Welsh Quiz
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
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