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Quiz about Excuse Me Do You Speak Australian
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Excuse Me, Do You Speak Australian? Quiz


G'day Cobber, beaut day, ain't it? Take a squiz at this and see if you can nut it out! If you understood most of that, you have a good chance with this quiz on Aussie slang.

A multiple-choice quiz by SandyRose1. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
SandyRose1
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
348,665
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
763
Last 3 plays: Guest 1 (10/10), Guest 1 (10/10), ZWOZZE (4/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. My friends from America, Jane and Susan, were coming to visit me. I was excited because I'd been working 'like a lizard drinking' and I hadn't seen them in ages. What had I been doing? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. When I met my friends at the airport I decided to greet them with the most typically Aussie way to say hello. What did I say? "G'day ____"

Answer: (One word meaning friend)
Question 3 of 10
3. On the way home we stopped to pick up some grog. What did we do? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. We got back to my house and celebrated their arrival with a few beers. This turned a bit wild. What word do Australians use instead of 'chug'? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Later that night my friend Jack calls and invites me to a party. I say I have two friends staying with me and ask if they can come along. He asks, "Are they Sheilas?" What is he asking? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. I describe Jack to my friends using one of the following words - which of these is not an Aussie insult? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. When we get to the party Jack starts hitting on Susan. Which of these Aussie phrases mean this? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. The next day Susan wants to visit Jack again. I call him and say, "We'll drop by this arvo for a cuppa". What did I mean? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. On the way I told my friend to "chuck-a-youie". What did I mean? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Of course my American friends didn't know what I meant, and by the time I had explained it to them, we had driven well past the turn off. Thinking she knew the local lingo, my friend said, "Crikey! We've gone troppo!" She wanted to say that we were lost. Did she use this right?



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1. My friends from America, Jane and Susan, were coming to visit me. I was excited because I'd been working 'like a lizard drinking' and I hadn't seen them in ages. What had I been doing?

Answer: Working hard

This is from the expression 'flat out like a lizard drinking'. When a lizard is drinking it flattens itself to the ground. The image is I've been working so hard that I've been flattened under the workload.
2. When I met my friends at the airport I decided to greet them with the most typically Aussie way to say hello. What did I say? "G'day ____"

Answer: mate

G'day is short for good day, and mates is a colloquial term for friends.
3. On the way home we stopped to pick up some grog. What did we do?

Answer: Buy some alcohol

Grog used to refer to a drink made with beer and rum, however it has come to mean any type of alcohol in Australia. It's not unusual to have BYOG written on Australian party invites, or Bring Your Own Grog.
4. We got back to my house and celebrated their arrival with a few beers. This turned a bit wild. What word do Australians use instead of 'chug'?

Answer: Scull

The origins of this phrase are unknown. It could be linked to 'sculling' which is a type of rowing, or linked back to vikings who used to drink alcohol out of human skulls.
5. Later that night my friend Jack calls and invites me to a party. I say I have two friends staying with me and ask if they can come along. He asks, "Are they Sheilas?" What is he asking?

Answer: Are they female?

Again, it's not certain where this came from. However it is known that this was used in Ireland long before it made its way to Aussie shores.

Sheilas are girls and blokes are guys.
6. I describe Jack to my friends using one of the following words - which of these is not an Aussie insult?

Answer: Spunk

Mongrel, drongo and bogan are all mild insults in Australia. A mongrel is a trouble maker, a drongo is a stupid person and bogan is the Aussie equivalent of a redneck.

A spunk is a good looking person - not really an insult. People often refer to Jack as "a spunky bloke".
7. When we get to the party Jack starts hitting on Susan. Which of these Aussie phrases mean this?

Answer: He was cracking onto her

Cracking onto someone is hitting on them.

Doing your block means getting angry, block refering to your head head. E.g. "When he hit my car I just about did my block in yelling".

Coming the raw prawn is lying or being overly annoying. Raw prawns are slippery, slimey and hard to get hold of, much like a liar.

Wagging is skipping school or work. This comes from a modern version of the phrase "hop the wagon", a term used by English school children. E.g. "Let's wag today, I want to see a movie."
8. The next day Susan wants to visit Jack again. I call him and say, "We'll drop by this arvo for a cuppa". What did I mean?

Answer: We'll come by this afternoon and have some tea.

Arvo is short for afternoon and cuppa means a cup of tea.
9. On the way I told my friend to "chuck-a-youie". What did I mean?

Answer: Turn around

Youie meaning U-turn.

We'd missed the turn off to Jack's house and needed to go back.
10. Of course my American friends didn't know what I meant, and by the time I had explained it to them, we had driven well past the turn off. Thinking she knew the local lingo, my friend said, "Crikey! We've gone troppo!" She wanted to say that we were lost. Did she use this right?

Answer: No

No. If someone's 'gone troppo' it means they've gone mad.

It comes from 'gone tropical', or people who were mentally affected by military service in the tropics.

We weren't lost that long!
Source: Author SandyRose1

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