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I'm always highly entertained at the perplexed look on the faces of overseas visitors who hear our accent for the first time. Here are ten examples of same. Good luck!

A multiple-choice quiz by Creedy. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
Creedy
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
340,172
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Very Easy
Avg Score
9 / 10
Plays
2079
Awards
Top 20% Quiz
Last 3 plays: bananapeel39 (10/10), Guest 1 (10/10), kitter96 (10/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. If you are in a shop with an Australian and he looks up with a frown and says "Emma Chisett", what has he just said? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. If an Australian informs you that "Geesuswuss crooseefried hat Cavalry", do you know what he means? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Occasionally an Australian will look at you and say "Owarya to die?"; please don't feel nervous - or perhaps you should. What has he actually said? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. You're at a football game with an Australian (you have my sympathy) and he suddenly shouts "Avago yamug!". Could you translate this? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. If an Australian informs you seriously that someone or something is "Dinky-die" this doesn't make sense at all. What do you suppose he means? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. If an Australian informs you that soon it'll be Chrissie, what has he actually said? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. If an Australian says his favourite song is "With our chew", and apart from that being highly unlikely, what is the name of the song? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. If you ask an Australian if he went to the Boxing Day cricket match and he replies, "Nar, dingo", you may think momentarily that he's insulted you. What did he actually say? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. If an Australian asks "Jareeda Piper to die?" what has he asked you? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. My favourite one is my elderly neighbour who has a much younger wife named Lorraine. One day I thought I heard him shouting "Get outa Lorraine!" I rushed to the window thinking some villain was having his wicked way with his wife, but what had he actually said? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. If you are in a shop with an Australian and he looks up with a frown and says "Emma Chisett", what has he just said?

Answer: How much is it?

Our language with its drawl is usually referred to as Strine. This is supposed to be the sound of our pronunciation of the word Australian through closed teeth. The teeth are closed, so they say, to keep the bush flies from flying into our mouths.
2. If an Australian informs you that "Geesuswuss crooseefried hat Cavalry", do you know what he means?

Answer: Jesus was crucified at Calvary

Australians are the most casual church-goers under the sun. They'll roll up to church in thongs (flip-flops), beach clothes, work clothes, and even, at Christmas time, in pyjamas and dressing gown, particularly so at midnight mass. Midnight mass, by the way, is when the most people turn up. It's like their once a year pilgrimage to Mecca - on their way home from the pubs.
3. Occasionally an Australian will look at you and say "Owarya to die?"; please don't feel nervous - or perhaps you should. What has he actually said?

Answer: How are you today?

Australians also have a peculiar habit of ending all sentences with an uplifted intonation, or with the word "but", as in "Well, some people say he's not a bad bloke. I don't like him, but."
4. You're at a football game with an Australian (you have my sympathy) and he suddenly shouts "Avago yamug!". Could you translate this?

Answer: Have a go, you mug!

Things tend to get a bit heated at football matches in this country, particularly for the State of Origin games which are played between the states of New South Wales and Queensland. At the one and only local football game I attended (with the greatest reluctance in the world) the men parked in the car next to mine kept shouting out to the players on the opposition team, "Give us a kiss, darling" and so forth. All this is designed to (a) make the players lose concentration or (b) have the players walk over and punch them so they would then be sent off the field or (c) get into a lively punch-up with anybody nearby who supported that particular team. Accordingly, my then husband idiotically obliged them.
5. If an Australian informs you seriously that someone or something is "Dinky-die" this doesn't make sense at all. What do you suppose he means?

Answer: Someone or something can be relied upon

To say that something is dinky-die or fair dinkum in this country is the equivalent of taking an oath with one hand placed on the Bible as to the validity of any accompanying statements.
6. If an Australian informs you that soon it'll be Chrissie, what has he actually said?

Answer: He's making an observation that Christmas is coming up

As in many countries, Christmas is a time for families. An Australian Christmas is always in the middle of summer, and spent either at the beach with piles of other families, or having barbecues out in the fresh, clean air, or gathered round the family table at home.

It's a time of renewal when families all touch base with each other. My mother's house was bulging at the seams always at this time of the year as we all went back home to celebrate with her. And then the hands on the clock move on, and suddenly it all just becomes a lovely, sad memory.
7. If an Australian says his favourite song is "With our chew", and apart from that being highly unlikely, what is the name of the song?

Answer: Without You

This beautiful haunting song was made famous most notably by Harry Nilsson, and then later by Mariah Carey. Its words are rather heart-rending (perfect for crying into one's pretzels after a break-up) and it has a wide range of notes which really soar with a good voice behind them.

Unfortunately, then along came karaoke - oh my stars - and all the would-be singers under the sun screeching out those words tunelessly, after having topped up their batteries with a considerable amount of Dutch courage fluids. I'd rather hear the sound of a dentist's drill.
8. If you ask an Australian if he went to the Boxing Day cricket match and he replies, "Nar, dingo", you may think momentarily that he's insulted you. What did he actually say?

Answer: No, I didn't go

Our slur can indeed be hard to understand. The title of this quiz for example. You would of course have realised you were being ask to pass the salt and pepper? The further out west one goes in Australia, and the more distant from the capital cities, the broader and slower our accent becomes.
9. If an Australian asks "Jareeda Piper to die?" what has he asked you?

Answer: Did you read the paper today?

Oh, and before I forget, if you're talking to an Australian, and he keeps saying, "Yep, yep" the entire time you are doing so, he's not accusing you of yapping away like a dog, but is in fact agreeing with you, or listening to all you are saying.
10. My favourite one is my elderly neighbour who has a much younger wife named Lorraine. One day I thought I heard him shouting "Get outa Lorraine!" I rushed to the window thinking some villain was having his wicked way with his wife, but what had he actually said?

Answer: Get out of the rain!

He was shouting at his grandchildren to come in out of the rain because they were soaked and playing in the mud. It wasn't a bit exciting after all.
Source: Author Creedy

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