Journey Of Australian Slang Trivia Quiz

Answer: Down Under

That's because Australia is on the other half of the globe from America (home to the Yankees). Residents of other Northern hemisphere countries also often use this term in reference to Australia. The band Men At Work sang a song called "Down Under", which was a huge hit in 1980. "Great Southern Land" was also a hit song by another band, Icehouse.

Answer: The Pollies

The Pollies are the politicians of Australia, and they 'scream blue murder' (this means to complain loudly) a lot. Canberra is the capital of Australia but mainly houses government workers. It can be likened to Ottawa in Canada.

Answer: Westies

'The big smoke' is what country folk may call the big city. Sydney (capital of NSW) can be separated into east, west, north, and south. Yet the 'Westies' are supposedly the least educated and the poorest of the lot. We Westies of course know that this is not necessarily true.

Answer: The Blues

The idiot box is the television. The Cockroaches are the New South Wales Blues, and the Canetoads are the Queensland Maroons. This is a best-of-three series played in Rugby League (it was first introduced in 1980). "The Australian" is a national newspaper. Queenslanders are also called Banana-benders, because there is a lot of banana cultivation in that state. Sugar cane farms are also very popular.

Answer: Crikey, the bugger bit me!

Steve Irwin, "The Crocodile Hunter", owned Australia Zoo with his wife Terri until he passed away in September 2006. The zoo saves threatened animals from the wildlife and keeps them at the zoo until they can be safely released again. 'Flat out as a lizard drinking' means to be doing something really fast (or to be busy).

Answer: 'You'll never never know if you never never go.'

I'm traveling to the Northern Territory. A 'month of Sundays' is a long time, to 'go bush' is to withdraw from society and relax, and a 'China plate' is rhyming slang for a mate (friend). This friend is mimicking an advertising campaign from the 1990s that had Daryl Somers (of "Hey Hey It's Saturday" fame) saying this quote about tourism in the Territory. 'This was derived from the name Mrs Aeneas Gunn gave to the area around Mataranka, just south of Katherine, and the title of her book "We of the Never-never"' - thanks to FrogJesus for this info.

Answer: The Fremantle Doctor

This is because the Fremantle Doctor is actually a nickname for a late afternoon breeze in Perth, the capital of Western Australia. A 'soldier's bold' is rhyming slang for a cold. If you've ever seen a cricket match at the WACA (a cricket ground in Perth), the 'Fremantle Doctor' can be a real pain to fast bowlers at the end of a session. And as we all should know, a breeze is not healthy for a cold.

Answer: To my rello's place in Adelaide

'Captain Cook' is rhyming slang for look. The 'City of Churches' is Adelaide, SA. The Nullarbor Plain is a vast arid desert (meaning "no trees" in Latin). My 'Simon & Garfunkel' is my uncle, and 'Trouble & Strife' is his wife (both rhyming slang). A rello is short for a relative. 'Mate's rates' means free.

Answer: Mexicans

I am talking about Melbourne, where it rains a lot (therefore I will need my Aunt Molly - rhyming slang for brolly: umbrella). The 'great Aussie free-for-all' is the game of AFL, which sometimes seems to be a huge scrambling mess on a mud-covered field. Victoria is this state, and Victorians are sometimes called 'Mexicans' by New South Welshmen because it is 'south of the border... down Mexico way' when geographically compared to NSW.

Answer: Denmark

A 'sheila' is a woman. The 'Apple Isle' is the island state of Tasmania, which is south of Victoria. A 'ball and chain' is a wife (or sometimes husband), and a 'good sort' means someone you are attracted to, in her case a man (also known as a 'bloke'). So it means the woman married a man. Australia is sometimes known as 'Oz', and the 'big smoke' is the city. Sydney is Australia's largest city. 'Big Ears' is England's Prince Charles, and the 'motherland' is England, or the United Kingdom.

This question refers to Mary Donaldson, a girl who grew up in Tasmania and, while in Sydney for the 2000 Olympics, met Denmark's Prince Frederik (heir to the Danish throne, just as Charles is heir to the British throne). They had a fairytale romance and got married on May 14, 2004.

I hope you enjoyed my quiz! If you have never been to Australia then you should definitely visit someday.