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The Last Great American Slang Picture Show

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : American Slang

	"Here is another sampling of some very curious terms from the not-so-distant past in America. Good luck to all! Many of these you'll probably know, others you might have heard on the late-late-late show."
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1. Which of the following words does not refer to whisky?

vinegar blink

panther sweat

wild mare's milk

sea food

2. Which term does not refer to money?

moolah

oomph

pazaza

ookus

3. Which is not a term for nonsense?

flapdoodle

tripe

nitty-gritty

piffle

4. To 'pick em up and lay them down' means?

to deal cards

to dance

to have many girlfriends and dump them

to dig a ditch

5. A 'patzer' refers to?

a bad pitcher

an inferior chess player

a tank

a kibbitzer in a card game

6. Which is not a term for intoxicated?

ossified

bright eyed and bushy tailed

higher than a kite

pie-eyed

7. Which does not mean sleep?

hit the hay

get some shut eye

get your 40 winks

schlep

8. Which does NOT mean 'stop talking!'?

put a lid on it

make like a clam

stow the gab

let the cat out of the bag

9. Which is not a term for a gun?

Oscar

pea shooter

china-clipper

chatterbox

10. Which word does not refer to a farmer?

stump-jumper

dirt clod

hayseed

slicker