
Welcome
to Porky Pies !!!
Important: This page explains how the game
works. All the other pages are part of the game, so no peeking! (You may need
to look at one other page to help you understand the rules).
What to do now:
Take a moment to read this page, print off
a few pages and that’s it! You’re all set to enjoy this great new trivia
bluffing game!
Getting Ready:
Each player will need a pen to write with.
Page 2 of this file contains the player scoring pads –
you’ll need to print one copy of this page for each person playing. After page
2 there are about 90 more pages full of questions – there’s no need to print
the whole file, you will only need one page of questions per player.
So for example, if you have four people playing you need to
print of four copies of page 2 (the player scoring pads) and then the following
four pages. This is enough to play the game once. When you want to play again,
print another four copies of page 2 and four new pages of questions. A game
usually lasts somewhere around 10 –15 minutes so if you want to play for
longer, print off enough for more games straight away.
How to play:
Give each player their pen, scoring pad and questions
(people must not see each other’s questions).
One player chooses a phrase from their question sheet and
reads it aloud twice, together with the three possible explanations of the
phrase. There are all kinds of phrases but most stem from the UK in the 16th
to 18th century. The other players decide whether they think the
correct answer is A, B or C and write down the answer on their score pads. When
they have all done that, the correct answer is revealed (it’s the one written
in italics) and everyone who guessed correctly scores a point. Then the next
player asks a question and so the game continues. Be sure that each individual
reads out an equal number of questions during the game – otherwise the scoring
doesn’t work! The number of questions depends on how many people you have
playing:
If you have 2 people playing, each person reads out 6 questions
each.
If you have 3 people playing, each person reads out 4
questions each.
If you have 4 people playing, each person reads out 3
questions each.
If you have 5 people playing, each person reads out 2
questions each (and you disregard rows 11 and 12 on the scoring pads).
If you have 6 people playing, each person reads out 2
questions each.
Some of the questions are very UK oriented (this game was
devised in Britain) and if that does not suit you, we suggest that you simply
skip over the offending questions!
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Use row 1 for the first question, row 2 for the
second and so on. For each question, decide whether you think answer A, B or C
is correct and place an “x” in that box. If you answer correctly, put a “1” in
the score column.
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This phrase was coined in the 16th century and has nothing
whatsoever to do with the present day politician of the same name. The phrase
would have been used to describe:
(A) Somebody who was widely considered to be good for
nothing.
(B) Somebody who was as thin as a rake.
(C) Somebody who arrogantly bragged about his or her
achievements.
Aesop's Fables are a well known collection of stories but
who was Aesop?
(A) An eighth century Norwegian scholar and seal hunter.
(B) A deformed slave who lived in the sixth century B.C.
(C) An ancient Greek scholar.
As well as it's usual meaning, this phrase also describes a
type of:-
(A) Beetle
(B) Cheesecake
(C) Train
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This phrase would refer to somebody who:-
(A) Was moving very fast indeed
(B) Was feeling uncomfortable in a certain situation
(C) Was continually changing their mind about what to do
next
This phrase meaning something or
someone that is much loved or sought after, originally referred to:
(A) The Serpent's apple in the
Garden of Eden.
(B) A much prized golden apple
that Greek gods raced to win.
(C) The pupil of the eye.
This is a phrase used in parts of
Northern England to mean:
(A) Scotland
(B) Autumn
(C) The weekend
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Is a gift for the loser of a game.
It originates from:
(A) The booby bird which was the
victim of an early American army ritual. A booby was set loose in a garrison
courtyard and the last five soldiers to pluck a feather from it would have to
undertake the menial cleaning chores for the following month.
(B) The booby who was the pupil that came lowest in a school class or competition. They would be awarded a prize to make them feel better which was called the booby prize.
(C) The term booby trap meaning an
unexpected event. As there was no reason to expect a prize for losing, any such
prize became known as a booby.
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This phrase is thought to
originate from:
(A) A fairground attraction where by thumping a knob with a mallet, you could send a device up a column towards a bell.
(B) The Houses of Parliament where
the chimes of Big Ben dictated the daily routine of the members.
(C) Medieval sailors who struck
the ship's bell three times upon returning to their home port.
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This phrase, now meaning grumpy,
originates from:
(A) A Roman superstition that it was unlucky to put one's left foot on the ground first when getting out of bed.
(B) A Victorian habit of storing
the chamber pot within close proximity to the bed. Getting out on the wrong
side had highly unpleasant connotations.
(C) The British trenches in the
First World War. Soldiers on night watch duty were exhausted the next day but
had to work on regardless. The fatigue was eventually recognised as leading to
fatality rates that were much higher than usual.
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This word meaning killers, stems
from:
(A) A group formed in the eleventh
century, made up of Moslem extremists who were reputed to get high on drugs
before their lethal attacks.
(B) A medieval band of Celtic
mercenaries, known for their vicious savagery and who were hired by the English
in an attempt to quash Scottish uprisings.
(C) An elite squad of French
soldiers who fled the country during the French revolution but subsequently
returned to form the Foreign Legion.
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This phrase has come to refer to a
group of gangsters. Originally it was an Arabic phrase that meant:
(A) Freedom Fighters.
(B) Family Strength.
(C) A Hiding Place.
A coat of arms was originally:-
(A) A symbolic coat presented to
the British monarch after a major battle.
(B) A coat made of thin material worn by a knight over his armour.
(C) An embroidered evening jacket
that displayed the quality of a nobleman's blood line.
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This phrase meaning proper and
correct is believed to come from:-
(A) Card players who may be suspected of cheating if they place their cards below the table and out of sight. Therefore playing with cards in full view above the table (or board) was generally thought to be proper.
(B) Sailing crews who were allowed
to be more relaxed when below decks but always had to behave well when on the
main deck where they might be seen by senior officers.
