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The Australian Language Trivia Quiz

There are many good Australian slang quizzes on funtrivia so I thought I should do my duty and create one myself. Have fun and good luck.

A multiple-choice quiz by eelcat. Estimated time: 2 mins.

Author
eelcat

Time
2 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
117,637

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
2160

Last 3 plays: Guest 76 (5/10), Guest 98 (4/10), Guest 98 (8/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. If something is on the fritz, then it is ____ ? Hint

To be taken for a ride

Cactus

As barmy as a bandicoot

A silly sausage

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Question 2 of 10

2. What word is missing: as _______ as a Pommy complaint box? Hint

Dry

Empty

Tight

Full

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Question 3 of 10

3. "Lights are on but there's nobody home" means the same as which of these? Hint

Couldn't lie straight in bed

A couple of snags short of a barbie

Went down like a sack of spuds

Show a clean pair of heels

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Question 4 of 10

4. If someone said to you that they could eat a horse and chase its rider, you would naturally assume which of these applies? Hint

That they are as full as a boot

That they will be dining on underground mutton

That they are as dry as a Pommy towel

That their belly thinks their throat is cut

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Question 5 of 10

5. If someone could see your Reg Grundies, you are showing what item of clothing? Hint

Togs

Underdaks

Tank top

Jarmies

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Question 6 of 10

6. To have a Bo-Peep means to have a _____ ? Hint

Verandah over the toyshop

Captain Cook

Bull by the horns

Cackleberry

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Question 7 of 10

7. A belt in the lug is the same as which of these? Hint

A clout in the earhole

A fair suck of the sav

The rough end of a pineapple

Bringing in the heavy artillery

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which one of these is the odd one out? Hint

Ankle biters

Munchies

Din-dins

Nibblies

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Question 9 of 10

9. Someone gives you some dead horse, you could then use it on _______ ? Hint

Possibly all of these

Little boys

Snorkers

Mystery bags

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Question 10 of 10

10. If you were walking in the Australian countryside and came across some cow candy, which of these things would you do? Hint

Juggle it

Avoid stepping in it

Drink it

Play a tune on it

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. If something is on the fritz, then it is ____ ?

Answer: Cactus

On the fritz means to be clapped out or broken, as does cactus. The term seems to have its origins in the introduction of the Cactoblastis moth to control the introduced pest, the prickly pear (a type of cactus) during the 1920s. The success of the control led to something that had been wiped out as being cactused, which shortened to cactus.

2. What word is missing: as _______ as a Pommy complaint box?

Answer: Full

Meaning to be either well fed or drunk. A fair few of our sayings relate to the English.

3. "Lights are on but there's nobody home" means the same as which of these?

Answer: A couple of snags short of a barbie

Meaning lacking intelligence. "Snags" being "sausages" and "barbie" meaning "barbeque".

4. If someone said to you that they could eat a horse and chase its rider, you would naturally assume which of these applies?

Answer: That their belly thinks their throat is cut

These are both expressions of hunger.

5. If someone could see your Reg Grundies, you are showing what item of clothing?

Answer: Underdaks

You better hope no one can see your Reg Grundies, rhyming slang for undies (underpants). These are also known as underdaks too. Or undercrackers in some circles.

6. To have a Bo-Peep means to have a _____ ?

Answer: Captain Cook

Bo-Peep mean to have a look at something. Captain Cook is rhyming slang for look.

7. A belt in the lug is the same as which of these?

Answer: A clout in the earhole

Meaning a physical act of hostility.

8. Which one of these is the odd one out?

Answer: Ankle biters

Ankle biters are children, the others relate to food in general.

9. Someone gives you some dead horse, you could then use it on _______ ?

Answer: Possibly all of these

Snorkers are sausages, as are mystery bags, but in some areas mystery bags could be a meat pie or chiko roll. Little boys are cocktail frankfurts. Dead horse is rhyming slang for (tomato) sauce. Pies can also go under the title of maggot bags.

10. If you were walking in the Australian countryside and came across some cow candy, which of these things would you do?

Answer: Avoid stepping in it

I think the answer spells out exactly what this is ... cow exhaust.

A Queensland company has recently developed a kind of stock feed processed from sugar cane which they call CowCandy - not appealing for those familiar with the usual Australian idiom!

Source: Author eelcat

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