
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.