The next quiz!
Hi folks! Mike has been carefully crafting this quiz for weeks now, so we expect a good turnout. Last time we had 13 applicants, and now we expect EVEN BETTER RESULTS!! Tell all your friends, tell all your relatives, the Australia Quiz is BACK!!!
1. How many Australians does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
A. None
B. 1-2
C. 3 if they get around to it.
D. Lightbulbs don't exist in Oz. Here they're called Luminous Spheres
2. What is the most poisonous spider in Australia-which is the world's most poisonous as well
(thankfully one not found fit to come to our apartment)?
A. The Goliath Spider
B. The Sydney Funnel web Spider
C. The Kirribilli King Spider
D. The Acromantula
3. If someone 'whinges'(pronounced with a soft 'G'), what are they doing?
A. Mispronouncing a number of possible words
B. Sneezing
C. Complaining
D. Referring to some new techno-slang word
4. If you're at Circular Quay and need to get to Broadway, what bus should you NOT take?
A. 443
B. 257
C. The 1:25 train to Penrith
D. 16.5
5. What name is the Australian soccer team?
A. The Socceroos
B. The Soccer-manian Devils
C. The Whiz-bang Wombats
D. The Down Under Wonders
*Bonus question(1/2 a point): Before this year's world cup, how many goals has Australia made in all previous world cups?
A. They won the last one
B. 12
C. 5
D. 0
6. If one is 'knackered' what is one?
A. One is handy with something
B. One is done in/exhausted
C. One is wearing pants
D. One has the hiccups
7. What shape are the droppings of a wombat?
A. Dodecahedron
B. Hexagonal
C. 2 dimensional and round
D. Cubic
8. What event here at the Con did NOT cause a protest by the student body at the Con?
A. Unpopular foreign officials visiting
B. Unpopular foreign Deans
C. The elimination of the minor performance major
D. Mandatory breathalizer tests before concerts
9. What was the Con's performance hall used for before being a Con performance hall?
A. Dancehall
B. Stables
C. Headquarters for the Parramatta Trust Group (Mining Division)
D. Part time lecture hall/radio station for the biochemistry dept. of University of Sydney
10. What was advertized the most in local tour books?
A. Escort services
B. Opera house
C. BASE jumping from the Harbour Bridge
D. The mine ride at the Parramatta Trust Group (Mining Division) mine
11. What are rockmelons, capsicums, and pumpkin known as respectively in Australia?
A. Rubble from the PTG (Mining Division) mine, hats, and shoes
B. Types of birds, a relative to the tsetse fly, and apples
C. Cantaloupe, bell peppers, and squash
D. Freshmen, sophomores, and juniors at the Con.
12. What is this the entrance to?
A. Hell
B. An amusement park
C. The Parramatta Trust Group (Financial Division)
D. The entrance to the Con
13. What does Kangaroo taste like?
A. Chicken
B. Gamey beef
C. Nothing like you would think
D. Polar Bear(not that I would know what this tasted like!)
14. At the time of printing, how many rolls of toilet paper do we have in our cupboard?
A. 35 rolls (24 unscented and 11 with some weird scent that I(Mike) bought by mistake)
B. None! Aren't WE in trouble!
C. Toilet paper in Australia comes in ovals, not rolls
D. 7 plus whatever is on the holder
15. What are these a picture of(there may more than one correct answer)?
A. A goof with a piece of fruit on her head
B. An apple
C. A wattle seed
D. Mangosteen
E. A goof with a nut on her nut
Good luck!!! You have one week to get your answers in!
~Mike and Ruthie
posted by Mike and Ruth Ann @ 8:28 PM
8 comments
8 Comments:
I have been paying attention when you talk, so I should get some of these right.
1. D
2. B
3. C
4. C or D--I agree with Louisa about the bus/train thing, but I also find the decimal point in a bus number suspicious
5. A (bonus D
6. B
7. D (but I'd like to see those two-d droppings!)
8. D
9. B
10. A (but what is BASE jumping?)
11. C
12. A and B
13. B
14. A
15. A, C, E (okay, so the only thing I'm sure of is that its not an apple)
1. It has to be D!!!!!! Luminous Spheres are indeed more appropriate in OZ and other miscellaneous exotic venues!
2. C!!!!!!!!! The assonance of Kirribilli King is a deadly giveaway!!
3. It has to be A, because with the A answer this could become a multi-level multiple choice question with even more ridiculous rumors...think of the possibilities!
