How Australian are you?

Which of these foods are in your pantry?

Vegemite

Weet-bix

Sirena Tuna

Turkish delight

Caramello koalas / Furry friends

Tim tams

Arnott’s Shapes

Milo

100s & 1000s (the round form of sprinkles!)

Milk for coffee (not creamer)

Select which of these fun words you use?

Rockmelon

Witches hats

Fairy lights

Fairy Floss

Capsicum

Esky

Lollipop lady / man

Trackie dacks

Dag / daggy

Ute

How many of these abbreviations do you use?

Sunnies

Undies

Breakie

Air con

Maccas

Cuppa

Arvo

Footy

Servo

Telly

How many of these words could you naturally use to describe a swimsuit?

Cozzie

Togs

Boardies

Boardshorts

Speedos

Bathing suit

Bathers

Swimming costume

Swimmers

Trunks

Recipes you’ve made in at least the last few years

Anything with lamb (or with mint sauce if you’re vegetarian)

Sausage sizzle (or veggie pattie sandwich if you’re vegetarian)

Chicken / eggplant parma

Pavlova

Sausage roll / meat pie (or vege substitute)

Fairy bread

Anything with beetroot / beets

Something with passionfruit

Roast Pumpkin

If teleporting was real, would you choose to go to the following in Australia or the US? Select the options where you pick Australia.

A supermarket

A coffee shop

Place to watch the sunset

Your favorite beach

A State Fair or Easter Show

Winter destination (think skiing, ice skating, cozy destination for indoor types)

Your favorite park

Your favorite restaurant

Place to go after dinner (think bar, theatre, evening stroll etc.)

Arty destination (think art gallery, sculpture, museum etc.)

How many of these songs bring you to the dancefloor / do you sing along with?

“Nutbush City Limits” - Ike & Tina Turner (for the Nutbush dance, obviously!)

“You’re the Voice” - Johnny Farnham

“Land Down Under” - Men at Work

“Working Class Man” - Jimmy Barnes

“Holy Grail” - Hunters & Collectors

“I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)” - The Proclaimers

“The Horses” - Daryl Brathwaite

Anything by Kylie Minogue

Anything by Silverchair

Anything by Acca Dacca

How many of these things make you emotional?

Hearing “I Still Call Australia Home” (by Peter Allen)

Hearing “Treaty” (by Yothu Yindi)

Hearing the Christmas carol “White Wine in the Sun” (by Tim Minchin)

Hearing the Christmas carol “How to Make Gravy” (by Paul Kelly)

ANZAC Day dawn service

The smell of bushfires (even in an American city with no bush in sight, I know I had a physical response to the smell, and had to stop myself filling the bathtub with water)

The combination of the smell of the bush, aerogard (Aussie bug spray) and Cancer Council Sunscreen.

Even the thought of the departure gate at Sydney International Terminal (or your local Aussie airport equivalent)

Eating a sub quality sausage roll in any country (I know, this got very unserious quickly, but this is a fun quiz after all).

Getting a Lemon, Lime & Bitters at a proclaimed Aussie establishment, only to have it made with American style lemonade (i.e. the flat stuff) not Australian style lemonade (i.e. Sprite)

Which of these for you is the metric system your preference, or default unit if you have no preference?

For cold temperatures: Celsius over Fahrenheit

For hot temperatures: Celsius over Fahrenheit

For cooking: Celsius over Fahrenheit

For cooking: Kilos over pounds

For losing weight: Kilos over pounds

For gaining weight: Kilos over pounds

For your height: Metric (cms) over Imperial (feet & inches)

For short distances, in “from here to there” type descriptions: Metric (metres) over Imperial (feet)

For driving distances: Metric (kms) over Imperial (miles)

For speed: Metric (km per hour) over Imperial (miles per hour)

How many pieces of Australiana do you have in your home (include everything from pictures you have on the wall, to footy jerseys, to tea towels that you still call tea towels)?

Josh Pugh

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