Friday Quiz Answers 11th July 2025

1. Which country is home to the town with the highest recorded temperature in Europe?
   Answer: Italy.

2. What popular ice cream treat was invented by accident during the 1904 World's Fair?
   Answer: Ice Cream Cone.

3. In which 1960s song would you find the lyrics: "If everybody had an ocean / Across the U.S.A."?
   Answer: "Surfin' U.S.A."

4. What 1975 film made millions fear going into the water that summer?
   Answer: Jaws.

5. What’s the name of Spain’s famous tomato-throwing summer festival?
   Answer: La Tomatina.

6. Which island nation is the only one in the world to have beaches on both the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea?
   Answer: Saint Lucia.

7. Where in the UK would you find the annual Summer Festival hosted at Worthy Farm?
   Answer: Glastonbury.

8. Which famous designer is credited with popularising the modern bikini in 1946?
   Answer: Louis Réard.

9. What’s the term for the ultra-competitive rush to book summer holidays at bargain prices?
   Answer: Holiday panic booking.

10. “Summer Nights” is a duet from which hit musical set in the 1950s?
    Answer: Grease.

Bright Source Bonus Question

Q. Which of these statements about LEDs is not true?

Answer: C) They stay completely cool, even after hours of use
While LEDs run cooler than incandescent bulbs, they still generate heat and can feel hot to the touch after extended use, so they aren’t completely “cool.”