Anne here with a little bit of fun for the holiday season — my third Regency Slang Quiz. As usual with my quizzes, you'll need a pen and paper to note down your answers, then click on the link at the bottom to check your answers, and come back and tell us how you went. And be warned, the images have no relation to the questions —don't expect any hints.
Regency Slang Quiz No. 3
1) To be at sixes and sevens means:—
a) to be confused
b) to be short of cash
c) to be ready to bet against the odds in a horse race
d) to be desperate
2) If you're under the hatches, you are:—
a) hiding from the authorities
b) a smuggler
c) in debt
d) in prison
3) A bit of muslin is:—
a) a mistress or lover
b) an unhemmed handkerchief
c) a scullery maid
d) a skilled pickpocket
4) To plant someone a facer means:—
a) to present someone with an unpalatable fact
b) to hit someone in the face
c) to set someone up in a fraud
d) to plant stolen goods on an innocent person
5) become a tenant for life means:—
a) to take a 100 year lease on a house or property
b) to enter parliament
c) to be transported as a convict
d) to get married
6) to give someone your vowels means: —
a) to become unofficially engaged
b) to give them your valuables for safekeeping
c) to owe them money
d) to get someone to put a bet on for you
7) To be dicked in the nob means:—
a) to be cheated at cards
b) to be a simpleton
c) to be very drunk
d) to be given short change
8) To wield the yard of tin means:
a) to blow a horn
b) to draw your sword
c) to flash your money around
d) to spit on someone
9) To gull someone means:—
a) to trick someone
b) to frighten someone
c) to bully someone
d) to beat someone
10) to draw someone's cork means:—
a) to offer them a drink
b) to make them bleed
c) to make them squirm
d) to help yourself to their drink
11) A Banbury tale is:—
a) a horse race that's canceled at the last minute
b) a religious story
c) a nonsensical story
d) a frightening story
12) To offer someone Spanish coin means:—
a) to give them counterfeit money
b) to overpay them
c) to underpay them
d) to falsely flatter them
Now go here to check the answers, and don't forget to come back and tell us how you went.
And if you enjoyed this, you could always try some of my previous quizzes.
Regency Slang Quiz No 1, Regency Slang Quiz No 2, Regency Christmas Quiz, Ten Lords a'Leaping Quiz, Dickens & A Christmas Carol Quiz .