# Could you be Australian? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 18, 2009, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-australian/510600 "2009-09-18T15:40:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-australian/510600/61 "2009-09-21T15:32:33Z")
> [@Aussie\_Fish](#): > > I like your sense of humour Boyo Jim. šŸ™‚ > > Forget taking the questions. I am declaring you an honorary Aussie for that alone. Whoo hoo! Arrrrr, matey! (I speak Pirate, not Australian, but I assume the two are pretty close.) ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-australian/510600/62 "2009-09-21T15:42:56Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Whoo hoo! Arrrrr, matey! (I speak Pirate, not Australian, but I assume the two are pretty close.) As Vizzini said in **The Princess Bride** , ā€œIocane comes from Australia, as everyone knows, and Australia is entirely peopled with criminals.ā€ Since pirates are criminals, of course Pirate and Australian are very close languages. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-australian/510600/63 "2009-09-22T00:45:29Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > 19/20. > > Thereā€™s an Aboriginal flag? [Indeed there is.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Australian_Aboriginal_Flag.svg) ---
**Author:** ![Aussie\_Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Aussie\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aussie_Fish)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-australian/510600/64 "2009-09-22T01:59:41Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Whoo hoo! Arrrrr, matey! (I speak Pirate, not Australian, but I assume the two are pretty close.) Arrrrr, me hearty. Youā€™ve obviously spent quite a bit of time in Australia. Youā€™ve got the accent to prove it. šŸ™‚ šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![gurujulp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ba9def/32.png) [@gurujulp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gurujulp)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-australian/510600/65 "2009-09-22T02:09:52Z")
> [@Jodi](#): > > 18/20, and I would confidently declare I know jack-shit about Australia. Some of the questions are easy to guess the right answer, or elimiate obvious wrong answers, with a bit of common sense. 17/20, and +1 to the jack-shittery. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-australian/510600/66 "2009-09-22T02:21:47Z")
Damn missed this one More Australians are killed by this animal than any other a. [Saltwater Crocodile](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltwater_Crocodile) b. [Clock Spider](http://media.urbandictionary.com/image/large/clockspider-1746.jpg) c. [Drop Bear](http://www.kadaitcha.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/dropbear1.jpg) d. [Tasmanian Devil](http://www.animaldanger.com/images/tasmanian%20devil.jpg) e. [Chiggers](http://www.medicinenet.com/chiggers_bites/article.htm) ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-australian/510600/67 "2009-09-22T05:51:04Z")
> [@bannerrefugee](#): > > Now who hid my Eskie? Itā€™s in the back of the ute yaā€™ drongo, sitting on top of the slab. While yerā€™ there, chuckā€™us a stubbie willya? šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-australian/510600/68 "2009-09-22T13:20:52Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > While yerā€™ there, chuckā€™us a stubbie willya? VB or 4X? ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-australian/510600/69 "2009-09-22T14:21:54Z")
I missed 3 out of 20. Now where do I need to quese up to get my Vegemite and V-8 Interceptor? The funny thing is, though, I probably _have_ family in Australia alreadyā€”one of my ancestors on my motherā€™s side was leaving Ireland near the turn of the 20th century, intending to join up with her mother and sisters whoā€™d already gone, but the ship heading to Australia was full. So she booked passage on the steamer going to New York instead (Evidently, either she couldnā€™t stick around, or she was simply very practical and impressively unchoosy). She met her future husband on the ride over, IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-australian/510600/70 "2009-09-22T17:34:25Z")
18 of 20. I must tell my Aussie coworker. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-australian/510600/71 "2009-09-22T18:40:37Z")
18/20. Do I get a choice of Koala or Kangaroo? If so-Iā€™d like the Koala please. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-australian/510600/72 "2009-09-22T19:20:55Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > As the Wiki article on [Fosterā€™s](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foster%27s_Lager) notes, ā€œFosterā€™s does not enjoy widespread popularity in Australiaā€ and ā€œThese days (2007), it is relatively difficult to find in smaller bottle shops, and is seldom found on tap.ā€ In fact, you donā€™t even have to drink beer: Australia makes some of best wine in the world. Thatā€™s interesting and perhaps not as widely [known](http://www.phespirit.info/montypython/australian_table_wines.htm)as it should be. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-australian/510600/73 "2009-09-22T20:24:52Z")
I donā€™t have any Australian in me but Iā€™d like some:p ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-australian/510600/74 "2009-09-22T20:35:31Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > Thatā€™s interesting and perhaps not as widely [known](http://www.phespirit.info/montypython/australian_table_wines.htm)as it should be. [QUOTE=Eric Idle, wine expert] Of the sparkling wines, the most famous is Perth Pink. This is a bottle with a message in, and the message is ā€˜bewareā€™. This is not a wine for drinking, this is a wine for laying down and avoiding. [/QUOTE] I hadnā€™t come across that sketch before. Itā€™s highly libellous, but very funny. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-australian/510600/75 "2009-09-22T20:39:23Z")
Yeahā€¦ two questions in, I didnā€™t know what Anzacs day celebrates, and didnā€™t know the colors of the Aboriginal flag. Funk dat. Joe ---
**Author:** ![GreedySmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a698b9/32.png) [@GreedySmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreedySmurf)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-australian/510600/76 "2009-09-22T21:30:19Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > VB or 4X? This is a question that never need be asked. A true Australian would know based upon the location. In fact asking that question in Queensland may get you beaten up! šŸ˜› [Psst for next time it is XXXX, never call it 4X. If we could read up here in Queensland and saw it written like that weā€™d probably beat you up for it šŸ˜ƒ] ---
**Author:** ![Gleena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b3f665/32.png) [@Gleena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gleena)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-australian/510600/77 "2009-09-23T02:25:11Z")
> [@GreedySmurf](#): > > This is a question that never need be asked. A true Australian would know based upon the location. > > In fact asking that question in Queensland may get you beaten up! šŸ˜› > > [Psst for next time it is XXXX, never call it 4X. If we could read up here in Queensland and saw it written like that weā€™d probably beat you up for it šŸ˜ƒ] Carltonā€™s thanks. XXXX is shite. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-australian/510600/78 "2009-09-24T04:05:04Z")
Well I guess I am ready to sail for Botany Bay (unless a criminal record is still a requirement :p). ---
**Author:** ![GreedySmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a698b9/32.png) [@GreedySmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreedySmurf)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-australian/510600/79 "2009-09-24T05:47:37Z")
> [@Gleena](#): > > Carltonā€™s thanks. XXXX is shite. šŸ™‚ Carlton I can drink, much prefer XXXX (Gold actually). But how anyone in their right mind can drink VB escapes me. That is truely terrible beer almost as bad as Fosters. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![bannerrefugee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@bannerrefugee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bannerrefugee)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-australian/510600/80 "2009-09-24T05:53:18Z")
Why do Queenslanders spell it XXXX? because they canā€™t spell beer Sorry itā€™s only Coopers in the Eski for me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-australian/510600.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-australian/510600.md?page=5)