Welcome to Phil's SUPERQUIZ!!

Test your knowledge about Wales!

  1. Which is the highest mountain in Wales (and England!)? What is its Welsh name and what does it mean? How high is it?
  2. Who was Offa, and what was/is his connection with Wales? What remains to remind us of him?
  3. What do the towns Conwy, Caernarfon and Harlech have in common?
  4. Where is the Millennium Stadium and what big English (!) sports event is held there at the moment? (Why here?)
  5. What event is held in Llangollen every July?
  6. What river flows through Llangollen? Where does its name come from? What English town does it flow through before reaching the sea?
  7. Who was Telford and what is his connection with a) Llangollen,; and b) Bangor?
  8. How did the good citizens of Liverpool make themselves unpopular with the inhabitants of a North Wales valley in the 1960s?
  9. Who was Trevithick and what is his Welsh connection?
  10. What product was the Ffestiniog Railway originally built to transport? To which port? What sort of power was used for the first trains? What does the railway transport today?
  11. What is the story behind the Snowdonian village of Beddgellert? What does the name mean?
  12. From which port in North Wales can you catch a ferry to Dublin? How long does the crossing take?
  13. Who was Merlin?
  14. Who was Owain Glyndwr?
  15. Who were the Meibion Glyndwr? What actions were they (in)famous for in the 1980s? Explain their slogan: "Come home to a real fire!"
  16. What is the national symbol for Wales?
  17. What are the two emblems of Wales (one vegetable, one flower)?
  18. What is the name of the river estuary which forms the south coast of Wales? What spectacular natural phenomenon can be observed there? How many fixed crossings are there? Which one was lost in the 20th century?
  19. Where were most of the Welsh coal mines to be found? How many deep mines are left?
  20. What is the fastest land route between north and south Wales?
  21. Which is the biggest island off the Welsh coast? What is its Welsh name?
  22. Where does the nickname “Taffy” for a Welshman come from?
  23. What are the Mabinogion?
  24. What or who was Sarn Helen?
  25. Who is the patron saint of Wales? Where is the “city” and cathedral named after him?When is his saint’s day?
  26. Why were pubs not allowed to open on Sundays in some parts of Wales until the early 1980s?
  27. What and where is the Menai Strait? How can you cross it if you haven’t got a boat? What happened to one of the bridges in 1970, and how was it subsequently modified?
  28. Who was David Lloyd George?
  29. What is an AM and where will you find one?
  30. What is Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg? What was/is its purpose?
  31. What are S4C and Pabol y Cwm?
  32. What linguistic phenomenon is illustrated by the Welsh words: Cymru and Croeso i Gymru?
  33. What percentage of the people of Wales speak Welsh? Where are most Welsh speakers to be found?
  34. What contribution to Welsh language and culture was made by William Morgan in the 16th century?
  35. Who wrote the novel “How Green Was My Valley” and where is its setting?
  36. Name Dylan Thomas’s most famous work. What is the name of the fictional seaside town in which it is set? What is the significance of the name? Which famous Welsh actor played the narrator in the classic BBC radio broadcast of the play?
  37. What were tai-un-nos; hafod; hendre?
  38. Who is Bryn Terfel?
  39. Which musical instrument is most associated with Wales?
  40. What are eisteddfodau? When and where is the Royal National Eisteddfod held?
  41. Where in Wales is Europe’s largest jazz festival held?
  42. Who is the Welsh sex bomb from Pontypridd?
  43. Which "big spender"was born as daughter of a Nigerian seaman in the Cardiff docklands?
  44. Which Welsh rock band is considered to be Wales’ answer to U2?
  45. Why is a Welsh village doing a roaring trade in Christmas cards?
  46. What is a) laver bread; b) bara brith?
  47. What is Plaid Cymru? (Can you pronounce it?)
  48. Who according to legend really discovered America long before Columbus? Where is the archaeological evidence reputed to be?
  49. Since when has Wales had its own National Assembly? What powers does it have? (More or less than the Scottish Parliament?) How many members does it have?

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