QUIZTIME QUIZZES

1. Which alcoholic drink is named after a Welsh Pirate?
Captain Morgan’s Rum
2. Which Welsh band released the album “International Velvet”?
Catatonia
3. What does the dish ‘buck rarebit’ have that ‘welsh rarebit’ does not?
A poached egg on it
4. Which is the only Welsh county to have a first class cricket team?
Glamorgan
5. Which Welsh town was awarded city status to mark the Queen’s Golden Jubilee in 2002?
Newport
6. Which Cheese was the traditional lunch of Welsh miners?
Caerphilly - another name for Caerphilly is Eppynt
7. Which British River did the Romans call Sabrina and the Welsh name Hafren?
Severn
8. What’s the main ingredient in the Welsh delicacy laver bread?
Seaweed
9. Which Welsh Rugby Union team play at Stradey Park?
Llanelli
10. True or False - In Chester, it is still legal to cut off a Welshman’s head if you catch him there after dark?
True
11. Dylan Thomas died today in 1953. His play ‘Under Milk Wood’ is set in which fictional Welsh seaside town?
Llareggub
12. In the Welsh language Cwrw (pronounced koo roo) is what kind of beverage?
Beer
13. Who was the first Welsh female singer to top the singles charts in the USA?
Bonnie Tyler
14. Which Welshman won the world snooker championship in his first season as a professional?
Terry Griffiths
- Which Welshman won the first BBC Pot Black tournament in 1969?
Ray Reardon
15. Which river runs through Cardiff, giving a common Welsh nickname?
Taff
16. Which one of the eight Welsh counties has none of the five vowels in its name?
Clywd
17. Who in 1991 became the youngest ever welsh football international?
Ryan Giggs
18. How is the Welsh island Ynys Mon better known ?
Anglesey
19.  Which Welsh town, in Mid-Glamorgan, is home to the second largest castle in Britain?
Caerphilly
20. Which Welsh rebel burnt down most of the town of Cardiff in 1404?
Owen Glendower

21. In late 1999, who became the manager of the Welsh International football team?
Mark Hughes
22. Who commentated on television, on Gareth Edwards’ famous try for the Barbarians v New Zealand in 1973?
Cliff Morgan
23. Which Welsh band released the album “The Holy Bible” in 1994?
Manic Street Preachers
24. Who is the Colonel-In-Chief of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers?
The Queen
25. Which football club used to play home matches at Somerton Park?
Newport County
26. Which actor won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Ben Hur?
Hugh Griffith
27. Which Rhondda town gave Richard Llewellyn the setting for How Green Was My Valley?
Gilfach Goch
28. Name The Welsh Village Made Famous By The Prisoner?
Portmeirion
29. What mountain range lies between Aberystwyth and Rhayader?
Cambrian Mountains
30. Broadhaven, Little Haven and Newgale lie in which bay?
St. Brides
31. What is the English name for the South Wales town of Y Bont-Faen?
Cowbridge
32. What is the Welsh equivalent of the girl’s name Jane?
Sian
33. Who was the Welsh born detective monk about whom Ellis Peters wrote?
Brother Cadfael
34. Which famous Welshman’s real name was David Ivor Davies?
Ivor Novello
35. Which former Wales outside half had the nickname of Majid?
Gareth Davies
36. Now owned by Welsh Historic Monuments, in which century was Harlech Castle built?
13th century - 1283 to 1289
37. Which Welsh county is ‘Snowdon’ in?
Gwynedd
- In which Welsh county are the Brecon Beacons?
Powys
38. Which Welsh town’s name means “Valley of the Crow”?
Cwmbran
39. On which racecourse is the Welsh Grand National run?
Chepstow
- Which Welsh jockey won the Grand National in 1992 on Party Politics?
Carl Llewellyn
40. Which quiz show featured a “Welsh Special” in 2001?
The Weakest Link

Nos Da!

