Colourful Aussie Lingo! Trivia Quiz

Answer: A can of rum and cola

Specifically in Queensland, a Black Rat is a can of Bundy (Bundaberg Rum) and cola!

Answer: VB

A can of Victoria Bitter beer, aka VB! "Green can thanks, mate!"
An Aussie bloke may say he's getting a few greens in his diet if he's downing a few cold cans of VB!

Answer: Shorts

Named after a wool storage company in Fremantle near Perth, Western Australia. "I'm gonna break out the goldsboroughs (the morts) now summer is here!"

Answer: Faeces

Specifically it refers to untreated faecal matter released into waterways! In other localities, it can be called a Blind Mullet or a Blind Trout, a Bondi Cigar or a Chocolate Cigar, a Bondi Shark, a King River Prawn and a Werribee Trout!

Answer: A train

Ah, the Red Rattler - I caught these trains to and from school for nearly a decade! They were the old suburban trains used in Sydney which were draughty, noisy, uncomfortable and dangerous because the doors were easily opened! We kids used to hang out the doors when the train was at speed - what a thrill, and you could jump on or off the train while it was moving! They had dual windows which rattled and the carriages were red, hence the name!

Answer: A one hundred dollar bill

A Rock Lobster is a twenty dollar bill and a Blue Swimmer is a ten dollar bill! A Grey Nurse was also the nickname for traffic wardens in and around Sydney!

Answer: A diesel train

Diesel trains used mostly on country rail lines, named because they were painted blue and had the name of a native bird on them. From Adelaide, the Blue bird travelled to Mount Gambier.

Answer: An elderly caravaner

Elderly caravan travellers in the north of Queensland, particularly, who travel there during the winter months. "There's another grey nomad!"

Answer: A cask of red wine

A cask of red wine that is bought particularly to take along to a party. "I'll stop at the bottlo's and grab a red handbag on the way!"

Answer: A cake

A Pink Lamington is a lamington-style cake! Plain sponge cake is dipped in pink jelly, filled with fresh cream then covered with dessicated coconut. It is also known as a Jelly Cake.

Answer: Unroadworthy notice

A notice, in the form of a yellow sticker, which is attached to the windscreen of a vehicle by the Police that states the vehicle must be repaired. Also known as a Canary in Western Australia, New South Wales and Victoria.

Answer: Blue

A Bluey was a summons issued for a traffic or parking offence in New South Wales, South Australia and in Tasmania, the actual colour of the paper was blue! Bluey also refers to a Blue Bottle (a seaside stinger in New South Wales); your mate could be Bluey, and Blue Cattle Dogs are often referred to as Bluey.

In Victoria and Western Australia a warm woollen jacket was known as a Bluey or a Bushman's Bluey! Also, historically, a Bluey was a Blanket Roll which contained a travellers possessions and, if you're a red-head, you'd be Bluey!

Answer: A fish

The common name for a species of Sea Perch caught by fishermen in the southern seas of Australia, often seen in supermarkets and fishmarkets either filleted or whole - tastes great!

Answer: A cicada

A yellow coloured Cicada from the Sydney area. Other names for Cicadas, there are over two hundred species in Australia, include Black Prince, Brown Baker, Brown Bomber, Green Baron and Greengrocer! I love Cicadas and children are still fascinated by the skins of the nymphs, or the 'shells' that can be found in the summer, left behind by the mature Cicadas; and the sound they make, I always thought it was their wings but it is actually a muscle the males have on their abdomen that causes the clicking sound!

Answer: Sweet sandwich spread

Lemon Spread is a sweet spread made from lemons, sugar and egg yolks and is sometimes called Lemon Butter, Lemon Cheese and Lemon Curd. "Would you like some lemon spread on your toast?" It's actually great used as a filling in cakes too!

Answer: An Australian Football League umpire

Also just a White, i.e., the Man in White! In 2002 the call has gone out for the Umpires to be attired in yellow to impede players colliding with same, for which they, the players, attract a penalty!

Answer: To practice a type of birth control

The phrase, to get off at Redfern literally means, in strine, to practise coitus interruptus. It refers to Redfern Station, the railway station immediately before Central Railway Station in Sydney!

Answer: An unbroken wave

In surfers language, a Greenback is an unbroken wave and the Green Room is the tube of a breaking wave!

Answer: Blue

A Blue is a fight, a disagreement, an argument, a row or a dispute!

Answer: You've got a good credit rating

Specifically relevant to Car Salesman, the term Gold Head means someone who owns their own home and has a good credit rating.