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Australian slang or 'strine' as it's colloquially known, is a 'beaut' language. Can you pick the meanings of the Aussie words or sayings in the following multiple choice questions?

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

Author
Engadine

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
103,402

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
12 / 15

Plays
2280

Last 3 plays: Guest 1 (15/15), Johnmcmanners (15/15), wellenbrecher (15/15).

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Question 1 of 15

1. If you're cooking up some 'bum nuts', what might your family soon have the pleasure of eating? Hint

Eggs

Fried potatoes

Shrimp balls

Pineapple rings

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Question 2 of 15

2. If you're out and about and spot a 'deadly treadly', what have you seen? Hint

A poisonous spider

A treadmill

An escalator

A bicycle

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Question 3 of 15

3. What are 'scungy dungs'? Hint

Your lungs

Dirty dogs

Underpants

Swimming trunks

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Question 4 of 15

4. What does the phrase, 'what do you think this is, bush week' mean? Hint

A term of incredulity

A holiday

A week spent celebrating the 'bush'

A term of endearment

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Question 5 of 15

5. If you're as 'mad as a cut snake' what are you? Hint

Very hurt

Very sick

Very angry

Very poisonous

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Question 6 of 15

6. If I said I didn't like your 'clobber', what would I be criticising? Hint

Your clothes

Your next door neighbour

Your best mate

Your sledge hammer

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Question 7 of 15

7. If you're a 'cacky hander', what are you? Hint

A one-armed person

A left handed person

A backward person

A person of the Kiwi persuasion

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Question 8 of 15

8. What is a 'dead marine'? Hint

An empty milk bottle

A dead soldier

An empty beer bottle

An empty fish tank

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Question 9 of 15

9. 'I'll fix the Jack and Jill', means what? Hint

I'll count the till

I'll pay the bill

I'll repair the sill

I'll take out a will

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Question 10 of 15

10. If someone says you're 'a long drink of water', what are you? Hint

Very tall

Very wet

Very thirsty

Very ugly

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Question 11 of 15

11. What's a 'shemozzle'? Hint

A female mozzie

A crime

A female dog

A mess

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Question 12 of 15

12. If you're 'a sick puppy' what are you? Hint

You're depraved

You're deprived

You're ill

You're sick

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Question 13 of 15

13. If you're called a 'scrubber', what does it mean? Hint

You're a washing up tool

You're as useful as a dishwashing implement

You're an ugly, rough, or immoral girl

You've got an ugly baby

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Question 14 of 15

14. What is 'schoolies' week'? Hint

A week's holiday at the end of studies

A holiday in Sydney

A primary school vacation

A week off school

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Question 15 of 15

15. What was a 'six o'clock swill'? Hint

Hectic pig feeding

Havoc at 'clocking-out' time at work

Busy time at a pig farm

Hectic beer drinking session

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. If you're cooking up some 'bum nuts', what might your family soon have the pleasure of eating?

Answer: Eggs

Just like 'cackle berries', 'bum nuts' are chook eggs!

2. If you're out and about and spot a 'deadly treadly', what have you seen?

Answer: A bicycle

Have you ever come a gutser off a bicycle, I have, and 'deadly treadly' is a 'bloody' good description - I 'buggered' my 'good' knee when my then five year old son rode in front of me and I went arse over t*t, off my bike!

3. What are 'scungy dungs'?

Answer: Underpants

Scungy dungs or scungy dungers - terrible sounding, but they're just underpants, well, specifically, mens underpants - get the picture?

4. What does the phrase, 'what do you think this is, bush week' mean?

Answer: A term of incredulity

The Macquarie Dictionary states that 'bush week' is, "a fictitious week when country people come to town", and, "circumstances in which unsuspecting people are imposed upon." I always ask my kids if they think it's 'bush week' when they ask for something that's way out of line - like a $400+ X-box for Christmas!

5. If you're as 'mad as a cut snake' what are you?

Answer: Very angry

You're very angry and upset, likely to 'lose your cool', 'spit the dummy' or even 'chuck a wobbly'! Can also mean crazy 'as a loon'!

6. If I said I didn't like your 'clobber', what would I be criticising?

Answer: Your clothes

The Macquarie Dictionary states, 'clobber' - "clothes or gear, Sunday clobber" - 19th century British slang, origin unknown.

7. If you're a 'cacky hander', what are you?

Answer: A left handed person

Just like a 'goofy footer ', which is a lefty surfer, a 'cacky hander' is a left handed person. Statistics show that lefties make up about 10% of the population.

8. What is a 'dead marine'?

Answer: An empty beer bottle

After a party or a big night on the 'grog' you're going to have a squillion 'dead marines' to dispose of.

9. 'I'll fix the Jack and Jill', means what?

Answer: I'll pay the bill

Usually in a restaurant, you state you'll pay the bill for the meal.

10. If someone says you're 'a long drink of water', what are you?

Answer: Very tall

Just like 'you'd have to run around the shower to get wet' meaning you're as skinny as, 'a long drink of water' means you're very tall!

11. What's a 'shemozzle'?

Answer: A mess

From the yiddish, shlim mazel - a person who always has bad luck. A 'shemozzle' is a colloquial term for a confused state of affairs, a muddle, a mess, an uproar, a row !

12. If you're 'a sick puppy' what are you?

Answer: You're depraved

To be 'a sick puppy' is to be a very depraved, 'sick' person!

13. If you're called a 'scrubber', what does it mean?

Answer: You're an ugly, rough, or immoral girl

A derogatory term for an ugly or unkempt girl or woman, or a girl/woman with 'loose' morals or 'rough' behaviour, where I am from.

14. What is 'schoolies' week'?

Answer: A week's holiday at the end of studies

A week or so of holidays for, specifically, Year 12 students, usually at Surfers Paradise, Queensland, or some other place in the sun, taken after their final exams - my eldest is experiencing 'schoolies' weel' in 2002!

15. What was a 'six o'clock swill'?

Answer: Hectic beer drinking session

Formerly in New South Wales, specifically, this was a hectic session of buying and drinking beers by men in pubs near to closing time, which from 1916 to 1955 was, for many hotels, 6 pm.

Source: Author Engadine

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