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1. Your "boat" refers to your what?

bottom
face
stomach
hair

2. If you heard someone say "taters innit" what would they


mean?
it's very warm
it's raining
it's foggy
it's cold

3. If you had the "Hattie Jacques" what would you have?


you'd be happy
you'd be scared
you'd be lucky
you'd be hot

4. What would you do with a "titfer"?


wear it
throw it
eat it
spend it

5. You are asked to have a "butchers" - what would you do?


eat
have a look
sit down
drink

6. The "Sweeney" are London Clergymen.


True
False

7. Acker Bilk is a famous jazz clarinetist, but what does his


name mean in rhyming slang?
money
cloth
milk
hair cut

8. If someone was spoken of as a bit "Clark Kent", what


would they be seen as?
muscular
dishonest
always late
short sighted

9. If you were a bit "Brahms", you'd be what"?


deaf
happy
drunk
eloquent
10. Your "Dutch" is your what?
car
house
wife
dog

11. You'd be pleased to see your "china".


True
False

12. What are "daisy roots"?


doors
chairs
boots
trousers

13. Now a couple from the Bible. First we'll go right to the
beginning - what does "Adam & Eve" mean?
reprieve
believe
thieve
deceive

14. And not long after "Adam & Eve" we have their sons
"Cain & Abel", but what does "cain & abel" mean in Cockney
rhyming slang?
fable
table
stable
label

15. You'd be delighted if there was a "pen & ink" in your


vicinity.
True
False

16. If you bought a new "whistle", what would you do with


it?
live in it
kick it
drive it
wear it

17. You're in a "2 & 8" - what are you actually doing?
you are panicking
you are in a cafe
you're in a London bus
you are late

18. Barnet is a town to the north of London, actually in


Hertfordshire, but almost - some might say - part of London,
but what is your "barnet"?
your son
your office
your hair
your nose

19. If you're "on your jack", you are what?


alone
in debt
walking
feeling ill

20. It feels particularly good to be "boracic"?


True
False

21. Sexton Blake was a fictitious detective who featured in


many 1930s and 1940s movies, but what in rhyming slang is a
"sexton blake"?
a Palace guard
a forgery
an underground train
an alcoholic drink

22. If you are married, you are?


bangers & mash
cash & carried
pots & pans
up the Arsenal

23. Someone asks you for a "Pam Shriver" - what do they


want?
a drink
money
a lift home
a helping hand

24. A load of "cobblers" refers to what?


a group of policemen
dirt
a poorly cooked meal
nonsense

25. And to finish, a quite recent addition to the rhyming


slang vocabulary. If someone is having a "steffi" what are
they doing?
becoming angry
drinking
being facetious
chatting someone up

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