4.D!!!! 16.5 sounds like a number that leads to no good!
5. C!! It has to be the Whiz Bang Wombats.
6. I say C and D. It sounds to me like one getting the hiccups while wearing funny pants.
7. My muse says A. Dodecahedron could only suggest wombats!!
8. I'm sure it was D. Surely all students recognize the necessity of maintaining a "sober demeanor" at all concerts.
9. A again!!! I like the idea of a Dancehall, don't you?
10. My impeccable sources suggest either A or D or even better...A+D! Escort services on the Parramatta mine ride...HMMMMMMMMMMMMM.
11. Time for a rare wild guess... it is B. However I will defer to that of wisdom, Chuck.
12. Hell! I don't know what does PTG think?
13. D... this sounds exotic!
14. Of course the answer is C...or is it A? ......Maybe Mike bought the weird scent from the Parramatta Trust Group (Mining Division)... say, who are those guys anyway?
15. E!!!!!! I like the way the phrase sounds!! But I also like D! Does Ruthie know what it is, or is she confused too? Who wrote this question anyway, wombats?
Bob
We need a way to see the questions and answers at the same time for maximum amusement. Stuart?
Okay, here goes (man, I'm really doing well at procrastinating tonight)....
1. D
2. C
3. B
4. B (although I am tempted to say A, since it's what Mr. Bloom used to tune to)
5. D
bonus. D
6. B
7. D
8. uh..C?
9. D
10. A
11. C
12. C
13. A
14. gotta be A
15. A
OK, Here's my entry:
1. D. Australians use the lights on the tip of their wands...
2. A. Note: This spider can be slain with a slingshot. The stone must be imbedded between the eyes and then dispatch said spider with its own sword!
3. E. Snoring
4. D. It only goes halfway there.
5. E. PTG Miners
5.5 A. (I picked this because it doesn't answer the question!)
6. B. I know this feeling in every language.
7. A. This must be the answer. "Dodecahedron droppings" is poetic consonance.
8. C. Greeted with a party that caused D.
9. E. Meetings of gangsters, politicians, bishops, deans and other con-persons (note politically correct usage.)
10. E. Dodecahedron droppings.
11. C. Surely.
12. A. "Abandon all hope, you who enter here." (Everyone knows where on planet earth Dante thought the netherworld existed!)
13. A. Actually rattlesnake, which supposedly tastes like chicken.
14. C. Dodecahedron shaped rolls!
15. A and E. Obviously!
This is fun. Do 'gin!
OK guys, here are our answers! I didn't look at anyone else's, I promise!
1. d
2.b
3.b
4. c
5. d
Bonus: d
6.b
7. d
8. d
9. b
10. a
11. c
12. b
13. b
14. a
15. d
1. D. They store them next to the magic glow rods (flashlights)
2. A. Deadly, but easily killed by those larger than them…wait…David was smaller than Goliath...
3. B. I’m sneezing right now, so I’m taking it as a sign.
4. B. However, any bus is likely to sink on the way to New York.
5. A. Socceroos! I heart the World Cup! (I do find it strange that there is a country other than the US that references the name soccer.)
Bonus: C. They aren’t a very good team and goals are hard to come by in a World Cup.
6. B. Time for bed!
7. D.
8. C. Who cares about the actual music program? Students want the option to be drunk while performing!
9. B. For the Kangaroos!
10. D. They need the boost from tourists.
11. C.
12. B. (But I’m very tempted to put A)
13. B. They are the deer of Australia.
14. C.
15. C. Where is the picture of Mike shooting it off your head?
1. D
2. D.( sounds ominous)
3.C
4.C
5.D, A
6. A.
7. A. (It isn't every day that you see 12 sided turds)
8. C
9.D.
10. A
11. C
12. B
13. B
14.D
15. Eve tempting Adam in the garden of Eden.
~Grandma Friesen
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