(C) The Corporation of London
whose administrative board were caught in a trading scandal in 1908. Eight
gentlemen of integrity were selected by Parliament and given powers to act
"above the board" to resolve the ensuing crisis.
(A) The game of hopscotch where squares are marked on the
ground and children must hop into them in order. If one is missed out, the
child must start again at the first square.
(B) A puzzle set by the Italian mathematician Fibonacci. The
object was to make a fiendishly complex series of logical deductions in order
to arrive at the solution. These deductions were depicted graphically as
squares. However if you made a false assumption at any point, you would be
forced to go right back to the first square to work out what it was.
(C) Early radio broadcasts where drawings of the pitch were
used by listeners to help them to follow the progress of the game. The drawing
was divided into squares and so 'going back to square one' came to mean going
back to the beginning.
This is a nautical term that refers to:-
(A) Issuing an extra ration of rum to sailors
(B) Being becalmed in the doldrums where the trade winds
meet
(C) Suffering from sea sickness
This phrase is another name for:
(A) Winston Churchill
(B) Scotch Whisky
(C) The Devil.
(A) This was a phrase used by
gamblers to set the stakes in a game of cards. Early games used stones as
gambling chips and each stone would worth one penny.
(B) Hokey-Pokey was an early type
of ice cream which would be sold in lumps by street traders. Typically each
lump cost a penny, hence the phrase which was used for selling purposes.
(C) Hokey-Pokey was a cheap form
of highly sulphurous coal that was sold to paupers by the lump every week - the
only way that they could afford to keep their homes warm in winter.
The meaning of this phrase is:
(A) To snore in an unusually loud way.
(B) To cash in on something that
you have been working very hard to achieve.
(C) To eat a pork based meal such
as loin, bacon or sausage.
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This phrase would be used to
describe:
(A) Somebody who is prone to
taking short sleeps during the day to keep themselves refreshed and alert.
(B) Somebody who shovels coals
into a fire to keep a process going (for example, to keep a steam train
running).
(C) Somebody who wears a brightly
coloured tie
This phrase would be used to describe:
(A) Somebody who commits suicide using a knife.
(B) A street mugging where there is violence or the threat
of violence.
(C) Somebody who eats there food from their knife rather
than from their fork.
This phrase would be used to
describe:
(A) Being desperate for food,
literally so hungry that you are thinking about killing the pet canary and
eating what little meat it might offer.
(B) Taking extra long tea-breaks
at work and generally indulging in other activities that mean you do less work.
(C) Having a personal hygiene
problem.
This phrase would have been used
in earlier times to describe:
(A) A commotion.
(B) A flowery cravat.
(C) A hug.
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This was an 18th century term that
referred to:
(A) A highwayman
(B) A forged shilling
(C) Frostbite
This phrase refers to:
(A) A Salvation Army Girl.
(B) A priggish young girl.
(C) A nun.
As well as cutting people's hair,
in centuries past barbers also used to:
(A) Make and mend clothes.
(B) Act as dentists and surgeons.
(C) Cut horses manes and tails to
ensure they looked smart when ridden by their owner.
This phrase from bygone times
means:-
(A) Being so poor that you need to
stoop to stealing church offerings to feed yourself or your family.
(B) Making a killing in a business
venture, the implication being that you are doing so well that there won't be
anything left for anybody else.
(C) Saying something about a
deceased person which is controversial and which cannot be disputed because of
the inability of the dead person to talk back.
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(A) This phrase was used to refer
to the grave, the place where everybody would be spending the longest amount of
time.
(B) This phrase was used by
gentlefolk to describe a holiday retreat, deemed to be a long way from their
usual residence although perhaps as little as five miles away.
(C) This phrase was used by early
immigrants to describe their country of
birth, as opposed to their country of residence.
Hippocras is or was:-
(A) An ancient Greek surgeon who is said to be the father of
medicine and after whom the Hippocratic oath is named.
(B) A contest of strength between two or more male
hippopotamus that results in the winner being able to mate with the female of
his choice.
(C) A squash like drink that was consumed in the Middle Ages
and which was flavoured with wine, spice and sugar.
This phrase would be used to describe:
(A) A sausage.
(B) A bed bug.
(C) A low doorway.
This phrase would be used to mean:
(A) "Do it quickly"
(B) Something that grates with you or annoys you.
(C) A flea.
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This phrase would be used to
describe:
(A) An early type of oven glove.
(B) A disease that causes violent
and involuntary muscular spasms.
(C) Small hillocks that are
believed to have been created by prehistoric man.
This phrase would be used to mean:
(A) Covering something up (i.e. to
pretend that you have not done something). If for example, you wanted to
pretend that you didn't have a black eyes, you might put chalk over the bruise
to try to disguise it.
(B) "Get your eyes
tested".
(C) "Look where you're
going".
This phrase would be used to
describe:
(A) Types of goats.
(B) Fake metal plaques that deceive
people into thinking a place is of special interest.
(C) First year undergraduate
students at Harvard University.
This phrase would be used to describe:
(A) Trousers that are very tight fitting.
(B) Sheets of sandpaper.
(C) The barrels of a shotgun.
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This phrase would be used to describe:
(A) Somebody who is very brave.
(B) Rain.
(C) Money.
This phrase would be used to
describe:
(A) Lies that are told with a
laugh and smile.
(B) Weather that changes between
scattered showers and patches of sunshine.
(C) Diamonds.
This phrase would be used to
describe:
(A) An early morning drink.
(B) A glass of water.
(C) Tears.
This phrase would be used to describe:
(A) A vet.
(B) An uneducated but highly opinionated person.
(C) A headmaster who uses a cane to punish naughty pupils.
This phrase would be used to describe:
(A) People who are very fickle.
(B) People who take a long time to make up their minds.
(C) People who appear to lead very lucky lives.
This phrase would be used to describe:
(A) The last Saturday before Lent.