1. What is the Welsh word for Wales?
Cymru
2. What’s the national flower of Wales?
Daffodil
3. Which south Wales town was formed by the amalgamation of Aberavon and Margam in 1921?
Port Talbot
4. Which famous dyke separates England from Wales?
Offa’s Dyke
5. Which place name in North Wales is named after a Welsh saint?
St Asaph
6. What did the Romans call Wales?
Cambria
7. Who is the patron Saint of Wales?
Saint David (Patron Saint of Doves)
- On which date is Feast Day of St.David, patron saint of Wales?
1st March
8. From which London train station do you catch a train to South Wales from?
Paddington
- What motorway runs from London to South Wales?
M4
9. Which village in Wales did a sliding slagheap engulf in 1966?
Aberfan
10. How old was Prince Charles when he was made Prince of Wales a) 18 b) 20 c) 21?
b) 20
11. What was the nickname of Edward Prince of Wales, son of Edward III?
The Black Prince
12. Which National Hunt racecourse is near to Wrexham in North Wales?
Bangor(-on-Dee)
13. Which industry is represented at the Llechwedd (say "Lek-wed") museum in Blaenau Ffestiniog (say "Bligh-now Fest-in-ee-og") north Wales ?
Slate (Mining)
14. What is the name of the Seaweed that is a national delicacy in Wales, where it is fried with bacon and eaten at breakfast?
Laver bread
15. What stretch of water divides Wales from Anglesey?
Menai Straits
16. Near which city will you find the Welsh Industrial Museum and the Museum of Welsh Life?
Cardiff
- What is the capital city of Wales?
Cardiff
17. Which channel replaces Channel 4 in Wales?
S4C
18. What is the name of the Italian style village in North Wales where the cult TV programme Prisoner was filmed?
Portmeirion
19. What is the title of the Welsh National anthem?
Land Of My Fathers
20. Which welsh ferry port can you catch a ferry to Rosslare from?
Fishguard

21. Do you pay a toll on the Severn bridge when you enter Wales, leave Wales, or both?
When you enter
22. What is the highest mountain in Wales?
Snowdon
23. What is the name of Wales’ first commercial radio station?
Swansea Sound
24. What moved from Tower Hill, London to Llantrisant in Wales in 1968?
The Royal Mint
25. Which Prime Minister from Wales initiated the Old Age pension?
David Lloyd George
26. Who through a punch after being splatted by an egg in Rhyl, North Wales in May 2001?
John Prescott
27. On the national flag of Wales, how many feet does the dragon have on the ground?
Three
28. Who was the only male monarch of the 20th century not to have been Prince of Wales?
George VI
29. Learner drivers in Britain have to display the letter L except in Wales when which other letter can be used?
D
30. Which English football league club play their home games on a pitch that theoretically has one corner flag situated in Wales?
Chester City
31. At which castle was Prince Charles made Prince of Wales?
Caernarfon
32. Which vegetable is the national emblem of Wales?
Leek
33. In Wales many places begin with Llan, what does Llan mean?
Church
34. In which city is the University of Wales situated?
Aberystwyth - often referred to as the unofficial capital of Mid Wales!
35. What are the names of the 3 national parks in Wales?
Snowdonia, Brecon Beacons & Pembrokeshire Coast
36. Which market town in Wales, 15 miles north-east of Brecon, is known as the "town of books", because of its proliferation of second-hand book shops?
Hay-on-Wye
37. Who was the first English Prince of Wales?
Edward II
38. Who lived in the top left-hand corner of Wales?
Ivor The Engine
39. What is the name of the most famous annual festival in Wales which originated in the 14th century and is held in August with competitions in music, poetry, arts and crafts?
Eisteddfod
40. On which TV show did Anne Robinson’s comments make her the most loathed women in Wales?
Room 101

Tiebreaker - What percent of the people of Wales speak Welsh today?
20% (Population approx 3 million)