Where does blowing a raspberry come from?

Raspberry tart, rhyming with fart

Cockney Rhyming Slang Quiz: Apples, Pears and Plates

Market traders in London's East End developed a playful code in the 1800s where a phrase stands for the word it rhymes with, and this Cockney rhyming slang quiz decodes the classics. Play 10 interactive questions on apples and pears, plates of meat, dog and bone, trouble and strife, butcher's hook, Barnet Fair, loaf of bread and raspberry tart.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Stairs
What does apples and pears mean?
Feet
What does plates of meat mean?
Phone
What does dog and bone mean?
Wife
What does trouble and strife mean?
Look
What does having a butcher's mean?
Hair
What is your barnet?
Head
What does use your loaf mean?
Raspberry
Where does blowing a raspberry come from?
Believe
What does Adam and Eve mean?
Origin
Where did Cockney rhyming slang develop?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: What does apples and pears mean?
Answer: Stairs
Up the apples means up the stairs.
Q2: What does plates of meat mean?
Answer: Feet
My plates are aching means my feet hurt.
Q3: What does dog and bone mean?
Answer: Phone
Get on the dog means make a phone call.
Q4: What does trouble and strife mean?
Answer: Wife
It is an old joke rather than a literal description.
Q5: What does having a butcher's mean?
Answer: Having a look
Butcher's hook rhymes with look.
Q6: What is your barnet?
Answer: Your hair
Barnet Fair rhymes with hair.
Q7: What does use your loaf mean?
Answer: Use your head
Loaf of bread rhymes with head.
Q8: Where does blowing a raspberry come from?
Answer: Raspberry tart, rhyming with fart
The rude noise kept the rhyming name.
Q9: What does Adam and Eve mean?
Answer: Believe
Would you Adam and Eve it? means can you believe it?
Q10: Where did Cockney rhyming slang develop?
Answer: The East End of London
Traditionally a Cockney is born within earshot of Bow Bells.

Cockney Rhyming Slang Quiz – Speaking in Rhymes

Cockney rhyming slang grew up in the East End of London in the 1800s, probably among market traders and dock workers. A word is replaced by a phrase that rhymes with it, and often the rhyming part is then dropped.

Apples and pears means stairs, plates of meat means feet and dog and bone means phone. Having a butcher's means having a look, from butcher's hook, and your barnet is your hair, from Barnet Fair. Use your loaf means use your head.

Some phrases spread far beyond London, such as blowing a raspberry, from raspberry tart. Traditionally, a true Cockney is someone born within earshot of the bells of a church called Bow Bells.

What This Quiz Teaches

Language lovers and London fans will enjoy these questions.

How rhyming slang works
What famous phrases mean
Why words get shortened
Which phrases spread widely
Where the slang began

Did You Know?

Porkies comes from pork pies, meaning lies.
Whistle and flute means suit.
New rhyming slang often uses celebrity names.
Films like Mary Poppins popularized Cockney accents.
Some slang may have been used to confuse outsiders.