(B) The first Saturday after Christmas.
(C) Any day or date that you confuse with another one.
This phrase would be used to describe:
(A) A pneumatic drill, so called because of the forceful
vibrations emitted by the drill.
(B) A gambler, so called because of the action of throwing
dice.
(C) A junior soldier, so called because he had to rise first
in the mornings and go and wake up the officers.
This phrase would be used to
describe:
(A) A very hot day.
(B) A day that your horoscope
tells you will be an unlucky one.
(C) An event which everybody is
invited to attend in fancy dress.
This phrase would be used to
describe:
(A) Capitalism. The implication is
that the system thrives by countless individuals all endeavouring to do the
best for themselves and thereby working together to form a mosaic pattern.
(B) The Old Testament. The phrase
refers to the instructions that were given by God to Moses which outlined how
religion was to be treated.
(C) The Internet. Mosaic is a name
given to some of the software used to access the Internet and the phrase
alludes to the future social revolution that will be caused by the Information
Superhighway.
This phrase comes from:
(A) The Gold Rush era when some Americans were selling up
everything they owned, buying a wagon and joining the frenzied rush to the west
to seek their fortunes.
(B) American elections of yesteryear when candidates would
ride the streets in wagons and local dignitaries would ride on the wagon of
their favoured candidate to show support.
(C) The American army who, when ambushed by Red Indians,
would head to the nearest wagon and use the ammunition it carried to form a
defensive position.
This odd sounding phrase means:
(A) Cuts and bruises
(B) Fish and chips (especially
cod)
(C) Nonsense and tomfoolery
This phrase was coined by Napoleon
to mean:
(A) A man's initiation into battle
(B) Ambushing the enemy fleet by
catapulting red hot coal onto their ships to burn and sink them.
(C) Making an example of cowards
and deserters by burning them alive in front of their peers.
This is an American term that
means:
(A) A corrupt policeman,
especially one with Mafia links.
(B) An unhappy outcome to an event
(i.e. that put a bad hat on it)
(C) A stage actor who is no good
at performing
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This is a flying phrase that
means:
(A) The weather is so perfect that
birds could walk down the wings of the aircraft.
(B) There is so much wind that
even the birds are not flying.
(C) There is so little work that I
am going to have to invent things to keep me busy.
This phrase means:
(A) A trade or barter that seemed
like a bargain at the time but which looks pretty foolish with the benefit of
hindsight.
(B) A good deal which both parties
think is fairly balanced.
(C) A trade where you exchange
something mundane and ordinary in return for something new and exotic.
A Roaring Meg is an old fashioned
term that refers to:-
(A) A very hot summer
(B) A low flying aircraft that
could not be heard until it was virtually overhead. It gained notoriety because
people were continually jumping out of their skins when it suddenly appeared
out of nowhere and roared overhead.
(C) A big gun used to fire over
long distances and which was very noisy when in action.
This phrase refers to:
(A) An Irish maid who decided to
kill her cruel employer to gain her freedom. However she mistook her lover for
her employer and killed him instead. She was so distraught that she then
committed suicide. A 'red biddy' now refers to any case of mistaken identity.
(B) An old lady of Russian
extraction.
(C) A mixture of meths and red
wine that is drunk by tramps.
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This phrase refers to:
(A) The England Rugby ground at Twickenham. Billy William's found the site which had formerly been used as a market for fruit and vegetables, hence the cabbage patch.
(B) The England Football ground at
Wembley. The site got it's nickname after its maiden international when Billy
Williams, the England Captain, scored five goals against Scotland. Press
reports mockingly described the Scottish defenders as being "as quick as
growing cabbages."
(C) The England cricket ground at
Lords. A groundsman called Billy Williams was fired by the MCC when it was
discovered that he was using an area at the side of the pitch to grow winter
vegetables.
This was:
(A) An Edwardian book detailing socially acceptable pastimes
suitable for people who were wealthy enough that they did not need to work.
(B) An edition of the bible containing an error that refers to the 'idle shepherd' instead of the 'idol shepherd'
(C) A term given to pubs and the people who chose to
frequent them rather than go to church on a Sunday.
This is another name for:
(A) An eel
(B) A cricket bat made for a left-handed person
(C) An old sixpence
This phrase means:-
(A) False accounting by naval officers whereby money is drawn illegally to pay sailors that have died or jumped ship.
(B) Putting prisoners to work,
often in appalling conditions, constructing roads or railroads
(C) Obeying traditional
superstition and laying a fourteenth place at the dinner table despite having
only thirteen people expected at dinner. Thus one avoids setting 13 places
which is considered unlucky.
This phrase means:
(A) What you are looking for is bang in front of you.
(B) You are using something that
the rightful owner would not want you to use.
(C) You are using unnecessary
force and straining an object or stressing a small animal.
This phrase means:
(A) To be the champion, like a boxer for example.
(B) To keep somebody under control
or restrain them.
(C) To be the person that holds a
certain situation together.
A holy water sprinkler was:
(A) A largely ineffective hosepipe
invented by Henry VIII's courtiers at Hampton Court to ensure even the furthest
areas of garden did not become parched in summer. The inventor was beheaded
when the plants wilted and withered away.
(B) A spiked medieval club used in battle and which caused its victims to suffer profuse bleeding, like holy water spilling over the battlefield.
(C) A technique used by NASA to
ensure that fuel spilled from rockets during launch is harmlessly dispersed
into the atmosphere.
This phrase means:
(A) A prize bull
(B) A large cut of beef
(C) A dairy farmer with a
substantial estate
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This phrase means:
(A) To not know when somebody is
telling you a lie.
(B) To be illiterate.
(C) To be unfamiliar with the
rural way of life.
These are:
(A) Fires started deliberately by farmers to burn the
stubble from the fields after harvest.
(B) Serious mechanical or electrical failures on aircraft
that force the pilot has to abandon the plane and eject.
