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Aussie Lingo

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Aussie Lingo game quiz
"Aussie lingo, Australian slang or 'strine' as it is sometimes called, is a colourful language. Can you pick the meanings of the Aussie words/sayings in the following multiple choice questions?"

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



1. If you're "flat out as a lizard drinking" you are what?
    Really skinny
    Really busy
    Really tired
    Really thirsty


2. If you had "a few roo's loose in the top paddock", what would you be?
    Monetarily incompetent
    Morbidly incompetent
    Not incompetent
    Mentally incompetent


3. What is "aerial ping-pong"?
    Australian Rules Football
    Squash
    Beach Volley ball
    Table Tennis


4. If you're "cactus", you're what?
    Itchy
    Terrific
    Sickly
    Dead


5. If you've got a "bad case of the trots" what is wrong with you?
    You've got diarrhoea
    You've got to run everywhere
    You've got tinea
    You've got to ride a horse


6. If you're "out the back of Bourke", where are you?
    A long way from a populated area
    In Victoria
    In Sydney
    Very nearly back home


7. If you're as useful as "hip pockets on a singlet" how useful are you?
    Especially
    Very
    Not very
    Really


8. You're "like a f*rt in a bottle", means what?
    You can't stop talking
    You smell awful
    You can't keep still
    You have no sense of smell


9. What's a "cackleberry"?
    A type of strawberry
    A type of olive
    Another name for a kiwi fruit
    Another name for an egg


10. If you "come a gutser", what's happened to you?
    You've had an accident
    You've gotten fatter
    You've thrown up
    You've eaten too much


11. What are, colloquially, "after darks"?
    Larks
    Sharks
    Parks
    Narks


12. What would you describe as a "dog's breakfast"?
    Dog food
    A lousy breakfast
    A real mess
    Tastless food


13. What happens if you "cark it"?
    You win a prize
    You fix your car
    You crash your car
    You die


14. If you "haven't got a brass razoo" what's your situation?
    You're poor
    You've got no idea
    You're sick
    You've got no heart


15. If "you're not within cooee", where are you?
    Not inside
    In the neighbor's yard
    Not far away
    Not even close


16. "Rissole" is a colloquial term for an RSL Club. What do the letters RSL stand for?
    Retired Sailors League
    Rugby Services League
    Returned Soccer League
    Returned Services League


17. If things are "crook in Muswellbrook" what's the situation?
    Not bad
    Not good
    Not easy
    Non existent


18. In Australia, Queensland and New South Wales particularly, what are "Mexicans"?
    People from New Zealand
    People without a job
    People from any overseas country
    People from south of the border


19. If you're as "rough as bags" what are you like?
    Rude or ugly
    Big and/or beautiful
    Ribald, but cute
    Cute and/or cuddly


20. What, in rhyming slang, are your "Warwicks"?
    Your arms
    Your kneecaps
    Your legs
    Your next door neighbours


21. If you're "as crook as Rookwood" what is your physical state?
    Very stiff
    Very old
    Very ill
    Very ugly


22. If someone asked you to "take a butchers at this", what would they want you to do?
    Take to something with a butchers knife
    Take a look at something
    Slice something up
    Cook something


23. If something has gone "walkabout" what has happened to it?
    It has been sold
    It has been given away
    It has been hijacked
    It has disappeared


24. "Don't come the raw prawn with me" means what?
    Don't try to give me seafood
    Don't try to deceive me
    Don't try to feed me raw prawns
    Don't come near me with those prawns


25. What are you doing if you use the "bush telegraph"?
    Communicating on the telephone
    Communicating by word of mouth
    Communicating over the radio
    Communicating using sign language


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Compiled Sep 04 12