St. David's Day Quiz
Forty questions and answers about Wales and the Welsh. St. David's Day is celebrated on March 1.
Questions I
- Offa's Dyke is an ancient earthwork on the border of England and Wales, it stretches from which town in the south to which town in North Wales?
- The flag of Saint David is what colour cross on a black field?
- Which future English king was born at Pembroke Castle in 1457?
- Which limestone headland on the north coast of Wales derives its name from the Old Norse word for sea serpent?
- Name the 19th-century Gothic Revival castle, designed by Victorian architect William Burges for the Third Marquess of Bute, above the village of Tongwynlais in South Wales?
- St David died on 1 March in which century?
- Where would you find Goscar Rock?
- In which market town of the Llyn Peninsula was Plaid Cymru founded in 1925?
- Which village and popular tourist attraction in Ceredigion gets its English name from the unusual road bridge on the edge of the village?
- What is the name of the Neo-Gothic folly situated on the top of a hill near Llanarthney in Carmarthenshire? It was erected in honour of Lord Nelson.
- What is the name of the aqueduct that carries the Llangollen Canal across the River Dee?
- Which geological period did geologist Roderick Murchison name after a warlike Celtic tribe occupying what is now south east Wales?
- In 1081, who made a pilgrimage to the shrine of St David's to pray?
- What is the rural village of Penderyn in the Cynon Valley, Rhondda Cynon Taf, now famous for?
- Which Welsh town was Admiral Horatio Nelson visiting when he described it as "the finest port in Christendom"?
- Where would you see the words: "Creu Gwir fel Gwydr o Ffwrnais Awen", which means: "Creating truth like glass from inspiration’s furnace."?
- Cader Idris lies at the southern end of the Snowdonia National Park near which town?
- Unveiled By Sir Anthony Hopkins in 2008, in which Welsh town is there a statue of Tommy Cooper?
- Welsh operatic tenor Stuart Burrows was born in the same street in Cilfynydd, South Wales, as which fellow opera star?
- What was the North East Wales Institute of Higher Education renamed in 2008?
- What is the largest town on Anglesey?
Answers
- Chepstow to Prestatyn (There is a visitor centre at Knighton.)
- Yellow cross
- Henry VII
- The Great Orme (overlooking the town of Llandudno)
- Castell Coch
- 6th century (589) (buried at the site of St David's Cathedral)
- Tenby (the prominent rock in the bay)
- Pwllheli
- Devil's Bridge
- Paxton's Tower
- The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
- The Silurian (the Silures)
- William the Conqueror
- Whisky (Wales Penderyn whisky)
- Milford Haven
- The Wales Millennium Centre
- Dolgellau
- Caerphilly (Tommy Cooper's birthplace)
- Sir Geraint Evans
- Wrexham Glyndwr University
- Holyhead
Questions About Wales II
- In which market down did Owain Glyndwr hold a parliament in 1404?
- In which seaside town south-west of Aberystwyth on Cardigan Bay did Dylan Thomas and his family live in from September, 1944, until July 1945?
- Which village in Gwynedd was flooded in 1965 to create the reservoir, Llyn Celyn?
- A blue plaque on a house in Canton, Cardiff reads : "This boy became a Ruritanian king who gave his people dreams & songs to sing." Which famous Welshman was born there?
- What is the historic environment service of the Welsh Government called?
- Which word of Welsh origin, meaning "throne", is a community or meeting of modern-day bards?
- Wales’ oldest multi-ethnic community, what was the local name for the area of Cardiff which covered Cardiff Docks and Butetown?
- Which 7 miles long beach on the shores of Carmarthen Bay will always be associated with world land speed record attempts?
- Cyfarthfa loosely translates from the Welsh for 'a place of barking'. We need two answers, in which town is Cyfartha Castle and in which film was there a character called Cyfartha?
- Since 1983, which famous sports manufacturer has based its global headquarters in Bridgend?
- Which decade saw Cardiff named the capital city of Wales?
- Which national museum was opened in 1972 at Gilfach Ddu, near Llanberis in Caernarfonshire?
- Oten referred to as the "last invasion of mainland Britain", in which coastal town did a landing by French troops occur in 1797?
- The A542 road from Llandegla to Llangollen runs through which mountain pass in Denbighshire?
- Which abbey was founded on 9 May 1131 by Walter de Clare, Lord of Chepstow?
- Located on the south-facing side of Christchurch Hill, which resort is owned by Sir Terry Matthews?
- Which President of the Welsh Rugby Union from 1993 to 2004, was also awarded the Victoria Cross during the Second World War?
- Which town, four miles from the Wales–England border, is just north of Powis Castle?
- Name the range of hills in north Pembrokeshire?
- Which headland, the furthest westerly point of the Gower Peninsula, is only accessible on foot via a causeway for two and a half hours either side of low tide?
Answers
- Machynlleth
- New Quay
- Capel Celyn
- Ivor Novello (15th. Jan. 1893)
- Cadw
- A gorsedd (plural: gorseddau)
- Tiger Bay
- Pendine Sands
- Merthyr Tydfil and How Green Was My Valley (Cyfartha played the 'boxing manager' of boxer Dai Bando)
- Winmau (the leading dartboards manufacturer)
- 1950s (1955)
- The National Slate Museum
- Fishguard
- The Horseshoe Pass
- Tintern Abbey
- Celtic Manor Resort
- Sir Tasker Watkins
- Welshpool
- The Preseli Hills or, Preseli Mountains
- Worm's Head