(C) Fires lit on the summits of Cornish hills to celebrate Midsummer's' Evening.
"MARKED WITH B.C."
This phrase refers to:
(A) An archaeological method of dating artefacts by use of
Bio-Carbons.
(B) A soldier who has been caught breaking the rules. B.C. was an abbreviation of Bad Conduct and his record would be marked with those letters.
(C) Bomb targets. A map would be marked with black crosses
to help brief pilots and navigators before take off. 'Marked with BC' entered
RAF parlance as a general term indicating trouble ahead.
This phrase would be used to
describe:
(A) A French person who lived in
Paris. Parisians were supposed to be more flighty than the rest of their
compatriots.
(B) A rocking chair.
(C) A pheasant that has been shot out of season. The nickname is an attempt to disguise the embarrassment of the deed.
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This phrase would be used to
describe:
(A) An umbrella.
(B) Somebody who is thought to bring bad luck to a ship.
(C) A barometer.
This phrase would be used to describe:
(A) A dirty trick or a double cross.
(B) A prank that is meant in good humour but is taken badly
by the victim.
(C) Something so simple that a dog could learn to do it.
This phrase would be used to
describe:
(A) Somebody who grew a beard.
(B) A barber.
(C) A cunning person.
This phrase would be used to describe:
(A) Tap water. London's main water processing plant was at
Aldgate.
(B) A howling wind.
(C) A counterfeit currency note.
This phrase would be used to mean:
(A) "Whatever will he do
next?"
(B) Putting yourself into a
dangerous situation.
(C) Being wounded by a knife or sword.
This phrase would be used to
describe:
(A) Making a lot of loud noise.
(B) Committing a sin.
(C) Becoming a pirate.
This phrase would be used to describe:
(A) Somebody who was sleeping.
(B) Somebody who was dead.
(C) Somebody who was drunk.
This phrase would be used to
describe:
(A) Somebody who is extremely
thin.
(B) A fruit tree that fails to bear any fruit.
(C) A comb for brushing your hair.
This phrase would be used to
describe:
(A) Arrows.
(B) Dice.
(C) Cucumbers.
This phrase would be used to
describe:
(A) Something that is very cosy
and comfortable.
(B) A roly-poly pudding.
(C) Somebody who is living above
their station in life.
This phrase would be used to
describe:
(A) A highwayman.
(B) A clergyman.
(C) The Devil.
This phrase would be used to
describe:
(A) Black and Yellow.
(B) Purple and Red.
(C) Orange and Light Blue.
This slang phrase would be used to
describe:
(A) A pickpocket.
(B) A fisherman.
(C) Somebody who limped.
This phrase would be used to
describe:
(A) Running away to get married at
G.G. (which is short for Gretna Green).
(B) A butcher who sells horse flesh pretending that is really beef.
(C) Any horse competition that
involves a combination of skills (as opposed to pure speed). For example,
dressage and show jumping are Gee Gee Dodges.
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This is a slang phrase that would be used to describe:
(A) A pulpit.
(B) A coffin.
(C) A safe (for valuables).
This phrase would be used to describe:
(A) Somebody who builds stone walls.
(B) Somebody who resells goods that have been stolen.
(C) Somebody who scrapes a living from selling buttons.
This phrase would be used to
describe:
(A) Chips served in newspaper with
the hardened scraps of batter scattered on top.
(B) Cannons.
(C) Macaroni.
What would you keep in an egg box?
(The answer is not eggs!):
(A) Table Napkins.
(B) Earrings, bracelets and
necklaces.
(C) Nuts, bolts and screws.
This 19th century phrase would be
used to describe:
(A) Unloading cargo from a ship.
(B) Jumping ship (i.e. leaving a
ship before it has completed its journey).
(C) Wandering around a port looking at the boats there.
This phrase would be used to
describe:
(A) Somebody who was playing the
fool.
(B) Somebody who was not wearing shoes.
(C) Somebody who was in a hurry.
This Caribbean phrase would be
used to describe:
(A) Somebody who keeps changing their mind about things.
(B) An employer who treats his
workers badly.
(C) An unreliable friend,
particularly one who fails to keep appointments
This phrase would be used to describe:
(A) Somebody who is suffering from hayfever.
(B) Somebody who is short-sighted or even blind.
(C) Somebody who is feeling tired.
This is a 17th century phrase
which would have been used to describe:
(A) Going without your dinner.
(B) Having a very sumptuous
dinner.
(C) Having dinner alone at a
restaurant.
This phrase would be used to
describe:
(A) A body bag that is used to
move dead soldiers from the battlefield.
(B) Somebody who is fat.
(C) A shirt or blouse.
This phrase would be used to describe:
(A) Coffins.
(B) Harbours.
(C) Horses' feet.
This phrase would be used to
describe:
(A) Tosh or baloney.
(B) A frying pan.
(C) A type of kedgeree.
This phrase would be used to describe:
(A) Somebody who would take on any challenge that was issued
to them.
(B) A fight that continues until one person is exhausted.
(C) Somebody who has a very quick temper.
This phrase would be used to describe:
(A) Hunting for rabbits using birds of prey.
(B) Illegally selling counterfeit goods on street corners
and at markets.
(C) Pulling the wool from the fleeces of dead sheep.
This phrase would be used to
describe:
(A) Something that is very heavy.
(B) Something that is not worth
pursuing.
(C) Something that is sure to happen.
This was a nickname given to:
(A) Street children in Dickensian times who lived is disused
railway arches.
(B) Special forces soldiers who were trained in the use of
crossbows. Certain styles of covert operations could be jeopardised by the
noise of a gunfire. The crossbow offered a silent and effective alternative.
(C) Anti-aircraft gunners in World War One.
This dish of re-heated potatoes
and greens is called bubble and squeak because:
(A) It was named after two comic
strip characters who gained special powers from eating the mixture.
