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Quiz about Excuse Me Do You Speak Australian

Excuse Me, Do You Speak Australian? Quiz

G'day Cobber, beaut day, ain't it? Take a squiz at this and see if you can nut it out! If you understood most of that, you have a good chance with this quiz on Aussie slang.

A multiple-choice quiz by SandyRose1. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
SandyRose1

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
348,665

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
781

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. My friends from America, Jane and Susan, were coming to visit me. I was excited because I'd been working 'like a lizard drinking' and I hadn't seen them in ages. What had I been doing? Hint

Working hard

Nothing - I was unemployed

Working in the middle of the night

Really enjoying my work

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Question 2 of 10

2. When I met my friends at the airport I decided to greet them with the most typically Aussie way to say hello. What did I say? "G'day ____"

Answer: (One word meaning friend)

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Question 3 of 10

3. On the way home we stopped to pick up some grog. What did we do? Hint

Get some take-away food

Have a nap

Find some attractive males and invited them home

Buy some alcohol

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Question 4 of 10

4. We got back to my house and celebrated their arrival with a few beers. This turned a bit wild. What word do Australians use instead of 'chug'? Hint

Slog-ya-grog

Scull

Grug

Skill

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Question 5 of 10

5. Later that night my friend Jack calls and invites me to a party. I say I have two friends staying with me and ask if they can come along. He asks, "Are they Sheilas?" What is he asking? Hint

Are they female?

Do they drink?

Are they good looking?

Are they single?

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Question 6 of 10

6. I describe Jack to my friends using one of the following words - which of these is not an Aussie insult? Hint

Spunk

Drongo

Mongrel

Bogan

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Question 7 of 10

7. When we get to the party Jack starts hitting on Susan. Which of these Aussie phrases mean this? Hint

He was doing his block at her

He was wagging

He was coming the raw prawn

He was cracking onto her

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Question 8 of 10

8. The next day Susan wants to visit Jack again. I call him and say, "We'll drop by this arvo for a cuppa". What did I mean? Hint

We're coming to visit later, just for a couple of minutes.

We'll come by this afternoon and have some tea.

Drop what you're doing, I'm on my way and I'm bringing two friends.

We're coming over tomorrow for a chat.

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Question 9 of 10

9. On the way I told my friend to "chuck-a-youie". What did I mean? Hint

Throw a sheep

Hurry up

Dance

Turn around

10. Of course my American friends didn't know what I meant, and by the time I had explained it to them, we had driven well past the turn off. Thinking she knew the local lingo, my friend said, "Crikey! We've gone troppo!" She wanted to say that we were lost. Did she use this right?

Yes

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. My friends from America, Jane and Susan, were coming to visit me. I was excited because I'd been working 'like a lizard drinking' and I hadn't seen them in ages. What had I been doing?

Answer: Working hard

This is from the expression 'flat out like a lizard drinking'. When a lizard is drinking it flattens itself to the ground. The image is I've been working so hard that I've been flattened under the workload.

2. When I met my friends at the airport I decided to greet them with the most typically Aussie way to say hello. What did I say? "G'day ____"

Answer: mate

G'day is short for good day, and mates is a colloquial term for friends.

3. On the way home we stopped to pick up some grog. What did we do?

Answer: Buy some alcohol

Grog used to refer to a drink made with beer and rum, however it has come to mean any type of alcohol in Australia. It's not unusual to have BYOG written on Australian party invites, or Bring Your Own Grog.

4. We got back to my house and celebrated their arrival with a few beers. This turned a bit wild. What word do Australians use instead of 'chug'?

Answer: Scull

The origins of this phrase are unknown. It could be linked to 'sculling' which is a type of rowing, or linked back to vikings who used to drink alcohol out of human skulls.

5. Later that night my friend Jack calls and invites me to a party. I say I have two friends staying with me and ask if they can come along. He asks, "Are they Sheilas?" What is he asking?

Answer: Are they female?

Again, it's not certain where this came from. However it is known that this was used in Ireland long before it made its way to Aussie shores.

Sheilas are girls and blokes are guys.

6. I describe Jack to my friends using one of the following words - which of these is not an Aussie insult?

Answer: Spunk

Mongrel, drongo and bogan are all mild insults in Australia. A mongrel is a trouble maker, a drongo is a stupid person and bogan is the Aussie equivalent of a redneck.

A spunk is a good looking person - not really an insult. People often refer to Jack as "a spunky bloke".

7. When we get to the party Jack starts hitting on Susan. Which of these Aussie phrases mean this?

Answer: He was cracking onto her

Cracking onto someone is hitting on them.

Doing your block means getting angry, block refering to your head head. E.g. "When he hit my car I just about did my block in yelling".

Coming the raw prawn is lying or being overly annoying. Raw prawns are slippery, slimey and hard to get hold of, much like a liar.

Wagging is skipping school or work. This comes from a modern version of the phrase "hop the wagon", a term used by English school children. E.g. "Let's wag today, I want to see a movie."

8. The next day Susan wants to visit Jack again. I call him and say, "We'll drop by this arvo for a cuppa". What did I mean?

Answer: We'll come by this afternoon and have some tea.

Arvo is short for afternoon and cuppa means a cup of tea.

9. On the way I told my friend to "chuck-a-youie". What did I mean?

Answer: Turn around

Youie meaning U-turn.

We'd missed the turn off to Jack's house and needed to go back.

Answer: No

No. If someone's 'gone troppo' it means they've gone mad.

It comes from 'gone tropical', or people who were mentally affected by military service in the tropics.

We weren't lost that long!

Source: Author SandyRose1

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