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'arf a mo Guv, what 'ave we 'ere then? A few more Cockney rhyming slangs.

A multiple-choice quiz by sunfloweruk23. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
sunfloweruk23

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
126,824

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

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Average

Avg Score
9 / 15

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Question 1 of 15

1. 'Army and Navy' is rhyming slang for?

Answer: (One Word (food))

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Question 2 of 15

2. 'Band of Hope' in Cockney parlance is what? Hint

A dope

The Pope

A rope

A bar of soap

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Question 3 of 15

3. If a Cockney asked to borrow a 'Lady Godiva', what would they want?

Answer: (Two Words (first word 'A'))

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Question 4 of 15

4. What does the phrase 'Radio Rental' mean? Hint

Ornamental

Fundamental

Gentle

Mental

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Question 5 of 15

5. The slang word 'Scarper', meaning to go, derives from?

Answer: (Two Words (place))

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Question 6 of 15

6. Which of the following is not Cockney slang for wages (as in salary)? Hint

Cat and Cages

Yellow Pages

Greengages

Rock of Ages

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Question 7 of 15

7. A 'Dicky Dirt'is a flirt?

True

False

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Question 8 of 15

8. 'Biscuits and Cheese' is the slang term for what? Hint

Sneeze

Please

Knees

Fleas

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Question 9 of 15

9. Itself an English slang word, the Cockney slang 'Battle Cruiser' means?

Answer: (One Word (drink))

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Question 10 of 15

10. In the slang, to what does 'Cock and Hen' refer? Hint

Amen

Men

The number ten

Big Ben

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Question 11 of 15

11. The name of the American cartoon character 'Bugs Bunny' means what to a Cockney? Hint

Money

Funny

Sunny

Honey

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Question 12 of 15

12. The Cockney word for the drink 'Gin' is named after which WW2 Forces Sweetheart?

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 13 of 15

13. The rhyming slang 'Tom Dick' means what? Hint

Sick

Lick

Thick

Stick

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Question 14 of 15

14. To a Cockney, what is meant by 'Rhythm and Blues'? Hint

News

Queues

Jews

Shoes

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Question 15 of 15

15. 'Sausage and Mash' means what to a Cockney? Hint

Flash

Cash

Dash

A Rash

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. 'Army and Navy' is rhyming slang for?

Answer: Gravy

Gravy, a sauce made from the juices of (particularly roast) meat.

2. 'Band of Hope' in Cockney parlance is what?

Answer: A bar of soap

A soaplike substance found during excavations of ancient Babylon indicates soapmaking was practised around 2800BC.

3. If a Cockney asked to borrow a 'Lady Godiva', what would they want?

Answer: a fiver

The Five Pound note (fiver) was first issued by the Bank of England in 1793.

4. What does the phrase 'Radio Rental' mean?

Answer: Mental

A company called 'Radio Rentals' began by renting out radios and later progressed to TVs. Taken over by Granada, they are now called 'Boxclever'. 'Radio Rental' is rhyming slang for 'mental', suggesting that someone is in an unbalanced state.

5. The slang word 'Scarper', meaning to go, derives from?

Answer: Scapa Flow

Scapa Flow is a sea area around the Orkney Islands, Scotland. Until 1957 it was a Royal Navy base, having been the main base of the Grand Fleet during WWI.

6. Which of the following is not Cockney slang for wages (as in salary)?

Answer: Yellow Pages

Yellow Pages was launched in the UK by the General Post Office in 1966 as part of the Brighton Telephone Directory. In 1973 it went UK-wide and in 2003 88 editions were published, being distributed to 27.8 million households and businesses. The Yellow Book was first introduced in the USA back in 1930 with 2003 seeing 525 Directories being published in 41 states plus Washington DC.

7. A 'Dicky Dirt'is a flirt?

Answer: false

To a Cockney a 'Dicky Dirt' is a shirt.

8. 'Biscuits and Cheese' is the slang term for what?

Answer: Knees

Nothing too interesting about the knees - but Wounded Knee, South Dakota was the site of a confrontation between the US Army and American Indians in which Chief Sitting Bull was killed in 1890.

9. Itself an English slang word, the Cockney slang 'Battle Cruiser' means?

Answer: Boozer

A 'Boozer' is either the place (public house) or a person who frequents such an establishment.

10. In the slang, to what does 'Cock and Hen' refer?

Answer: The number ten

Number 10 Downing Street, traditional home of the British Prime Minister.

11. The name of the American cartoon character 'Bugs Bunny' means what to a Cockney?

Answer: Money

The wascally wabbit starred in the Oscar-winning film 'Knightly Knight Bugs No1'.

12. The Cockney word for the drink 'Gin' is named after which WW2 Forces Sweetheart?

Answer: Vera Lynn

Vera Lynn became famous with songs such as 'We'll Meet Again' and 'White Cliffs of Dover'.

13. The rhyming slang 'Tom Dick' means what?

Answer: Sick

The nearest I could get to info on this one is Tom, Dick or Harry, an idiom relating to men in general as in 'Any Tom, Dick or Harry', these being relatively common English forenames. Why use it for sick? Ask a Cockney.

Another rhyming slang term for sick is Pat and Mick.

14. To a Cockney, what is meant by 'Rhythm and Blues'?

Answer: Shoes

Rhythm and Blues was popular US music of the 1940s-60s, the forerunner of Rock'n'Roll.

15. 'Sausage and Mash' means what to a Cockney?

Answer: Cash

Sausage and mash - a typically English dish. When the sausages are cooked in a batter pudding (Yorkshire pud) it is called 'Toad in the Hole'. As far as I know toads have never been cooked in this way.

Source: Author sunfloweruk23

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