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Clancy of the Overflow Trivia Quiz

This is a quiz based on Banjo Paterson's poem, "Clancy of the Overflow."

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

Author
HorseCrazyKali

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
269,729

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
491

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Which of these is the opening line to the poem? Hint

I am sitting in my dingy little office...

And an answer came directed...

And the bush hath friends to meet him...

I had written him a letter...

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Question 2 of 10

2. Where did the person telling the story of Clancy first meet him? Hint

Down the Murray

Down the Lachlan

Down the Darling

Down the Murrumbidgee

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Question 3 of 10

3. Clancy was in Victoria droving.

True

False

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Question 4 of 10

4. What word is used to describe the sunlit plains? Hint

Beautiful

There are no sunlit plains

Magnificent

Splendid

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Question 5 of 10

5. Where is the story teller sitting during all this? Hint

Dingy office

Drover's hut

Sandy beach

He is standing

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Question 6 of 10

6. Instead of lowing cattle, what can the story teller hear? Hint

he is deaf, he can't hear anything.

trains and cars

buses and trams

planes and boats

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Question 7 of 10

7. What sort of eyes do the hurrying people have? Hint

Beady

Brown

Large

Eager

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Question 8 of 10

8. Whose language uninviting comes fitfully and faintly through the ceaseless tramp of feet? Hint

the city kids

the gutter children

the street kids

the farm children

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Question 9 of 10

9. Clancy would suit working in an office.

True

False

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Question 10 of 10

10. Is there a place named after Clancy's Overflow?

Yes

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which of these is the opening line to the poem?

Answer: I had written him a letter...

"Clancy of the Overflow" was first published in the 'Bulletin' on December 21, 1889.

2. Where did the person telling the story of Clancy first meet him?

Answer: Down the Lachlan

The Lachlan River runs through central New South Wales, Australia.

3. Clancy was in Victoria droving.

Answer: False

He had gone to Queensland droving. His friends didn't know exactly where he was.

4. What word is used to describe the sunlit plains?

Answer: Splendid

Clancy of the Overflow is also mentioned in Banjo's famous poem, "The Man from Snowy River".

5. Where is the story teller sitting during all this?

Answer: Dingy office

"I am sitting in my dingy little office..."

6. Instead of lowing cattle, what can the story teller hear?

Answer: buses and trams

"The Overflow" is the name of the sheep station where the man telling the story first met Clancy.

7. What sort of eyes do the hurrying people have?

Answer: Eager

"With their eager eyes and greedy, and their stunted forms and weedy, for townsfolk have no time to grow, they have no time to waste."

8. Whose language uninviting comes fitfully and faintly through the ceaseless tramp of feet?

Answer: the gutter children

"And the language uninviting of the gutter children fighting, comes fitfully and faintly through the ceaseless tramp of feet."

9. Clancy would suit working in an office.

Answer: False

In the movie, "The Man from Snowy River", Jack Thompson played Clancy.

10. Is there a place named after Clancy's Overflow?

Answer: Yes

Yes, out at Clifton grove, near the town of Orange in central NSW, Australia. The local water supply is provided by a lake. When the lake is full, it overflows. This is near the property where Banjo Paterson grew up.

Source: Author HorseCrazyKali

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