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Quiz about Face Fungus and Laughing Gear
Quiz about Face Fungus and Laughing Gear

Face Fungus and Laughing Gear Trivia Quiz


"Never call anything by its given name" seems to be the first rule of Australian lingo. This quiz looks at the odd names Aussies give to body parts and the use made of body parts to describe totally unrelated objects.

A multiple-choice quiz by Nannanut. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
Nannanut
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
183,022
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
4575
Awards
Top 5% quiz!
Last 3 plays: Guest 101 (9/10), Guest 1 (9/10), Trufflesss (9/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. My brother - despite dubious forays into many odd hobbies - has discovered he has a talent that others actually appreciate. So when he asks me to "wrap your laughing gear around this", what am I enjoying? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. According to my friend, talking has always been her strong point. I tend to think it depends on your point of view. When she stops to have a conversation - which body part or parts have Aussies hijacked to describe her activity? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. My father was my best friend and my mentor. We shared many activities together but one of my favourite pastimes would cause him to worry that if I wasn't careful I would "get my block knocked off". According to him what body part was I in danger of losing? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. My young neighbour can only be described as a "lead foot". What is his problem?
(Lead as rhymes with bed).
Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. My daughter's boyfriend Craig was very depressed because he had "pulled a hammie". Apparently this completely ruined his Saturday and mine as it happened. What had he done? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Blue heelers are a unique Australian breed of cattle dog. The term is also applied to humans as well. What job would you have if you were described as a "blue heeler"? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. As with each generation, the bright young things are sure they have invented everything, tried everything first and know it all. My children heard me describe myself as "fanging it" when I was a good deal younger. It caused much laughter as no one in the family could imagine Nanna "fanging it". They didn't even think I knew what the term meant. What on earth had I been doing? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Another body part has been appropriated for the term "long neck". Who or what is a "long neck"? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Blimey - this is nearly the end. I'm feeling a bit toey and I want to give my Warwick Farms a rest. Warwick Farms? Am I still talking about body parts?


Question 10 of 10
10. And finally - "face fungus" is a singularly unflattering term for what particular facial condition? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. My brother - despite dubious forays into many odd hobbies - has discovered he has a talent that others actually appreciate. So when he asks me to "wrap your laughing gear around this", what am I enjoying?

Answer: A Thai red curry

"Laughing gear" is a descriptive term for the mouth. Makes sense if you stop to think about it. My brother's red curries are actually legendary and he grows most of the ingredients in his suburban Brisbane garden.
If you are ever invited to "wrap your laughing gear around one" - do not hesitate.
2. According to my friend, talking has always been her strong point. I tend to think it depends on your point of view. When she stops to have a conversation - which body part or parts have Aussies hijacked to describe her activity?

Answer: All of these

"Ear bashing" is a purely descriptive term and often accurate in my friend's case. The "flapping of gums" is another piece of Aussie whimsy - a purely descriptive if slightly derogatory term for what my friend would surely feel is the art of conversation. As for a "chinwag", what else does your chin do while you are talking?
3. My father was my best friend and my mentor. We shared many activities together but one of my favourite pastimes would cause him to worry that if I wasn't careful I would "get my block knocked off". According to him what body part was I in danger of losing?

Answer: My head

If anything was to "knock my block off" it would be when we were sailing together on Moreton Bay and the boom came crashing across my skull! He could just as easily have used the terms "noggin" or "scone" to describe my head because Australians are not afraid of excess when it comes to creating or appropriating slang terms
4. My young neighbour can only be described as a "lead foot". What is his problem? (Lead as rhymes with bed).

Answer: He drives way too fast

A "lead foot" describes a driver who speeds. Presumably his foot is so heavy he can't help but rest it hard on the accelerator. The fact that we live at the end of a small street with no thoroughfare concerns this crazy kid not one little bit.
5. My daughter's boyfriend Craig was very depressed because he had "pulled a hammie". Apparently this completely ruined his Saturday and mine as it happened. What had he done?

Answer: Pulled the hamstring muscle in the back of his leg

The use of the word "hammie" is a typical example of the Australian obsession with shortening words and then adding a "y" or "ie". A hamstring muscle must of course be "a hammie". A biscuit is a "bicky" and on your birthday you get "pressies"! Craig was supposed to play Rugby that Saturday - instead he and his pulled "hammie" ate me out of house and home.
6. Blue heelers are a unique Australian breed of cattle dog. The term is also applied to humans as well. What job would you have if you were described as a "blue heeler"?

Answer: Policeman

The term as applied to our "boys in blue" does in fact owe its origin to the cattle dog who will not let you or anything else it is herding get away. The use of the word "heel" applies to the way the dog works a herd - by nipping at the heels of the cattle.
7. As with each generation, the bright young things are sure they have invented everything, tried everything first and know it all. My children heard me describe myself as "fanging it" when I was a good deal younger. It caused much laughter as no one in the family could imagine Nanna "fanging it". They didn't even think I knew what the term meant. What on earth had I been doing?

Answer: Speeding in my tiny car

OK. Everyone can believe I competed in a talkfest and I did have braces on my teeth but that is neither remarkable nor subject to incredulity. Apple bobbing is extremely rare in Australia, so my friends, I was indeed speeding. Mind you the top speed in my Mini car was actually quite pathetic but I was so close to the ground it felt really fast. According to some sources the term "fang" relates to Argentinian racing car driver Juan Fangio and not actually a tooth as I first thought. "Fanging" - in the truer dental sense can also mean hungry.
8. Another body part has been appropriated for the term "long neck". Who or what is a "long neck"?

Answer: A 750 ml bottle of beer

A "long neck" is the term applied to larger bottles of beer - and yes they do have a long neck. Most Aussie beer is now bought in much smaller 375 ml bottles affectionately known as "stubbies". The "Darwin stubby" however is not small and is in fact the largest commercially produced bottle of beer in the world at a whopping 2.25 litres. Oh and for the record an Aussie can often be heard referring to beer as "amber fluid".
9. Blimey - this is nearly the end. I'm feeling a bit toey and I want to give my Warwick Farms a rest. Warwick Farms? Am I still talking about body parts?

Answer: Yes

Sorry about that. First up - feeling "toey" means feeling restless and needing to leave or make a change. As for "Warwick Farms" - aah the amazing use of rhyming slang willed to us by our British forbears. "Warwick Farms" are therefore arms. Obviously I want to finish my quiz quickly and give my arms a rest.

The fact that Warwick Farm is a race course in Sydney is neither here nor there. Some sources quote "Warwick Farms" as rhyming slang for underarms but you don't really need to rest your underarms much - do you?
10. And finally - "face fungus" is a singularly unflattering term for what particular facial condition?

Answer: A beard

A beard was practically a trademark of our early Australian settlers. Another slang phrase "bum fluff" is a similarly derogatory term for the first facial hair of a young man. Just remember - nothing is ever as it seems when listening to an Australian talk.

A course has even been established at a Sydney college to teach newcomers to our country the real meaning of what they are hearing! Think I'll take a squiz at what they're on about. Hooroo.
Source: Author Nannanut

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