Our annual Gear Guru Quiz On a mission to make geekery Christmassy Our Gear Guru Quiz 2017. On a mission to make geekery Christmassy. 1) Why did Australian projection booths have escape hatches? Spiders. And Snakes Irate film audiences Unexpected explosions Ferocious Drop Bear Koalas 2) On every French stage where’s the garden? Through the French Windows In the footlights. Parisian electricians cultivate courgettes there It’s always Stage Right It’s another term for The Green Room 3) Xenon Lamps were invented In the 1950’s In 1809 In 1898 All of the above 4) The Who’s Pete Townshend got his unique guitar sound from A man in a shed Iron guitar strings By replacing the D string with an E string and tuning it to D His famous ‘windmill’ playing style 5) What’s a McGuffin? A turkey burger The padded bit of headphones A plot device A fifth house at Hogwarts Time's up