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Quiz about The Norfolk Dialect
Quiz about The Norfolk Dialect

The Norfolk Dialect Trivia Quiz


Do they talk a load of squit (rubbish) in Norfolk?

A multiple-choice quiz by itsannier. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
itsannier
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
243,403
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
1174
Last 3 plays: Guest 79 (7/10), jogreen (6/10), Guest 199 (8/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. What would you do with a cushie? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Who is a mawther? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. What sort of person is a lummox? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Hold yew hard! .. what are you being asked to do? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. What is a dickey? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. What is a Bishy Barnebee? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Who or what is a bor? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. You might find a dodderman in the garden, but what is it? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. We are going to the midder, so where are we going? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Of what use was a guzunder? Hint



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Most Recent Scores
Mar 22 2024 : Guest 79: 7/10
Feb 29 2024 : jogreen: 6/10
Feb 23 2024 : Guest 199: 8/10
Feb 07 2024 : Guest 109: 7/10

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What would you do with a cushie?

Answer: Eat it

Cum Satdy mornin' orft we'd goo ta tha shop for a bag o' cushies (sweets).
2. Who is a mawther?

Answer: Girl

A mawther is a girl ..as in this 'Narcery Rhoime'
Little owd gal Muffet
Sat roight down on an owd tuffet
Eatin' har cards an' whey,
When there come a master grut owd spoider
And sat roight down aside o'har
And wholly scart the li'l ol' mawther away.
3. What sort of person is a lummox?

Answer: Clumsy or ungainly person

"Git yew out o'the way yew gret lummox!"
"Get you out of the way you clumsy person!"
4. Hold yew hard! .. what are you being asked to do?

Answer: Hang on a moment

Hold yew hard! We gort orl dae!
Hang on a moment! We've got all day!
5. What is a dickey?

Answer: A donkey

'Ha' yer fa'r got a dickey, bor?' 'Yis, an' he want a fule ter roide 'im, will yew cum?'

Has your father got a donkey, boy? Yes, and he wants a fool to ride him, will you come?
6. What is a Bishy Barnebee?

Answer: Ladybird

Bishy Bishy Barnebee, Tell me when your wedding be. If it be tomorrow day, Spread your wings and fly away.
7. Who or what is a bor?

Answer: A boy

"Hev Yew Gotta Loight Bor?" (Have you got a light boy?) was a song by Allan Smethurst known as the Singing Postman.
8. You might find a dodderman in the garden, but what is it?

Answer: A snail

Dodderman. dodderman pull in your horns.
There is a Dodderman Way in Norwich just round the corner of Bishy Barnebee, and very close to Pollywiggle which I am sure you all know are those wiggly things in water butts! My mother used to boil the water to wash my hair pollywiggles and all!
9. We are going to the midder, so where are we going?

Answer: The meadow

Anather narsery rhoime

The ship are in the midder
The cows are in the corn
The duzzy fule see arter 'em
He's lorst, soo blow yar horn.
A-snorin in the stuvva
Tha's where he fare ter be.
Dew he on't wark termorrer
Oi'll wholly wallop he.
10. Of what use was a guzunder?

Answer: A chamber pot

A chamberpot guzunder (goes under) the bed!
Source: Author itsannier

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