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Another Letter from Tezza Trivia Quiz

I had so much fun with "I'd Have Written You a Letter But..." that I thought I'd write another one.

A multiple-choice quiz by tezza1551. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
tezza1551

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
321,736

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
9 / 10

Plays
775

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. My greeting in this letter is:
"G'day Blue".
From this, you deduce that the person I am writing to is ... what? Hint

Red-headed

Someone who wears a lot of blue

A Martian

Inclined to fight a lot

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Question 2 of 10

2. Next, I tell my friend that I am going on holidays. What states am I visiting if I go to the GABBA and the WACA? Hint

Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory

Tasmania and South Australia

Queensland and Western Australia

New South Wales and Victoria

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Question 3 of 10

3. I then tell my friend that I visited New South Wales recently, but didn't enjoy it as they kept taking the mickey out of me about "aerial pingpong".
What were they talking about? Hint

Suggesting I join a circus

Suggesting I play table tennis with someone called Michael

Inventing a new sport

Teasing me about Australian Rules Football

4. My next statement concerns an accident I had recently. I write that "a joe blake was lurking in the dunny, and I finished up having to get the ambos to rush me up to the big smoke to get fixed up". This means Hint

I found a person called Joe smoking in my house

I found a snake in the toilet and had to be taken to the city by ambulance to be cured

A man called Joe Blake works for the ambulance service

I burnt myself smoking

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Question 5 of 10

5. I tell him about my next door neighbour, whom I describe as a "bludger" and a "drongo". How would this best translate? Hint

Someone who fights a lot and plays music

Lazy and stupid

Very friendly and intelligent

Foreign and happy

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Question 6 of 10

6. My next topic concerns a recent visit to a pub, where, as well as drinking "the amber fluid" till I was "full as a state school dunny", I met up with a couple of "Croweaters". What did I do? Hint

Went from the hotel to the school to watch birds

Drank beer till I was inebriated and met two South Australians

Had one beer and watched the football

Drank with someone eating a crow

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Question 7 of 10

7. Speaking of other states, I recently met up with a few Sandgropers - mainly grommets and their sheilas. Who did I meet? Hint

Some young West Australian surfers and their girlfriends

People from Tasmania excavating sand

Some Queenlanders and a girl named Sheila

Several men from the Northern Territory and their dog

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Question 8 of 10

8. The next sentence is as follows
"I met this bloke down the pub the other night ... anyway, he started coming the raw prawn with me.."
What is meant by "coming the raw prawn"? Hint

Trying to deceive someone

Catching prawns

Eating seafood in the company of others

Telling someone about a fishing trip

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Question 9 of 10

9. I tell my friend that I heard on the news the other night that a couple of "pollies" had gone off "on the wallaby." True or false: This means that parrots have attacked a small kangaroo.

True

False

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Question 10 of 10

10. Finally, I tell Blue that it has just started to rain, and I add, "Send her down Hughie". What do I mean? Hint

I want it to keep on raining

Blue's real name is Hughie

I want Blue to get a friend called Hughie to visit me

Please post me a female, Hughie

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. My greeting in this letter is: "G'day Blue". From this, you deduce that the person I am writing to is ... what?

Answer: Red-headed

Most red-headed people in Australia have at least one mate who calls them "Blue".

2. Next, I tell my friend that I am going on holidays. What states am I visiting if I go to the GABBA and the WACA?

Answer: Queensland and Western Australia

Obviously I am a cricket fan, as these are the cricket grounds in Queensland and Western Australia. The GABBA is short for Woolangabba, and WACA represents Western Australian Cricket Association. Incidentally, Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory are territories, not states.

3. I then tell my friend that I visited New South Wales recently, but didn't enjoy it as they kept taking the mickey out of me about "aerial pingpong". What were they talking about?

Answer: Teasing me about Australian Rules Football

"Taking the mickey" is also used in UK. It means joking or teasing. "Aerial pingpong" is a name used by the supporters of other codes of football to refer to Australian Rules Football (AFL). In return, we refer to their codes as "thugby" (rugby) and "sucker" (soccer).

Answer: I found a snake in the toilet and had to be taken to the city by ambulance to be cured

A "joe blake" is a snake, a "dunny" is a toilet or lavatory, often the outdoor variety, and the "big smoke" is a city.

5. I tell him about my next door neighbour, whom I describe as a "bludger" and a "drongo". How would this best translate?

Answer: Lazy and stupid

A "bludger" is a lazy person, often unemployed (dole bludger). A "drongo" is someone not very intelligent.

6. My next topic concerns a recent visit to a pub, where, as well as drinking "the amber fluid" till I was "full as a state school dunny", I met up with a couple of "Croweaters". What did I do?

Answer: Drank beer till I was inebriated and met two South Australians

The "amber fluid" is beer, "as full as a state school dunny" means one is drunk, and Croweaters are South Australians.

7. Speaking of other states, I recently met up with a few Sandgropers - mainly grommets and their sheilas. Who did I meet?

Answer: Some young West Australian surfers and their girlfriends

A Sandgroper is a West Australian, grommets are young surfers, and a sheila is a female (as in "she's not a bad driver.. for a sheila")

8. The next sentence is as follows "I met this bloke down the pub the other night ... anyway, he started coming the raw prawn with me.." What is meant by "coming the raw prawn"?

Answer: Trying to deceive someone

"Don't come the raw prawn with me" is an admonition to tell me the truth - don't tell me lies, or don't try and fool me.

9. I tell my friend that I heard on the news the other night that a couple of "pollies" had gone off "on the wallaby." True or false: This means that parrots have attacked a small kangaroo.

Answer: False

Pollies are politicians. Politics is often defined as "poly", meaning "many", and "tics", meaning small, bloodsucking parasites. "On the wallaby" literally means "following the track left by the wallaby" but has acquired the meaning of "travelling around the bush". There is a great joke about two politicians and a cattle dog ... but not suitable for this site!

10. Finally, I tell Blue that it has just started to rain, and I add, "Send her down Hughie". What do I mean?

Answer: I want it to keep on raining

"Hughie" is the Australian rain god, and the plea "send her down Hughie" can be heard from farmers all over the country when those first few drops of rain start to fall.
One of slim Dusty's songs has the line:
"Oh send her down Hughie, you beauty
Ya got the right knack of doing it now
All my sorrows are drowned well and truly
And there's plenty more booze to put down".
This song commemorates a truck driver, carrying a load of beer, and bogged on the side of the road. He doesn't care how long he has to stay - there's lots of beer to drink.

Source: Author tezza1551

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