Friday Quiz Answers

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December

16/1/2026 - Cheers to Dry January!

  1. 2013 – Dry January was launched by Alcohol Change UK.
  2. Shirley Temple – A sweet mocktail named after the child star.
  3. Tea – Kombucha is made by fermenting sweetened tea.
  4. Guinness 0.0 – The alcohol-free version of the Irish classic.
  5. Celery – A typical garnish for a Virgin Mary.
  6. LaCroix – Known for its bold cans and zero-calorie promise.
  7. Any fruit! – Shrubs can be made with berries, apples, or citrus (often berries like raspberry).
  8. October – Sober October is the other major alcohol-free challenge month.
  9. Sainsbury’s – They introduced a dedicated No & Low section for Dry Jan.
  10. Mindful drinking – A movement to reduce alcohol without fully abstaining.

Bright Source Bonus Question:

An old 60W incandescent bulb – That’s roughly the equivalent brightness of a 10W LED!

9/1/2026 - New Year, New Quizzers!

  1. Spain

  2. Two

  3. First-footing

  4. A (crystal) ball

  5. Exercise more / Get fit

  6. China

  7. "Old long since" or "times gone by"

  8. Greenwich

  9. Hogmanay

  10. Hebrew calendar

Bright Source Bonus Question:

Metal Halide Lamps – Known for excellent colour rendering, making them ideal for retail displays.

19/12/2025 - Weird & Wonderful Christmas

  1. KFC – A Christmas tradition in Japan since a 1970s marketing campaign.

  2. Spain (Catalonia) – Caga Tió is a Catalan tradition.

  3. Brooms – Norwegians hide brooms to keep witches away.

  4. 13 – One for each night before Christmas.

  5. Orange (or clementine) – Often placed in the toe of stockings.

  6. Spider or spider webs – Considered good luck in Ukraine.

  7. Gävle Goat (Gävlebocken) – A giant straw goat in Sweden.

  8. Austria – Krampus is part of Alpine Christmas folklore.

  9. Roller skates – Venezuelans skate to church on Christmas mornings.

  10. Ireland – It's a traditional Irish custom to place a candle in the window on Christmas Eve as a symbol of welcome.

Bright Source Bonus Question:

IP44 or higher – For safe outdoor Christmas lighting in the UK.

12/12/2025 - Classic Christmas Cheer

  1. Germany 
  2. Max 
  3. King George V 
  4. Jingle Bells 
  5. Candy, candy canes, candy corns, and syrup 
  6. Poinsettia 
  7. Rudolph 
  8. The Nutcracker
  9. Coming 
  10. Paris 

Bright Source Bonus Question:
LED lights – These are commonly used in outdoor Christmas displays for their energy efficiency and longevity.

05/12/2025 - Festive Films

  1. Kevin McCallister

  2. Candy, candy canes, candy corns, and syrup

  3. Michael Caine

  4. A sleigh bell

  5. Love Actually

  6. Clarence

  7. 1993

  8. He accidentally causes the real Santa to fall off the roof and puts on the suit

  9. Whoville

  10. Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet

Bright Source Bonus Question:
Ingress Protection - indicating how well a fixture resists dust and water.

November

28/11/2025 - Name That Decade

  1. 1970s – Disco fever peaked in the '70s, and Stayin’ Alive by the Bee Gees was released in 1977.

  2. 2000s – The first iPhone launched in 2007.

  3. 1990s – Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre was reconstructed and opened in 1997.

  4. 1990s – Tim Berners-Lee proposed the World Wide Web in 1989, but it was launched publicly in the early 1990s.

  5. 1980s – Pac-Man debuted in arcades in 1980.

  6. 1960s – Neil Armstrong walked on the moon in 1969.

  7. 1960s – The Beatles appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964.

  8. 2000s – The Human Genome Project was completed in 2003.

  9. 1980s – The Berlin Wall fell in 1989.

  10. 1960s – The term Black Friday was first used by police in Philadelphia in the early 1960s.

Bright Source Bonus Question:
2010s – LED lighting saw widespread adoption in homes and offices during the 2010s, thanks to falling prices and energy efficiency.

21/11/2025 - Retro Tech Rewind

  1. B) 1.44MB

  2. B) The ZX80 home computer

  3. C) Tamagotchi

  4. A) Video Home System

  5. A) Zip Disk

  6. C) Snake

  7. B) Mobile listening

  8. B) Betamax

  9. A) Solitaire

  10. C) Tetris

Bright Source Bonus Question:
C) 1879 – Edison’s breakthrough with a long-lasting carbon filament

14/11/2025 - Movie Magic

  1. Forrest Gump.
  2. Steven Spielberg.
  3. Wings.
  4. Wakanda
  5. Micheal Keaton.
  6. CGI = Computer Generated Imagery.
  7. West Side Story.
  8. Avatar.
  9. Rick Blaine from Casablanca.
  10. 2001.

Bright Source Bonus Question:

B) Fresnel.

07/11/2025 - Iconic Inventions

  1. C) The stone axe

  2. C) Alexander Graham Bell

  3. C) X-ray machines

  4. A) Motion picture camera

  5. B) 1970s

  6. C) Electric light bulb

  7. B) Tim Berners-Lee

  8. A) Hungarian

  9. C) Microwave oven

  10. D) The hot air balloon

Bright Source Bonus Question:
B) CFL - Compact Fluorescent Lamps use a phosphor coating to convert UV light into visible light.