Take this Aussie Slang Quiz! Average Trivia | Varieties of English

Answer: billy

Coffee drinking has become more popular, with coffee shops opening everywhere in Australia. But when you're out on the track and stop on the side of the road for a cuppa, put on the billy (tin can). A few Aussies still boil the billy.

Answer: Knocker

Australians tend to be knockers, especially of those in authority. Aussies hate what they see as a tall poppy, a person who puts themself above others. They love to see a tall poppy knocked down, hence the term knockers.

Answer: Larrikin

A larrikin is seen by some as a kind of hoodlum, which is not that harmless, but to many Aussies the larrikin is a fairly good-natured bloke who is inclined to get into a little trouble. To some, the bushranger Ned Kelly could be seen as a larrikin. Ned got into a little trouble with the law: he shot people and was hanged.

Answer: Pokie

Poker machines, like the machines in Las Vegas, which these day mostly don't have a card type game displayed but rather 5 electronic reels of all kinds of symbols, are also referred to as the one-armed bandits, from the time when a lever handle operated a mechanical machine. The state of New South Wales has around 20% of the world's slot (poker) machines.

Answer: Dinkum

In Aussie, a good mate will often be seen as a fair dinkum bloke, which makes him an all-around nice guy. Even though he may, from time to time, commit some small indiscretions, since he is a fair dinkum bloke these can easily be forgiven.

Answer: Schooner

Aussies enjoy their beer, with VB (Victoria Bitter) being the biggest seller, Australia-wide. In New South Wales, the majority of male beer drinkers enjoy a schooner (425 mL) and look upon the drinking of a middy (285 mL) as some kind of unmanly pursuit, one for the sheilas (ladies).

Answer: Mexicans

Victoria being the home of Aussie Rules football, New South Welshmen in years gone by liked to refer to it disparagingly as aerial ping pong. But, since the Sydney Swans have become a major team in the AFL, it's now an accepted code of football north of the border.

Answer: Matilda

As Banjo Paterson said in his famous poem (song), "You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me". This has become the unofficial Aussie national anthem; the official anthem is "Advance Australia Fair", which has nothing to do with a swagman who stole sheep and drowned in a billabong (part of a river).

Answer: All of these

When an Aussie sees someone doing them wrong, they have a long list of names to throw about: dipstick, wombat, drongo, and the list goes on and on.

Answer: Wuss

Nobody in Aussie wants to be known as a wuss. Aussie blokes (men) tend to pride themselves as being of manly character, idolizing the Anzacs (called Diggers, because they dug trenchers) of World War I, men who, although defeated at Gallipoli, showed bravery beyond the norm.