Friday Quiz Answers 01/08/2025

1. I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I?
   Answer: An echo – It “speaks” and “hears” but has no mouth or ears.

2. What number comes next in this sequence: 2, 4, 8, 16, __?
   Answer: 32 – Each number doubles: 2, 4, 8, 16, 32.

3. A bat and a ball cost £1.10 in total. The bat costs £1 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?
   Answer: 5p – The ball is 5p and the bat is £1.05 (total: £1.10).

4. Rearrange the letters in "LISTEN" to form another English word.
   Answer: Silent – “Listen” rearranged becomes “Silent”.

5. You enter a room with 3 doors. One leads to fire, one to a lion that hasn’t eaten in 3 years, and one to a pit with no bottom. Which door is safest?
   Answer: The lion’s room – A lion that hasn’t eaten in 3 years is dead.

6. What word is always spelled incorrectly in the dictionary?
   Answer: Incorrectly – It’s always spelled “incorrectly”!

7. I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest man can’t hold me for long. What am I?
   Answer: Your breath – Light as a feather, but hard to hold for long.

8. A man pushes his car to a hotel and tells the owner he’s bankrupt. What game is he playing?
   Answer: Monopoly – He’s landed on a hotel and gone bankrupt.

9. If you have me, you want to share me. Once you share me, you no longer have me. What am I?
   Answer: A secret – Once you share it, it’s no longer a secret.

10. A word has five letters. Remove the first and the second letters, and only one remains. What is the word?
    Answer: Stone – Remove ‘s’ and ‘t’, you’re left with “one”.

Bright Source Bonus Question

Q. By gates and walls I stand with pride,
I cast my beam both far and wide.
Through rain or snow, I never flee -
A sturdy guard with an IP degree.
What am I?

Answer: LED Floodlight!