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The Guardian - AU

Entertainment

Alison Rourke

Quiz: how well do you know your Australian pub rock anthems?

Aussie rock royalty: Chrissie Amphlett of Divinyls, Peter Garrett of Midnight Oil and Angus Young of AC/DC. Composite: Martin Philbey/Redferns

Malcolm Turnbull has been under fire for not knowing the words to John Farnham’s hit You’re the Voice when it was played over the loudspeaker at the Commonwealth Games swimming finals. It wasn’t his first Aussie anthem faux pas; last year he struggled to name an AC/DC song during a live radio interview.

So how well do you know your rock anthems? Take our quiz to find out.

Beds are Burning by Midnight Oil: "Out where the river broke ... "
1. The red dirt and the rugged road
2. The bloodwood and the mega road
3. The bloodwood and the desert oak
Touch Too Much by AC/DC: "She had the face of an angel, smiling with sin ... "
1. A body to dream of with charms
2. A body of Venus with arms
3. A baby of Venus my love
Treaty by Yothu Yindi: "Words are easy, words are cheap ... "
1. Much cheaper than our priceless land
2. Much cheaper than our brothers' hands
3. Much cheaper than our righteous land
Khe Sanh by Cold Chisel: "And she was like so many more from that time on ..."
1. Their lives were all so empty, till they found their poison one
2. Their lives were all so empty, till they found their chosen one
3. Their lives were all so empty, till they reached their chosen home
I Was Only 19 by Redgum: "Mum and dad and Danny saw the passing out parade at Puckapunyal, it was a long march from cadets ... "
1. The sixth battalion was the next to tour and it was me who drew the card
2. The sixth battalion was the next to tour and it was me who drove the car
3. The sixth battalion was the next to tour and it was me who blew the card
Cool Change by Little River Band: "If there's one thing in my life that's missing, it's the time that I spend alone ... "
1. Sailing on the cool and blue clear waters
2. Sailing on the cool and bright clear waters
3. Sailing on the bright and cool clear waters
Weather With You by Crowded House: "Things ain't cooking in my kitchen ... "
1. Strange tradition washed over me
2. Strange affliction rushed over me
3. Strange affliction wash over me
I Touch Myself by Divinyls: "I love myself, I want you to love me ..."
1. When I fall down, I want you to rub me
2. When I feel down, I want you above me
3. When I feel down, I want you to find me
Reckless by Australian Crawl: "Meet me down by the jetty landing, where the pontoons bump and sway ... "
1. I see the others standing, reading, as the Manly Ferry cuts its way to Circular Quay
2. I see the others reading, standing, as the Manly Ferry cuts its way to Circular Quay
3. I see the others reading, standing, as the Manly Ferry sails its way Circular Quay
Throw Your Arms Around Me by Hunters & Collectors: "I will squeeze the life out of you ... "
1. You will make me laugh and make me cry
2. I will make you laugh and make you cry
3. I will make you laugh and want to die
Down Under by Men at Work: "Travelling in a fried-out combie ... "
1. On a hippie trail, that's full of zombies
2. On a hippie trail, I'm seeing zombies
3. On a hippie trail, head full of zombie
To Her Door by Paul Kelly: "He started up his drinking, then they started fighting ... "
1. He took it pretty badly, really hit the skids
2. He took it pretty badly, she took both the kids
3. He took it pretty badly, left without the kids
I Still Call Australia Home by Peter Allen: "I'm always travelling, I love being free ... "
1. But I keep leaving the sun and the sea
2. But I hate leaving the sun and the sea
3. And so I keep leaving the sun and the sea