FREE! Click here to Join FunTrivia. Thousands of games, quizzes, and lots more!
Quiz about Arcania Australiana
Quiz about Arcania Australiana

Arcania Australiana Trivia Quiz


Explore the inexplicabilities of dinkey dye Arcania Australiana for odd historical and hysterical idiosyncracies and the fair dinkum dirt on Downunder. Fair crack of the whip Digger, this is true-blue trivia.

A multiple-choice quiz by susannad. Estimated time: 4 mins.
  1. Home
  2. »
  3. Quizzes
  4. »
  5. General Knowledge Trivia
  6. »
  7. Mixed Nations
  8. »
  9. Mixed Australia

Author
susannad
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
193,583
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
10 / 15
Plays
1250
Last 3 plays: Guest 1 (11/15), Guest 1 (13/15), Guest 59 (6/15).
- -
Question 1 of 15
1. What was falling in 1891? Hint


Question 2 of 15
2. What would you put in a Coolgardie safe? Hint


Question 3 of 15
3. What would you be having if you were having a squiz or a geek? Hint


Question 4 of 15
4. What were the 'Old Triangles'? Hint


Question 5 of 15
5. What would you be doing if you were waltzing matilda? Hint


Question 6 of 15
6. What was a Botany Bay Dozen? Hint


Question 7 of 15
7. Although born overseas, which of these celebrities is actually Australian (as his/her parents were Australian)? Hint


Question 8 of 15
8. Which desert town was once a centre of space research, now has a more contentious claim to fame? Hint


Question 9 of 15
9. What historic event occurred in Collingwood, Melbourne in 1856? Hint


Question 10 of 15
10. What is a butterfly? Hint


Question 11 of 15
11. Melbourne enjoys an annual holiday called Moomba ! In its original language this means: Hint


Question 12 of 15
12. What would you have if you got the "lemonade and sarse"? Hint


Question 13 of 15
13. Who was "La Stupenda"? Hint


Question 14 of 15
14. What is someone who is "not the full two bob"? Hint


Question 15 of 15
15. Who is the author of "My Brilliant Career"? Hint



(Optional) Create a Free FunTrivia ID to save the points you are about to earn:

arrow Select a User ID:
arrow Choose a Password:
arrow Your Email:




Most Recent Scores
Mar 24 2024 : Guest 1: 11/15
Mar 06 2024 : Guest 1: 13/15
Feb 05 2024 : Guest 59: 6/15

Score Distribution

quiz
Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What was falling in 1891?

Answer: The price of wool

The price of wool fell in 1891. It caused industrial chaos with strikes across the continent. The Westgate Bridge also fell, but that was in 1970 in Melbourne and the worst industrial disaster in Australian history. So far, the Sydney Harbour Bridge is still intact and the Bridge on the River Kwai is a film title.
2. What would you put in a Coolgardie safe?

Answer: your tucker

Tucker is food. Before anyone had a refrigerator, food was hoisted up in a cage covered in wet hessian bags. My grandmother still used her Coolgardie Safe in the 1960s.
3. What would you be having if you were having a squiz or a geek?

Answer: a Captain Cook

A squiz is a slang term made even more difficult by using rhyming slang. Having a squiz or a geek means having a look, or a Captain Cook. The other rhyming slang terms deal with personal hygiene. Rubbedy-dub is a tub meaning a bath. Dad and Dave is a shave.
4. What were the 'Old Triangles'?

Answer: The posts where convicts were flogged

The old triangles were whipping posts. Convicts were stripped to the waist and strapped by the wrists and ankles to the triangles. They were then flogged. My mother's grandfather, transported to an Australian penal colony at the age of 12, received a total of 314 lashes on the old triangles over a period of 7 years.
5. What would you be doing if you were waltzing matilda?

Answer: Humping your bluey

Waltzing Matilda must be Australia's most well known song. Heading up the road carrying the swag is 'waltzing matilda'. Another term is 'humping the bluey'.
6. What was a Botany Bay Dozen?

Answer: A punishment of 25 or more lashes

Another dreadfull cruel punishment given to convicts in the penal settlement of Botany Bay. A sentence of at least 25 lashes was not uncommon and was sarcastically known as the Botany Bay Dozen.
7. Although born overseas, which of these celebrities is actually Australian (as his/her parents were Australian)?

Answer: Nicole Kidman

Nicole may have been born in Honolulu but her parents were Australians and she grew up Downunder. Interestingly, Merle Oberon, acclaimed beauty of the 1940s, always claimed to be Australian to disguise her Anglo-Indian background. Russell and Sam are New Zealanders, a kind of cousin relationship.
8. Which desert town was once a centre of space research, now has a more contentious claim to fame?

Answer: Woomera

Back in the 1950s Woomera was for rocket and missile testing. Nowadays it has a more contentious claim to fame as the first isolated detention centre for asylum seekers. Mulla Mulla is a flowering shrub, Nulla Nulla is an Aboriginal fighting weapon, and Willy Willy is a dust devil, or small whirlwind.
9. What historic event occurred in Collingwood, Melbourne in 1856?

Answer: The Eight Hour Day

In 1856 a group of workers in Melbourne won an eight-hour working day and it's still celebrated as a world first. Both the Rum and Eureka Rebellions are historic events and the less said about the Collingwood Football Club the better.
10. What is a butterfly?

Answer: all of them

The butterfly swimming stroke is an Australian style made famous by the famous Cavill swimming family. Two-up is a gambling game with two coins played by soldiers. Two-up is mandatory in pubs and clubs on Anzac Day, the Australian Veterans Day.
11. Melbourne enjoys an annual holiday called Moomba ! In its original language this means:

Answer: Buttocks !

Moomba is a carnival held annually in Melbourne. The name is supposed to mean 'Let's get together and have fun' in an Australian Aboriginal language but in fact means that someone was having a good laugh at the time.
12. What would you have if you got the "lemonade and sarse"?

Answer: The sack from your job

Another delightful example of rhyming slang. Lemonade and Sarsaparilla is shortened to Lemonade and Sarse. When you get it, you've been sacked from your job and thrown out on a particular portion of your anatomy.
13. Who was "La Stupenda"?

Answer: Joan Sutherland

Dame Joan Sutherland was one of the world's greatest opera singers and known worldwide as "La Stupenda". Kylie and Germaine are well known Australian exports, and Mary Donaldson from Tasmania is now the Crown Princess of Denmark.
14. What is someone who is "not the full two bob"?

Answer: Allegedly weak of intellect

Not the full two bob, meaning not the full two shillings, means someone is weak of intellect or just a little bit silly. There are many expressions in this vein like 'Two bricks short of a hod' and "A shilling short of a quid" (an earlier version of "A few cents short of a dollar"). More modern examples are 'Two stubbies short of a slab' and 'A couple of chops short of a barbie'.
15. Who is the author of "My Brilliant Career"?

Answer: Miles Franklin

Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin wrote her first novel, 'My Brilliant Career'under the name of Miles Frankin in 1898. 'My Brilliant Career' is regarded as an Australian classic and the first Australian novel. The title is used as an ironic comment on life.
Source: Author susannad

This quiz was reviewed by FunTrivia editor Bruyere before going online.
Any errors found in FunTrivia content are routinely corrected through our feedback system.
3/28/2024, Copyright 2024 FunTrivia, Inc. - Report an Error / Contact Us