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And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : Australian Music : And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda

Introduction:
"A quiz on this great anthem about the horrors of war and war's aftermath, especially as faced by the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) troops in World War I."


1. "When I was a young man I carried my pack
And I lived the free life of the _____.
From the Murray's green basin to the dusty outback
I waltzed my Matilda all over."

What free-travelling word goes in the blank?
    Convict
    Swagman
    Rover
    Beggar


2. "Then in ____ the country said, "Son,
It's time to stop rambling, there's work to be done."
And they gave me a tin hat and they gave me a gun,
And they marched me away to the war."

In what year did the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZACs) ship out for World War I?
    1915
    1921
    1903
    1927


3. "And the band played Waltzing Matilda
As our ship pulled away from the quay,
And amidst all the cheers, flag-waving and tears
We sailed off to _________."

Where was the ANZAC's epic first battle fought?
    Switzerland
    Cancun
    Mexico
    Gallipoli


4. "And how well I remember that terrible day,
How our blood stained the sand and the water.
And of how in that hell that they call Suvla Bay
We were butchered like ____ at the slaughter."

What word goes in the blank?
    Cows
    Goats
    Pigs
    Lambs


5. "Johnny ____ he was waiting, he primed himself well,
He showered us with bullets, and he rained us with shell,
And in five minutes flat he'd blown us all to hell,
Nearly blew us right back to Australia."

What nationality - the now-reconciled foe in the conflict - goes in the blank?
    Swiss
    German
    Turk
    Bulgar


6. "But the band played Waltzing Matilda,
As we ______ to bury our slain.
We buried ours, and the Turks buried theirs,
Then we started all over again."

What word goes in the blank?
    Paused
    Entrenched
    Halted
    Stopped


7. "Now those that were left, well, we tried to survive
In that mad world of blood, death and fire.
And for ten weary _____ I kept myself alive,
But around me, the corpses piled higher."

For how long did the singer fight? (Note: this total is not even close to the battle's full duration.)
    Months
    Days
    Weeks
    Hours


8. "Then a big Turkish shell knocked me a*** over head,
And when I woke up in me hospital bed
And saw what it had done, well, I wished I was ____.
Never knew there was worse things than dying."

What word goes in the blank?
    Answer: (One Word - four letters)


9. "For I'll go no more Waltzing Matilda
All around the green ____ far and free,
To hump tent and pegs, a man needs both legs,
No more Waltzing Matilda for me."

What term for the Australian open country goes in the blank?
    Hinterland
    Outback
    Bush
    Wilderness


10. "So they gathered the crippled, the wounded, the maimed,
And they shipped us back home to Australia.
The armless, the legless, the blind and insane,
Those proud wounded heroes of _____."

What bay does the singer associate with the battle?
    Hudson
    Botany
    Baffin
    Suvla


11. "And as our ship pulled into Circular Quay
I looked at the place where me legs used to be,
And thanked Christ there was nobody waiting for me,
To grieve and to mourn and to ____."

What does the singer fear his loved ones would do?
    Sleep
    Thank
    Pity
    Celebrate


12. "But the band played Waltzing Matilda
As they carried us down the gangway.
But nobody cheered, they just stood and ______,
Then they turned all their faces away."

What was the crowd's reaction to the wounded ANZACs?
    Cried
    Laughed
    Stared
    Gawked


13. "And so now every April I sit on my porch
And I watch the parade pass before me.
And I see my old comrades, how proudly they march,
Reviving old dreams of past _____."

What word goes in the blank?
    Kipper
    Marches
    Horrors
    Glory


14. "And the old men marched slowly, all bones stiff and sore,
They're tired old heroes from a forgotten war,
And the young people ask, 'What are they marching ____?',
And I ask meself the same question."

What word goes in the blank?
    With
    Against
    For
    About


15. "But the band plays Waltzing Matilda,
And the old men still answer the call.
But as year follows year, more old men _________,
Someday no one will march there at all."

What word goes in the blank?
    Disappear
    Pass on
    Fall away
    Are not here


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