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The Norfolk Dialect Trivia Quiz

Do they talk a load of squit (rubbish) in Norfolk?

A multiple-choice quiz by itsannier. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
itsannier

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
243,403

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
1185

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. What would you do with a cushie? Hint

Sit on it

Eat it

Ride on it

Hit it

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who is a mawther? Hint

Mother

Brother

Father

Girl

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Question 3 of 10

3. What sort of person is a lummox? Hint

Petite person

Clumsy or ungainly person

Very pretty person

Bald person

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Question 4 of 10

4. Hold yew hard! .. what are you being asked to do? Hint

Hang on a moment

Hold this for me

Get a move on

Have some sympathy

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Question 5 of 10

5. What is a dickey? Hint

A cow

A cat

A dog

A donkey

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Question 6 of 10

6. What is a Bishy Barnebee? Hint

Bee

Grasshopper

Butterfly

Ladybird

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who or what is a bor? Hint

A river

A carthorse

A pig

A boy

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Question 8 of 10

8. You might find a dodderman in the garden, but what is it? Hint

A slug

A flower

A wheelbarrow

A snail

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Question 9 of 10

9. We are going to the midder, so where are we going? Hint

The middle house

The local shop

The meadow

The compost heap

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Question 10 of 10

10. Of what use was a guzunder? Hint

A cup of tea

A cooking utensil

A chamber pot

A flowerpot

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What would you do with a cushie?

Answer: Eat it

Cum Satdy mornin' orft we'd goo ta tha shop for a bag o' cushies (sweets).

2. Who is a mawther?

Answer: Girl

A mawther is a girl ..as in this 'Narcery Rhoime'
Little owd gal Muffet
Sat roight down on an owd tuffet
Eatin' har cards an' whey,
When there come a master grut owd spoider
And sat roight down aside o'har
And wholly scart the li'l ol' mawther away.

3. What sort of person is a lummox?

Answer: Clumsy or ungainly person

"Git yew out o'the way yew gret lummox!"
"Get you out of the way you clumsy person!"

4. Hold yew hard! .. what are you being asked to do?

Answer: Hang on a moment

Hold yew hard! We gort orl dae!
Hang on a moment! We've got all day!

5. What is a dickey?

Answer: A donkey

'Ha' yer fa'r got a dickey, bor?' 'Yis, an' he want a fule ter roide 'im, will yew cum?'

Has your father got a donkey, boy? Yes, and he wants a fool to ride him, will you come?

6. What is a Bishy Barnebee?

Answer: Ladybird

Bishy Bishy Barnebee, Tell me when your wedding be. If it be tomorrow day, Spread your wings and fly away.

7. Who or what is a bor?

Answer: A boy

"Hev Yew Gotta Loight Bor?" (Have you got a light boy?) was a song by Allan Smethurst known as the Singing Postman.

8. You might find a dodderman in the garden, but what is it?

Answer: A snail

Dodderman. dodderman pull in your horns.
There is a Dodderman Way in Norwich just round the corner of Bishy Barnebee, and very close to Pollywiggle which I am sure you all know are those wiggly things in water butts! My mother used to boil the water to wash my hair pollywiggles and all!

9. We are going to the midder, so where are we going?

Answer: The meadow

Anather narsery rhoime

The ship are in the midder
The cows are in the corn
The duzzy fule see arter 'em
He's lorst, soo blow yar horn.
A-snorin in the stuvva
Tha's where he fare ter be.
Dew he on't wark termorrer
Oi'll wholly wallop he.

10. Of what use was a guzunder?

Answer: A chamber pot

A chamberpot guzunder (goes under) the bed!

Source: Author itsannier

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