Part 2: The Texanese Quiz


      1. Froddy Knots

      a. Breakfast rolls similar to doughnuts
      b. Small blue flowers
      c. Friday Nights

      2. Haira Ewe

      a. Unshorn female sheep
      b. Afro hairstyle
      c. Greeting: How are you?

      3. Ole

      a. Old, as in Ole King Cole
      b. Instrument to punch holes in leather
      c. Dark liquid that gushes from ole wayulls

      4. Brang

      a. Loud ringing of a bell
      b. Liquid that pickles are packed in
      c. Past, present or future tense of the word Bring

      5. Potty

      a. Baby's toilet seat
      b. Appetizer similar to liverworst
      c. Party

      6. Yawler Rat

      a. Lemon-colored rodent
      b. Small fishing boat
      c. Greeting: Are you all right?

      7. Mizeriz

      a. To be feeling sickly
      b. A weather condition
      c. A married woman's title

      8. Hep

      a. Modern and chic
      b. Nickname for Hugh Hefner
      c. Help

      9. Wot

      a. Measurement of light from a bulb
      b. Oriental stir-fry pan
      c. The color white

      10. Far

      a. A long way to go
      b. A note to follow mi
      c. The woods are burning

      11. Top

      a. Opposite of bottom
      b. A child's spinning toy
      c. What a toppist does on a topwrotter

      12. Waff

      a. Short for waffle
      b. Fragrance floating in the air
      c. A man's legal spouse

      13. Shevely

      a. A messy condition
      b. Meat from a goat
      c. Chevrolet

      14. Tottle

      a. The way a baby walks
      b. A bolt for a picture hanger
      c. A document that says you own your pickup

      15. Annie Idy

      a. The spinster schoolmarm
      b. A brand of frozen potatoes
      c. "Any idea", when following "I ain't got"

      16. Poe-leese

      a. Document for slum tenants
      b. Borrowed works of Edgar Allen Poe
      c. Law enforcement officers

      17. Author Ritus

      a. The illusion of having written a book
      b. The illusion of being the king of England
      c. Arthritis in the joints

      18. Bob Waar

      a. An old-time band leader
      b. A historical war in Africa
      c. Barbed wire

      19.Bidnit

      a. French commode
      b. Technique for making tiny sweaters
      c. Business, as in "Ole Bidnit"

      20. Surp

      a. Waves pounding on the beach
      b. Bright red ice piled in a paper cup
      c. What you pour on pancakes

      21. Narra

      a. Not a single one
      b. Brand name depilatory
      c. Narrow, as in "Narra monded"

      22. Lok

      a. The keyhole in your door
      b. The fish on your bagel
      c. Like, as in "Ah lok ewe."

      23. Lil Wall

      a. 19th century dance hall madam
      b. New type of home decor
      c. Little while

      24. Spohlt

      a. Crackley bolt of lightning
      b. Fancy work on a hubcap
      c. Spoiled, as in "That chahld is just spohlt."

      25. Chay-ance

      a. Horse-drawn buggy
      b. Meeting to contact departed spirits
      c. Chance

      26. Fall

      a. Opposite of rise
      b. A season of the year
      c. Where a fall clerk falls papers

      27. Rilahbull

      a. Mexican food
      b. A book by Victor Hugo
      c. Trustworthy - reliable

      28. Veradi

      a. A foreign car
      b. An opera singer
      c. Several different kinds - variety

      29. Hayer Stall

      a. Horse abode
      b. Aerosol spray
      c. Coiffure

      30. Fonnily

      a. With fondness
      b. Utensil to make funnel cakes
      c. At long last

      31. Connalock

      a. Type of door lock
      b. Brand of cereal
      c. Similar to - "kind of like"

      32. Ah Bomfer Cheep

      a. Breed of chicken
      b. A small incendiary device
      c. "I buy them inexpensively."

      33. Innersting

      a. Type of mattress
      b. A bee got in your pants
      c. Alternate pronunciation of "inner-resting"

      34. Awrot

      a. An expletive
      b. A lot of spoiled fruit
      c. All right

      35. Vawlunce

      a. A short curtain
      b. A city in Looziana
      c. Violence

      36. Fack Tree Ott Layette

      a. Strange baby clothes
      b. Large cut timber
      c. Factory Outlet store

      37. Dorder

      a. The line between Texas and Mexico
      b. One who collects old doors
      c. Female offspring

      38. Quadda Wall

      a. A stone structure in the Sinai
      b. An Australian bird
      c. A long time - Quite a while

      39. Bowlin

      a. Game played with a heavy ball
      b. A place in Kentucky
      c. Bubbling hot pan of water

      40. All smalls

      a. Children in kindergarten
      b. Last size left in T shirts
      c. A happy Texan

      End of Quiz.



You get an A
If you answered all Cs.
I'm happy to say
You've learned Texanese!

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