(B) The potatoes bubbled in the saucepan when originally cooked and then squeaked when later fried.
(C) The upper classes viewed it as
a delicacy and often served it with champagne at 'Bubbly squeak' parties. The
peasants discovered that the dish was a useful way to re-serve leftover food
and the name stuck in it's present format.
This phrase would be used to describe:
(A) A mad old woman.
(B) An owl.
(C) A Persian rug.
This Australian phrase would be used to describe:
(A) Somebody or something that disappears without trace.
(B) Somebody who is either physically or mentally slow.
(C) Something that is much sought after but not shared with
others by its owner.
This phrase would be used to describe:
(A) A key.
(B) A girl who is kept at home by her parents.
(C) An unsolved burglary.
The literal translation of this French delicacy is:
(A) Goose liver
(B) Fatty Liver
(C) Liver of Kings
This phrase would be used to describe:
(A) A steward on an ocean going liner.
(B) A uniformed boy who works in hotels carrying luggage and
doing other similarly menial tasks.
(C) A large employer in a rural area. The employer is
literally the person who 'lobs the lolly' which is a slang term for 'issuing
pay-packets'.
The Loyal Toast takes place at
formal British functions and consists of drinking the health of the King or
Queen. In the British Royal Navy, the Loyal Toast is:
(A) Drunk sitting down whereas normally it is drunk standing up.
(B) Only ever drunk with rum.
(C) Drunk to both the Queen and
the Admiral of the Fleet.
This South American country was given the name 'Argentina'
because:
(A) It was discovered and claimed by the Spanish explorer
Manuel Jose Argentina.
(B) It was believed that there was an enormous amount of silver there and Argentina literally means the country of 'Silver'.
(C) It is an anagram of 'Great Inan' who was the most
powerful God in Inca culture.
This is:
(A) A fast moving and highly dangerous desert whirlwind.
(B) A fire started by a lightning strike.
(C) A poisoning of the body caused by eating contaminated rye bread.
This phrase would be used to
describe:
(A) Somebody who was wistfully
hoping for a miracle to get them out of a certain predicament.
(B) Somebody who makes it obvious
at the beginning of a meal that they would like to have a large helping.
(C) Somebody who is looking to see where there might be a profit to be made in any set of circumstances.
This phrase would be used to
describe:
(A) A tomato.
(B) A peach.
(C) An Adam's Apple.
This word comes from Greek and
originally meant:
(A) A fertile area of land with
luscious vegetation.
(B) A female warrior.
(C) A plainly decorated stone urn
typically used for wine storage.
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Horseshoes are believed to be
lucky because:
(A) The horse was a symbol of
strength. Having a horseshoe pinned to a wall was believed to bring strength in
times of adversity.
(B) Saturn, the God of Witches, could be kept at bay by the God Mars. Mars was identified with iron and therefore an iron horseshoe would keep the witches away.
(C) Their magnetic qualities were
believed to draw in the good spirits and repel evil ones. Not all horseshoes
had a magnetic charge and those that did were prized possessions.
This phrase meaning a decisive
test derives from:
(A) Wine merchants who would
decide what grade to give each vineyard according to the levels of acid present
in their wine. Once the grade was issued, it could not be changed until the
following year's crop of grapes had been harvested.
(B) A particular form of acid that was used to show that a piece of gold was genuine. When mixed with real gold, the acid would cause a reaction which was considered to be the necessary proof.
(C) Torture chambers where a small
amount of sulphuric acid would be poured onto the forearm of the victim. This
was so painful that victims were considered to be unable to hold out against
it.
This phrase would be used to
describe:
(A) Acting above your station in life.
(B) Dressing up coldly for cold
winter weather.
(C) Feeling down in the dumps.
This phrase would be used to describe:
(A) A diagram of evolution which shows the various stages
that man went through between the times of Neanderthal man and the current Homo
Sapiens.
(B) A line that runs across your hand and which certain people claim foretells the length and happiness of your life.
(C) A one of several lines found in a cross section of a
tree trunk. The lines reveal the age of the tree.
Hot cross buns are marked with a
cross because:
(A) Being associated with Good Friday, they were originally made as an offering to the Christian God and so were given the sign of the cross.
(B) They were supposed to last for
twelve months before going off and the cross allowed people to differentiate
between these and other buns.
(C) Bakers started marking them in
the 19th century to allow them to sell the hot cross buns at a higher price
than ordinary buns.
The bird of Washington is:
(A) America's first lady, the President's wife.
(B) The starling. Popular folklore has it that the starlings
will fly from Washington when the USA falls to an enemy power. To beat the
superstition, a dozen starlings are kept in a cage at the White House.
(C) The bald headed eagle which is the national bird of America and nicknamed the bird of Washington.
Is the day that Christians
remember the ascent of Jesus Christ to heaven. It falls:
(A) Forty days after Easter
(B) Three days after Easter
(C) On Easter day itself.
This phrase would be used to
describe:
(A) Toasting a deal when it has been agreed.
(B) Increasing the value of a bid
for something.
(C) Dampening down excitement
about a certain subject.
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This phrase would be used to
describe:
(A) Showing your true colours.
(B) Not having any clothes on.
(C) Doing something that shows you don't have any guts or courage.
This phrase would be used to
describe:
(A) Somebody who is getting old.
It means the same as "over the hill".
(B) Somebody who is self-oriented and thoughtless.
(C) Somebody who has absconded leaving
unfulfilled duties or debts.
This phrase would be used to
describe:
(A) Somebody who is depressed to
the point of feeling suicidal.
(B) Somebody who writes obituaries for newspapers.
(C) A lawyer who follows
ambulances to hospitals to try to drum up litigation business from the
patients.
This phrase would be used to describe:
(A) Waffle or insignificant conversation.
(B) The harness that is used to control two or more horses
when they are pulling a carriage.
