Two Up Trivia Quiz

Answer: Swy

Two-up was popular during World War I, during which time the soldiers referred to the game as Swy (which may have come from the German Zwei, the word for two.) Its popularity continued through World War II.

Answer: Anzac Day

Two-up is legally played on Anzac Day in pubs and clubs throughout Australia. It is considered to be symbolic of a shared experience with diggers through the ages. Two-up was played extensively by Australia's soldiers during World War I. Gambling games became a regular part of Anzac Day celebrations for returned soldiers, although two-up was illegal at all other times.

Answer: Kip

The origin of the word kip is perhaps related to the Irish "cipin", pronounced "Ki-PEEN", the Irish word for "kindling" or "small stick". Convicts are reported to have played the game as early as 1798. The word "Kip" may also have been introduced by Irish immigrants on the goldfields, where the game was also played.

Answer: "Come In, Spinner"

The "spinner" is the player who has elected to spin the pennies and has entered the centre of the ring. The spinner will be tossing the coins in the air using the kip until they win or lose. Two heads means the spinner wins.
Two tails means the spinner loses. Odds means the spinner throws again.

Answer: Types of Coins

Queens are coins produced during the reign of Queen Victoria. With typical irreverent Australian humour, the Baldies pertain to coins minted during the reign of Edward VII. Because of the king's bald head these pennies were considered to be better balanced. Imperial currency is preferable to decimal currency, as pennies are larger and spin better.

Answer: Broken Hill

The Crystal Lane illegal two-up school in Broken Hill was raided and shut down by police in 1984. Broken Hill City Council subsequently applied for a permit to run the game every day of the year. This application was successful and in 1992 two-up returned to the city, legally. It was acknowledged that two-up was "an established part of the cultural heritage of this mining city".

Answer: 25%

Every toss is independent of every other one. There are four possible outcomes or 25% chance of each occurring:
1) Head, Head
2) Tail, Tail
3) Head, Tail
4) Tail, Head.
The chance of a head and a tail occurring together is 50%, two heads is 25% and two tails is 25%.

Answer: True

Two-up is usually played in a cleared three metre circle, but it has been confirmed our diggers played two-up on the hatch covers on the troop ships taking them to war, hence a two-up ring can be round or square. (A boxing "ring" is also square.)

Answer: Cockatoo

In the bird world, the male and female of a pair of cockatoos can be easily identified as a couple; they will stay close together, will groom each other and will build a nest and raise their offspring together. After young cockatoos leave the nest, they are still cared for by the parents; the parents will help to obtain food and will help to keep a lookout for predators.

Answer: "Mary Poppins"

In "Forty Thousand Horsemen", three members of the Australian Lighthorse, are enjoying themselves, including a game of two-up, on leave in Cairo, when called to fight the Turks.
In "Wake In Fright" John Grant is introduced to the gambling game of two-up, and tries to win enough money to pay off his bond and escape his "slavery" as an outback teacher.
In "The Sundowners", Paddy wins a lot of money and a race horse playing two-up. Paddy later loses all the money that has been saved for the down payment on a farm in a single night of playing two-up.