'S APPLE AND PEAR CONFERENCE IN 1888?THE CONFERENCE PEAR
AND WHAT DO YOU CALL CIDER IF YOU MAKE IT FROM PEARS RATHER THAN APPLES?PERRY
(6) Finally for now, some more single-letter answers.
FIFTY AS A ROMAN NUMERALL
FOR A WHILE, IT SEEMED LIKE HE MIGHT BE SUPERINTENDENT TED HASTINGSH
IT'S ON THE RIGHT-HAND TAPC
MOST COMMON LETTER IN WRITTEN ENGLISHE
PAUL MCGANN'S TITLE ROLE ALONGSIDE RICHARD E. GRANTI