(C) Somebody who is thrown out of an establishment for
failing to meet its dress code requirements.
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This phrase would be used to
describe:
(A) A pie which is inedible but
looks good. Butchers use varnished fake pies for their window displays.
(B) Going along with something
that you don't fully agree with.
(C) A pie that is made from left over food.
This phrase would be used to describe:
(A) A javelin.
(B) A stream of abuse.
(C) A javelin or spear.
This phrase would be used to describe:
(A) A fortune that is small.
(B) A large amount of money made overseas, especially in
exploration.
(C) A large box of chocolates.
This phrase would be used to describe:
(A) A dessert made from stewed fruit.
(B) Not going to church except at Christmas and Easter.
(C) Putting a positive gloss on stories and exaggerating
them wildly.
This phrase would be used to
describe:
(A) Something that is very appropriate.
(B) Somebody who is overweight and
unhealthy in appearance.
(C) Something that does not fit
and is baggy or crumpled.
This phrase would be used to
describe:
(A) Getting too hot.
(B) Having a feeling that there is
somebody right behind you when in fact there is nobody there.
(C) Being under a lot of stress
because you have done something wrong.
This phrase would be used to describe:
(A) A young girl who frequents
classical concerts, art exhibitions and
similar occasions.
(B) An ice cream vendor at a
theatre.
(C) Somebody who does the domestic cleaning.
This slang phrase would be used to
describe:
(A) A mouth.
(B) A window.
(C) A spider's web.
This phrase would be used to
describe:
(A) A shirt tail that has not been properly tucked in.
(B) The sign outside a pawn
brokers' shop (which typically consists of several balls mounted upon each
other).
(C) The Red Cross which is the
flag that is flown by medical crews attending people who have been wounded in
battle.
This phrase would be used to describe:
(A) April, the month in which migrating geese arrive in
England.
(B) The month after your have had a baby.
(C) December, the month in which many turkeys and geese meet
their inevitable fate.
This phrase would be used to
describe:
(A) Getting dressed up in your
best clothes.
(B) Getting so nervous that you
being to tremble.
(C) Riding a horse.
This is a nickname that would have been used in the
nineteenth century to describe:
(A) The universities of Oxford and Cambridge.
(B) April Fool's day pranks.
(C) Lunatic asylums.
This phrase would be used to
describe:
(A) A boy who carries out menial
chores on behalf of a ship's skipper.
(B) A big midge or mosquito.
(C) Somebody who steals art
treasures.
This phrase would be used to describe:
(A) A soup made of oxtail.
(B) A heavy thunderstorm that
clears the air after a period of still humid summer weather.
(C) An insecticide that is sprayed
from a manually pumped container.
This phrase would be used to
describe:
(A) A party which revolved around
a goose being roasted on a spit.
(B) A stag party.
(C) A gathering of your close
family only.
This phrase would be used to
describe:
(A) A couple who had poor
backgrounds but made a lot of money in their own right.
(B) A race horse or greyhound that won a lot of races.
(C) An amazing bit of good luck.
This phrase would be used to
describe:
(A) A picnic hamper full of tasty food.
(B) A member of the upper class.
(C) Any grocer.
This is an exclamation of
surprise. Who was George?
(A) Lloyd George.
(B) Saint George.
(C) King George.
This phrase would be used to
describe:
(A) Somebody who is dead and has
been buried.
(B) A lawn mower.
(C) A horse.
This phrase would be used to
describe:
(A) Somebody who was looking down in the dumps. This has its origins in Friday being a day for fasting, consequently nobody liked Fridays very much.
(B) Somebody who was looking
happy. Pay packets were issued on Friday and inevitably there would be a binge
in the evening, consequently every was happy on Fridays.
(C) Somebody who had not turned up
to work was known as a Friday face.
In the schoolboy slang of yesteryear, this phrase would be
used to describe:
(A) A prankster.
(B) A coward.
(C) A goal keeper.
This phrase would be used to
describe:
(A) Leaving somewhere.
(B) Always keeping your bible
close to you.
(C) Eating your words.
This phrase would have been used
to describe:
(A) The Holy Bible.
(B) A lady.
(C) A louse.
This phrase would be used to
describe:
(A) Cheap French wine that did not
taste very pleasant.
(B) Gin.
(C) Spring water.
Buffalo Bill got given the
'buffalo' part of his name because:
(A) He was the most notorious
gangster in his home town of Buffalo in New York State.
(B) He accidentally invented a
popular variety of mozzarella cheese made from buffalo milk.
(C) He shot a large number of buffaloes to feed railway construction workers.
This unattractive word means:
(A) A piece of cloth worn around
the neck
(B) A cowherder
(C) A type of edible toad
This phrase would refer to:-
(A) An incredibly lucky
occurrence. The suggestion is that even a cat, which reputedly has nine lives,
would be laughing at the amount of luck involved.
(B) A room that is very spacious.
Perhaps this is associated with the phrase 'having enough room to swing a cat.'
If so, then the cat would be laughing because it could be swung without fear of
hitting any hard objects.
(C) Something that is daft. The idea here is that cats don't normally laugh so it would have to be something that was really very daft indeed to make a cat laugh.
(A) One of the first plastic
children's toys, the Honky-Tonk was a truck with a siren that emitted a
fearsome noise. The Honky-Tonk craze swept through British schools nation-wide
and a well-known toy company was founded as a result.
(B) A free-spirited movement that
began in San Francisco in the late fifties. The Honky-Tonk men and women are
widely believed to be the original hippies and the foundering fathers of the
more widespread hippie phenomenon of the 1960's.
(C) A seedy night club, possibly named after a harsh style of piano music with a rhythm that that was considered raunchy at the time.
These are:
(A) The discarded crusty ends of
bread loaves.
(B) Small pebbles
(C) Small bottles of strong ale.
