27-Jul-2023 Theme: 'Chop'

(1) What is chop-chop slang for in Australia?

Answer: Illegal tobacco.

(2) What sport supposedly originated in Ulverstone, Tasmania in 1870 with a £25 pub bet between local man Joseph Smith and Victorian Jack Biggs.

Answer: Woodchopping.

(3) What does ‘chopfallen’ mean?

Answer: Dejected.

(4) Mark ‘Chopper’ Read died in 2013. How did he die?

Answer: Liver cancer.

(5) What nursery rhyme finishes with the line “and here comes a chopper to chop off your head”.

Answer: Oranges and Lemons.

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