We hope you enjoy this light-hearted, festive quiz brought to you by Kelly and Samatha and their furry friends who appear in the images. A big thanks to fellow accessibility colleagues who contributed questions!
A quiz is a fantastic way to bring work colleagues together, spread holiday cheer and test your festive and accessibility knowledge. Why not test yourself and then share with others for a bit of fun!
Answers can be found at the end of the quiz.
Quiz questions
- In a game of Scrabble, how many points do the letters in the word ‘Festive’ add up to?
- What is the commonly used name in HTML (hypertext markup language) for text descriptions which are read out to screen reader users when they interact with an image?
- In a Word document, which style is more accessible at the start of the document: ‘Title’ or ‘Heading 1’?
- True or false: Converting a Word Document to a PDF automatically makes it accessible?
- Which of Santa’s reindeers shares its name with a natural object in space that orbits the sun?
- According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), what proportion of the global population is estimated to have a significant disability?
- 16%
- 22%
- 26%
- The most common form of colour blindness is the inability to distinguish between which two colours?
- Which of the following assistive technologies is primarily used to help individuals with visual impairments access digital content?
- Speech-to-text software
- Screen reader
- Ergonomic keyboard
- Voice recognition software
- On what date did the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations first take effect?
- How many gifts in total were given in "The Twelve Days of Christmas" song?
- What is the minimum colour contrast ratio required in accordance with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) for large-scale text?
- Who can make a complaint to the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS) in Great Britain about website or mobile app accessibility issues?
- What is the difference between open and closed captions?
- In March 2018, according to the Office for National Statistics, what percentage of civil servants, who declared their disability status, said they had a disability?
- 1.5%
- 5.5%
- 10%
And finally, festivities wouldn’t be complete without a ‘cracker-style’ question
- Which aria attribute could help non-sighted family members understand the state of your belly after Christmas dinner?
Find the answers below.
Quiz answers
- ‘Festive’ is worth 13 points. Scrabble has been produced in many languages including Braille.
- “Alt-text” or “Alternative Text”. The contents of the alternative text attribute is read out to screen reader users when they interact with an image. Additionally, it appears when a browser is unable to load an image, and search engines may use it to determine the intent and content of a page.
- Heading 1. The ‘Heading 1’ style is designed to be the main heading of your document and is more accessible. Headings help structure the document by splitting content into different sections, making it easier for users to scan and find information quickly.
- False.
- Comet. Santa’s other reindeers are called Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, and Rudolph.
- c) 16%. According to the World Health Organisation’s Disability page, an estimated 1.3 billion people or 16% of the world's population experience a significant disability.
- Red and green. ‘Deuteranomaly’ is the name of the most common type of red-green color vision deficiency.
- b) Screen reader. Screen readers allow people who are blind or have low vision to use computers by converting digital content into speech or braille. They can also be helpful for other users such as those with dyslexia.
- 23 September 2018. The regulations say you must make your website or mobile application accessible by making it ‘perceivable, operable, understandable and robust’ and keep an accurate accessibility statement.
- 364. The gifts included: 12 partridges, 22 turtle doves, 30 French hens, 36 calling birds, 40 gold rings, 42 geese, 42 swans, 40 maids, 36 ladies, 30 lords, 22 pipers and 12 drummers.
- 3:1 is the minimum colour contrast ratio required for large-scale text. Large-scale text is considered to be at least 18 point or 14 point bold.
- Anyone. If you have raised an issue with a public sector organisation and not received a satisfactory response you can make a complaint to the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).
- Open captions can’t be turned off as they are ‘burned into’ the video and are always visible when the video plays. Closed captions can be turned on and off by the viewer and are usually contained in a separate digital file from the video. Closed captions can be made more accessible by allowing viewers to change certain characteristics such as the text size, font and colour.
- c) 10%. According to the Civil Service statistics UK 2018 data, of those who declared their disability status, 10.0% said they were disabled.
- aria-expanded=“true”
Did you enjoy the quiz? Let us know in the comments how many you got correct and feel free to post your own quiz questions and answers.
10 comments
Comment by Sarah Livermore posted on
Really enjoyed the quiz thanks and found it very useful. I did not know that about Title vs Heading1! Congratulations on those adorable doggos too.
Comment by Vayia posted on
Fabulous quiz, thank you!
Surprised by the number of gifts, never thought about it!
Comment by Debbie Challoner posted on
Loved this quiz and the cute dogs... Thank you!
Comment by Martin Jordan posted on
This is so good! Some questions were nicely challenging. Thanks for the effort!
Comment by Sarah posted on
Excellent quiz!
Comment by Monica posted on
Love it! n15 is genius 🙂
Comment by Leanne (from health) posted on
What hero's you are for publishing a fun and informative quiz - am borrowing! 🙂
Comment by George Rhodes posted on
13 of 15.
Got a stat question (6) wrong and am not a big Scrabble player.
Comment by Neil Eustice posted on
Excellent quiz, I shall borrow this idea for our accessibility champions.
Comment by Offelia posted on
The one thing missing is seeing the dogs' names! 😉