This late 19th century phrase refers to:
(A) A criminal who flashes very bright lights at policemen
thereby temporarily blinding the police and enabling the criminal to escape
into the darkness of night.
(B) A person who is dazzling and impressive.
(C) A torch worn on the helmets on miners and other
underground workers.
This well known phrase is thought
to originate from:
(A) The Billingsgate fish market.
Merchants would attempt to buy direct from the boats to secure the freshest
fish. When the boats had poor catches, the merchants had to deal with
unscrupulous brokers whose fish was several days old.
(B) Estate tenants whose allowance of firewood was determined by the length of a shepherd's crook. The firewood was cut with a hooked knife. Thus firewood was obtained by a mixture of hook and crook.
(C) Mariners who would moor their
boats by use of an anchor (a hook) or a loop from a dockside (a crook). Thus
they would moor by hook or crook.
This Scottish phrase means:-
(A) If you don't stop something
going wrong at the first opportunity then the chances are that it will go even
more wrong and will take more effort to correct in due course.
(B) A lot of small, insignificant things can add up to something large that's worth having.
(C) A lot of people who all have
similar characteristics (such as members of the same clan all having the same
surname for example) will create confusion all round.
This sixteenth century phrase
means:
(A) To have a finger in every pie.
(B) To be an interfering busybody type of person.
(C) To be well prepared for the
future.
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(A) According to ancient Greek mythology, a rogue known as Diomedes would feed his horses with the corpses of unsuspecting strangers who happened to stray into his territory.
(B) The flesh eating horses are
the horses that pull the chariots of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
(C) Flesh eating horses were
chronicled during the crusades as a terrifying aspect of battle with the
infidels. Even the bravest knights were reputed to have been overwhelmed by
these horses. The legend endured for several centuries.
In days bygone, this phrase
referred to:
(A) An accomplished thief who specialised in pinching silver tankards from pubs and selling them on elsewhere.
(B) A manager or owner of a West
Indian plantation. They were so called because they would relax and drink rum
in the shade during the hottest part of the day. At the same time their workers
would be forced to tend the crops without protection from the sun.
(C) A handsome or particularly
effective hunting hound whose puppies would generate a small but prestigious
income for its owner.
This was a nickname given to:
(A) A cane used to impose
discipline on schoolboys. At Eton and Winchester the phrase "getting
an oaking" meant getting a
thrashing.
(B) A willow tree. Perhaps there is some connection with the willow trees that adorn the banks of the River Cam.
(C) A person who is respected for
both their intelligence and their integrity.
This soft toy for children is
named after:-
(A) Theodore Roosevelt, an American President, who was nicknamed Teddy and had a passion for hunting bears.
(B) Edward Rothschild, a wealthy
European trader who had the first known teddy bear made for his oldest son who
was dying from influenza.
(C) Edward VII, the King of
England in the early 1900's when teddy bears first became widely popular.
Apart from a famous superhero, a
batman is:
(A) A professional baseball
player's assistant. The batman organises the player's diary, training schedule
and even parts of his private life.
(B) An executioner who administers
the lethal injection to prisoners on America's death rows.
(C) A person who stands on an airstrip and waves bats at pilots to show them where they should taxi their planes to.
This refers to:-
(A) Chairlifts in ski resorts. The implication is that
having been warmed by the exercise of skiing down the mountain, skiers are then
obliged to sit motionless on a cold chairlift to get back up the hill again.
(B) An American fridge-freezer that automatically produces
ice cubes in the shape of a half-moon.
(C) A jacket that is cut unusually short, often at the hips. It offers no protection and therefore no warmth to the lower body.
This was a 1930's nickname for:
(A) BBC Radio current affairs
programmes
(B) The Tatler magazine
(C) The Times Newspaper.
(A) Measuring Swords were pointed devices with notches on that were
used by butchers to assure customers that they were getting the right amount of
meat for their money.
(B) Measuring Swords is a phrase that stems from the custom of duelling. Before a duel, the swords were measured to ensure neither man had an unfair advantage. Thus it effectively means ensuring fair play.
(C) Measuring Swords were sharp
edged metal rulers used in the textile trade to measure and cut fabric.
This late 19th century phrase
refers to:
(A) A mixture of port and brandy. Presumably the port represents the blood whilst the brandy, or at least its consequences, represents the thunder.
(B) A time of violence whether a
feud or full scale war. Presumably blood refers to injuries and thunder refers
to a violent atmosphere.
(C) A wrestling bout where the
winner would only be declared when the loser had given up. These tended to be
particularly savage contests and sometimes both combatants would receive quite
serious injuries before the bout was over.
This phrase, meaning surprised, is
believed to be derived from:
(A) American saloons in the Gold
Rush era where pretty young girls would lure gentlemen travellers to the back
of the bar. The girls would have accomplices there who would mug the gentlemen
for their money and valuables.
(B) Military encounters where one
army distracts another and then sneaks around the back of them to launch a
surprise attack from behind.
(C) Sailing boats where a shift in the wind would cause the sails to fill from the wrong side and blow the boat backwards.
This is another name for:
(A) Oil wells
(B) Truffles
(C) Fool's gold
This phrase means:
(A) To lavish compliments upon somebody or something to such an extent that there's nothing more to be said.
(B) To turn a place upside down looking for something. A
butter boat is a pot used for serving melted butter and the implication is that
even this ridiculous object has been searched in the quest to find whatever is
missing.
(C) To start a new phase of life, such as marriage, and
leave all your bad habits behind.
The Buzz-nappers academy was an
18th century nickname for:
(A) An underworld system for training thieves and other crooks.
(B) The army. The source of the
phrase derives from the army lifestyle which consisted of periods of intense
activity (the buzzes) followed by periods of sitting around with nothings to do
(the naps).
(C) The House of Lords. It was
believed that the House of Lords was full of doddering old souls who often fell
asleep during debates.
