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Real Australian Slang Trivia Quiz

I've done the Oz Lingo quizzes contributed by non-Australians and I've got to say, most "true blue" Australians don't actually use a lot of the slang mentioned. Here, therefore, are a few expressions that "fair dinkum" Australians really do use.

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

Author
amazoncowgirl

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
89,010

Updated
Sep 01 24

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
6353

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. My friend tells me she's looking for a unit. In the United States, what word would be used to describe what she's looking for? Hint

A stand for her television and stereo

A piece of binary code

An apartment

A stupid person

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Question 2 of 10

2. I'm having a housewarming party. Somebody asks me if I have a stubby holder. What does he want? Hint

It's too rude to mention on this site

A paper plate for the finger food

An ashtray

A cover to keep his beer cool

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Question 3 of 10

3. My friend has finished his stubby. Where would he be most likely to look for a replacement? Hint

In the coolibah

In the esky

In the billabong

In the oven

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Question 4 of 10

4. Another friend wants to know if I've got any Acca-dacca. What is she looking for? Hint

Some headache medication

A traditional Aboriginal Australian dish

A book on witchcraft

Some music by rock group AC/DC

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Question 5 of 10

5. Many of my friends have called me a "cockroach". We're still friends. Why did they call me this? Hint

I have poor hygiene habits

I don't like bright light

I don't associate with very nice people

I was born in New South Wales

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Question 6 of 10

6. If somebody told you to "take a squizz at that", what would you be invited to do? Hint

Aim at something

Guess about something

Urinate on something

Look at something

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Question 7 of 10

7. I've been told I've got Buckley's. What does this mean? Hint

I've caught a virus common in Australia and New Zealand

I've got a lot of money

I've got good luck

I've got no chance

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Question 8 of 10

8. If I were to say somebody was not the full quid, what would I mean? Hint

They have no money

They're not intellectually bright

They don't weigh enough to participate in certain sports

They weren't being completely honest

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Question 9 of 10

9. When would somebody exclaim "Sprung!" to you? Hint

When they were borrowing your pogo stick

None of these answers are correct

When they'd finished fixing the shock absorbers on your car

When they'd caught you doing something you shouldn't have

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Question 10 of 10

10. What would I have been doing if I'd been caught wagging? Hint

I'd been playing truant from school

I'd been telling jokes at somebody else's expense

I'd been telling lies

I'd been talking nonstop

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. My friend tells me she's looking for a unit. In the United States, what word would be used to describe what she's looking for?

Answer: An apartment

She might also have said she was flat-hunting in Australia.

2. I'm having a housewarming party. Somebody asks me if I have a stubby holder. What does he want?

Answer: A cover to keep his beer cool

A stubby is a bottle of beer, generally holding 375ml. If it were a 750ml bottle it might be referred to as a tallie, and I'd be asked for a glass, because of course it's uncouth to drink directly from a tallie.

3. My friend has finished his stubby. Where would he be most likely to look for a replacement?

Answer: In the esky

While the name "Esky" is actually a registered tradename, any Australian will automatically refer to their portable insulated cooler as an esky. And, of course, that's where you look for the beer!

4. Another friend wants to know if I've got any Acca-dacca. What is she looking for?

Answer: Some music by rock group AC/DC

She wants to listen to AC/DC. And as unpatriotic as it may seem, I'd have to let her down.

5. Many of my friends have called me a "cockroach". We're still friends. Why did they call me this?

Answer: I was born in New South Wales

Queensland and New South Wales have a yearly Rugby League playoff called the State of Origin series. The mascot of the New South Wales team is a cockroach and the the Queensland team has a cane toad as their mascot. That said, you wouldn't call a Queenslander a cane toad, you'd call them a Banana Bender. And you'd call somebody from Victoria a Mexican, a South Australian a Crow Eater, a Western Australian is a Sandgroper and somebody from Tasmania would be a Taswegian.

6. If somebody told you to "take a squizz at that", what would you be invited to do?

Answer: Look at something

It really is a different language sometimes.

7. I've been told I've got Buckley's. What does this mean?

Answer: I've got no chance

And you've got Buckley's of finding somebody in Australia who refers to a sheep as a "Jumbuck" or a five cent piece as a "zack" in this day and age, unless they're a real ocker or they're having a lend of you. Oh, and "having a lend of you" means having a joke at your expense.

8. If I were to say somebody was not the full quid, what would I mean?

Answer: They're not intellectually bright

A quid is a slang expression for a pound, which was a unit of currency in Australia, as well as a unit of weight before the metric system was introduced. Someone "not the full quid" does not measure up!

9. When would somebody exclaim "Sprung!" to you?

Answer: When they'd caught you doing something you shouldn't have

The last time I heard this expression was today, after a workmate caught me doing a Funtrivia quiz instead of working!

10. What would I have been doing if I'd been caught wagging?

Answer: I'd been playing truant from school

I must admit I was a goody-two-shoes, I never wagged.

Source: Author amazoncowgirl

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