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"A Clockwork Orange" Nadsat Trivia Quiz

This quiz is all about the slang Alex and his friends use in the book 'A Clockwork Orange' by Anthony Burgess. I'll give you a Nadsat or English word and you have to select the equivalent in the other language.

A multiple-choice quiz by dippy_13. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
dippy_13

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
65,324

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
1133

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. What is a veshch? Hint

A Book

A Thing

A TV

A Radio

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Question 2 of 10

2. What is a Prestoopnick? Hint

A Fruit-picker

A Policeman

A Criminal

A Singer

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Question 3 of 10

3. What word means 'big' in Nadsat?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 4 of 10

4. Does Alex have a 'litso'?

Answer: (You can write Yes, No, Y or N)

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Question 5 of 10

5. What is a 'mesto'? Hint

A Place

A Hairdo

A Mess

A Book

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Question 6 of 10

6. What is the name for 'teeth'? Hint

Groodies

Zoobies

Cooties

Loodies

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Question 7 of 10

7. Is 'kupetting' illegal?

Answer: (You can write Yes, No, Y or N)

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which of the following does 'skorry' mean? Hint

Happy

Slow

Fast

Sorry

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Question 9 of 10

9. If something is 'Horrorshow', is it good?

Answer: (You can write Yes, No, Y or N)

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Question 10 of 10

10. What is a nadsat? Hint

A Singer

A Mess

A Room

A Teenager

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is a veshch?

Answer: A Thing

'He started going on about all these Veshches.'

2. What is a Prestoopnick?

Answer: A Criminal

'I wasn't a presnoopick like them.'

3. What word means 'big' in Nadsat?

Answer: bolshy

'We had these real bolshy boots for kicking.'

4. Does Alex have a 'litso'?

Answer: yes

A Litso is a face.

5. What is a 'mesto'?

Answer: A Place

'Let's get out of this Mesto.'

6. What is the name for 'teeth'?

Answer: Zoobies

'Dim gave him a good kick in the zoobies.'

7. Is 'kupetting' illegal?

Answer: no

Kupetting is buying.

8. Which of the following does 'skorry' mean?

Answer: Fast

'I snarled and grabbed it skorry.'

9. If something is 'Horrorshow', is it good?

Answer: yes

'Flip horrorshow takings there.'

10. What is a nadsat?

Answer: A Teenager

This is where the name for Alex's language comes from.

Source: Author dippy_13

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