Meaning first rate, A1 entered
into popular usage due to:
(A) The construction of the A1
Road which was planned to be better than any other road of its era. The print
media began to term anything excellent as being of 'A1' standard.
(B) A Lloyds classification system for ships. The top mark for the body of the ship was an 'A' whilst for the rest of the boat it was a '1'. Therefore the very best rating a ship could achieve was an 'A1'.
(C) The postgraduate degree grades
given at Oxford and Cambridge. The best postgraduate grade is a 'first
class;merit won', commonly abbreviated to 'A1' and duly used to describe other
examples of excellence.
This phrase means:
(A) Something that is a side issue, not the main point.
(B) A cosy home but one that is not a primary place of
residence.
(C) The place where objects that have been lost are probably
to be found.
This phrase refers to:
(A) A sword fight.
(B) A howling gale. A marlin spike is a thin cylindrical device with a pointed ended which is used by sailors to undo knots. Blowing marlin spikes therefore means a really strong biting wind.
(C) Spiteful chatter. To say that
you are blowing spikes at somebody roughly equates to verbally stabbing them in
the back.
In American English, a big bertha is:
(A) An overweight lady.
(B) A large concrete multi-storey parking lot.
(C) A cargo ship or oil tanker which is so large that it can
only dock in certain ports that have the correct facilities.
This phrase is used to describe:
(A) A ship sinking under the waves.
(B) A fish as it bites onto a fisherman's hook.
(C) A sailor who has retired from seagoing life.
This phrase that a graduate uses
to refer to his or her college, literally means:
(A) Bountiful mother.
(B) Mother tongue.
(C) Mother Taught me.
This well known phrase is thought
to have originally meant:
(A) "My sweetheart has
accepted my proposal of marriage"
(B) "The Queen has given
birth to the future Emperor of Prussia"
(C) "Jerusalem has fallen to
the Arabs and we are on the way to Heaven"
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This unpleasant sounding phrase
refers to:
(A) A dilemma that consists of a
choice between two courses of action when both of them have nasty consequences.
(B) A canal in Camberwell (London) which was notorious for the number of people who drowned in it.
(C) A type of horse drawn
carriage. These carriages were made in Camberwell and were prone to losing
wheels whilst being driven.
This phrase would be used to
describe:
(A) A point of no return.
(B) An enormous portion of food.
(C) Work that you have been paid for but have not done.
This phrase would be used to
describe:
(A) Being badly cut and bruised.
(B) Hopelessly in love.
(C) Very hungry indeed.
This phrase would be used to describe:
(A) A broth that has been made from cheap ingredients or left overs.
(B) A bloodline that has been erroneously traced back to
nobility.
(C) A policy of buying goods at an agreed price now for
delivery at some time in the future.
This phrase would be used to
describe:
(A) A beggar.
(B) A pirate.
(C) A gambler.
This phrase would be used to
describe:
(A) Gunpowder.
(B) Sand.
(C) Nail clippings.
This phrase was used in the early
20th century to mean:
(A) A females living within the
European Community.
(B) English County Ladies. The
implication was that these ladies who typically came from the home counties,
were better bred than others.
(C) Ladies who lived in the EC postal district of London. This was a smart address to have and implied that your husband was earning a lot of money in the City of London.
This phrase would be used to
describe:
(A) A pupil who attends a public school but who is not a boarder there.
(B) A firefly or similar insect
which has the ability to make itself visible in darkness.
(C) A cold or minor ailment that
only lasts for a day.
This word is generally used to
mean an explosive substance. However in the nineteenth century it was also used
to mean something different. What?
(A) A knockdown bargain from a
market stall.
(B) Popcorn.
(C) Afternoon tea.
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This phrase would be used to
describe:
(A) Being employed as a coal miner.
(B) Being a bank robber,
especially one who enters the bank safe.
(C) Throwing stones at the houses
of criminals.
This eighteenth century phrase
would have been used to mean:
(A) Accomplishing something that is exceptional.
(B) Giving somebody a special
treat.
(C) Talking in plain terms that
cannot be misunderstood.
A 'Digby Chicken' is a herring.
What is a Digby Duck?:
(A) A basted chicken.
(B) A stuffed duck.
(C) A dried herring.
This nineteenth century English phrase would be used to
describe:
(A) Winning a bet on a horse race.
(B) Sharpening up a knife.
(C) Hiding around the corner.
This phrase would be used to
describe:
(A) A spoil sport.
(B) A nursery rhyme.
(C) A song sung before somebody was executed.
This phrase would have been used
in nineteenth century nautical circles to describe:
(A) A pair of trousers.
(B) A pair of drummers. Drummers
are large seabirds that travel in pairs and are supposed to bring good luck.
(C) Two biscuits. This was the
standard British Navy breakfast ration.
This phrase would be used to
describe a part of England. Which part?
(A) Lancashire.
(B) Camberley.
(C) Oxford.
This slang phrase would have been
used in the nineteenth century to describe:
(A) Paying somebody a 'backhander' to accomplish something.
(B) Washing your hands.
(C) Buttering your toast.
This phrase would have been used
to describe:
(A) Remaining absolutely
motionless to avoid detection.
(B) Collecting cigarette ends then rolling your own cigarettes from the leftover tobacco that was in the discarded butts.
(C) Dog fighting.
This phrase would be used to
describe:
(A) A type of flatfish.
(B) A person from France.
(C) A roll-on roll-off car ferry.
This slang phrase would be used to
describe:
(A) A teacher at an art college.
(B) A cleaner who works in an
abattoir.
(C) A chicken breeder.
"DROPPING YOUR ANCHOR IN
LEVANT"
This is a phrase which emerged in
the 19th century. It would be used to describe:
(A) Retiring from work.
(B) Fishing a long way out to sea
where the water is too deep to drop anchor.
(C) Running away from home and starting a new life somewhere else.