All About Wales – Quiz Questions

Hold your own Welsh

themed quiz!
Here are some ideas for questions for you……

1 Which major international sporting event will be held at the Celtic Manor
Resort, Newport in South Wales in 2010?

2 What is the Welsh delicacy ‘Laverbread’ made from?

3 Which famous Oscar-winning Welsh Actress is married to American actor

Michael Douglas?

4 What is the Capital of Wales?

5 Name Wales’s highest mountain.

6 What is an “Eisteddfod”?

7 What country borders Wales?

 8 What is the Welsh word for Wales?

9 Who is the First Minister for Wales?

10 Which 72,000 seater sports stadium hosted the FA cup final between
2001 and 2006?

11 When was the National Assembly for Wales established?

12 Which children’s book author who wrote Charlie and the Chocolate
Factory was born in Llandaff in South Wales?

13 Wales has two national emblems, can you name them?

14 Which Welsh Poet wrote “Do not go gentle into that good night”?

15 Who is the patron saint of Wales?

16 Which Oscar winning Welsh actor starred in Silence of the Lambs?

17 What popular time travelling science fiction television programme is

filmed in Wales?

18 What is Cawl?

19 What mythical creature appears on the Welsh Flag?

20 What town in South East Wales in famous for it’s annual literary festival?

21 What mid-wales town is home to an International Jazz Festival?

 All About Wales – Quiz Answers
1 Golf’s famous Ryder Cup
The best golfers from Europe and the USA compete in this prestigious team event.
You can find more information at www.rydercupwales2010.com
2 Seaweed
Laverbread is produced from the edible seaweed ´laver´ which grows on rocky shores
west of Swansea in south Wales.
3 Catherine Zeta-Jones
Catherine Zeta Jones is from Swansea in South Wales. She won an Academy Award for
Best Supporting Actress for her role as Velma Kelly in Chicago.
4 Cardiff
Cardiff located in South Wales is the largest city in Wales. It has been the capital of
Wales since 1955 and has an approximate population of 306,000.
5 Snowdon
Snowdon in North Wales is 1085 metres (3,560 feet) high. In welsh it is known as
‘Yr Wyddfa’ which translates in English as ‘The Tomb’.
6 A Welsh festival of literature, music and performance.
The first Eisteddfod was held in 1176. Today the National Eisteddfod of Wales is
one of the largest cultural festivals in Europe and is held annually. The Llangollen
International Musical Eisteddfod also takes place annually in Llangollen in
north Wales.
7 England
Wales is on the western coast of the island of Britain, in north-east Europe. We’re
bordered by the sea on three sides and to the east by our neighbours in England.
 All About Wales – Quiz ANSWERS
8. Cymru
Welsh is one of the oldest languages in Europe and is spoken by 20.8% of the population of Wales.
9 Rhodri Morgan
The First Minister is the leader of the Welsh Assembly Government. It is the role of the Welsh Assembly Government
to make decisions, develop policy and propose Welsh Laws.
10 The Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
The stadium was built in 1999 to host the Rugby World Cup. It is now a multi-purpose, all round venue, attracting
over 1.3 million visitors per year.
11 1999
The National Assembly for Wales has powers to make legislation in Wales. It is made up of 60 Assembly Members
who are elected every four years.
12 Roald Dahl
The famous author Roald Dahl was born in September 1916 in Wales.
13 Leek and Daffodil
According to legend, Saint David advised the Welsh, on the eve of battle with the Saxons, to wear leeks in their caps
to distinguish friend from foe. The Welsh for leek (the original national emblem) is Cenhinen, while the Welsh for
daffodil is Cenhinen Pedr. Over the years they became confused until the daffodil was adopted as another emblem
of Wales along with the leek.
14 Dylan Thomas
Dylan was born on in October 1914 in Swansea. Today the Dylan Thomas Prize is awarded every two years to
recognise best published writer in English under the age of 30 from anywhere in the world.
15 Saint David
Saint David or Dewi Sant, as he is known in the Welsh language, lived in the sixth century. He became renowned as
a teacher and preacher, founding monastic settlements and churches in Wales.
16 Anthony Hopkins
Sir Anthony Hopkins CBE was born on December 31, 1937 in Margam, near Port Talbot in south Wales. He won an
Academy Award in 1992 for his portrayal of Hannibal Lector in Silence of the Lambs.
17 Dr Who
The popular BBC series is filmed in South wales. It is written by Russell T Davies from Swansea.
18 A welsh stew consisting of meat and vegetables
The word cawl in Welsh was first recorded in the 14th century and is thought to come from the Latin caulis,
meaning the stalk of a plant, a cabbage stalk or a cabbage.
19 A Red Dragon
The origins of Wales’ flag, a red dragon on a green and white field, are lost in legend but may derive from Roman
custom, a dragon having been the emblem of the cohort. In post-Roman times, legend warriors sometimes became
known as ‘dragons’. Legend tells too of the struggle between the red dragon of Wales and the white dragon of
England, foretelling the victory of the former. In 1901 the red dragon was officially recognized as the Royal Badge of
Wales, and in 1959 the Queen commanded that the red dragon on its green and white field should be the Welsh flag.
20 Hay on Wye
Due to its huge number of bookshops Hay on Wye is known as the ‘second-hand book capital of the world’. The
town is twinned with Timbuktu in the African nation of Mali.
21 Brecon
Brecon Jazz is held every summer in Brecon, Powys. It is host to a range of jazz musicians who travel from across the
world to take part. The festival is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2008.