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Wild American Slang mixture Trivia Quiz

This is another American Slang quiz from yesteryear mostly. Many of these terms come from people travelling around the country, musicians, old films etc. You might hear these on the late late show. Good luck!

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

Author
Bruyere

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
34,299

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
1982

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Knucklebuster: Hint

hard as nails guy

punch

crescent wrench

nagging wife

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Question 2 of 10

2. Monday man: Hint

the milkman

the trash collector

the dogcatcher

Someone who steals clothes off the clothesline

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Question 3 of 10

3. Mother McCrea: Hint

Lester

snuggy

sob story

whisky

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Question 4 of 10

4. Moxie: Hint

chicken pox

guts

cowardice

ants in his pants

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Question 5 of 10

5. One two three and a splash: Hint

root beer float

chocolate sundae

meat, potato, bread, and gravy

getting a bucket of water thrown at you

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Question 6 of 10

6. Porcupine: Hint

frayed wire

guy with a buzz cut

cake with coconut

nervous person

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Question 7 of 10

7. Mountain canary: Hint

burro

antelope

chicken gizzards

mountain goats

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Question 8 of 10

8. Soup and Fish: Hint

sob story

panhandling

tuxedo

five course dinner

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Question 9 of 10

9. Nervous pudding: Hint

coward

stomach in knots

Jello

bad news

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Question 10 of 10

10. Rib-stickers: Hint

beans

swords

spare-ribs

cornflakes

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Knucklebuster:

Answer: crescent wrench

2. Monday man:

Answer: Someone who steals clothes off the clothesline

Guys traveling around would take advantage of the custom of doing wash on Monday to steal clothes for themselves.

3. Mother McCrea:

Answer: sob story

A sad Irish ballad of the same name became synonymous with a sob story.

4. Moxie:

Answer: guts

5. One two three and a splash:

Answer: meat, potato, bread, and gravy

This is cafe talk.

6. Porcupine:

Answer: frayed wire

This was electrician jargon.

7. Mountain canary:

Answer: burro

Apparently, because of when they heehawed in the mountains.

8. Soup and Fish:

Answer: tuxedo

9. Nervous pudding:

Answer: Jello

10. Rib-stickers:

Answer: beans

Source: Author Bruyere

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