Click Go The Shears Trivia Quiz

Answer:

Probably one of the only songs about sheep-shearing, it is distinctly Australian. The lyrics were first published in the 1890s and the tune was adapted from an American folk tune.

And now for the translation from Australian to English!
The board is the area that the shearers stand, it is close to where the sheep are waiting to be shorn. When the song was written, the shearers used hand shears, roughly resembling a large pair of scissors. Mechanical shearing was in its infancy at the time, but eventually allowed sheep to be shorn about three times faster than the hand-powered shears.
A 'joe' or 'yo' is slang for a ewe (female sheep), and 'bare-bellied' means that the animal has no wool on its underside, therefore not required to be shorn. A 'blow' is a stroke of the shears from one end of the sheep to the other.

The 'ringer' is the best and fastest shearer in the shed, and the 'snagger' is usually the worst. The title of the song is onomatopoeic, particularly for the hand shears.

I have only used the first verse and chorus for my quiz, as the song covers seven verses. It is widely available online, so feel free to enjoy the whole story.

In 1966, Australia adopted decimal currency and the government used the tune, changing the lyrics to 'Clink go the cents folks, clink, clink, clink'.