Q1) 1st March is Saint David’s Day Day: the patron saint of Wales. Saint David is traditionally portrayed with which bird: a crow, an eagle or a dove … ?
Q2) In addition to the Welsh, he’s also the patron saint of whom: vegetarians, pescetarians or fruitarians?
Q3) Saint David is also the patron saint of which Welsh county … ?
Q4) The Welsh flag takes two of its colours — green and white — from the coat of arms of which English king: Henry 6th, Henry 7th or Henry 8th … ?
Q5) Saint David was bishop of the town called Tyddewi in Welsh, and Menevia by the Romans. What’s the city NOW called … ?
Q6) In 2003, the American Film Institute named Hannibal Lecter as the greatest film villain of all time. Which Welsh actor played Lector, in The Silence of the Lambs … ?
Q7) Which Welsh singer had an 2008 international hit, with Mercy … ?
Q8) Penderyn is a distillery in Wales: producing the first Welsh what, for over a century?
Q9) Welsh Rarebit is — basically — cheese on … what … ?
Q10) Finally … the Cambrian News, the Wrexham Evening Leader and the Carmathen Journal, are all Welsh what … ?
Q1) 28th February, 1883, saw the first vaudeville theatre open in Boston. What’s the nearest British equivalent to vaudeville: burlesque or music hall … ?A1) Music Hall.
Q2) In a non leap year, 28th February is the last day of the month. What’s the last day of February, in a leap year … ?A2) 29th February.
Q3) 28th February, 2013, saw Pope Benedict 16th’s resignation take effect. He was the first pope to resign since which year of the 15th Century … ?A3) 1415.
Q4) 28th February, 1820, saw the birth of illustrator, Sir John Tenniel. Best known for his work on the works of Lewis Carroll, which satirical magazine did he draw cartoons for … ?A4) Punch.
Q5) Finally … 28th February, 1940, saw the first televised basketball game: broadcast from Madison Square Gardens. Name either of the teams, playing that game.A5) Fordham University versus the University of Pittsburgh.
“There are still parts of Wales where the only concession to gaiety is a striped shroud.”Gwyn Thomas.
Q1) 1st March is — obviously — Saint David’s Day, the feast day of the patron saint of Wales. What’s the Welsh phrase for Saint David’s Day … ?
Q2) Welsh is spoken in Wales: and in part of which South American country … ?
Q3) A greeting in Welsh is included on golden records on which spacecraft … ?
Q4) Which member of the Fantastic Four speaks Welsh … ?
Q5) Which Welsh speaking actress played Livia, in the TV series, I, Claudius … ?
Q6) And finally … Which designer’s parents were from Welsh mining families … ?
Q1) 28th February, 1928, saw C. V. Raman discover the Raman Effect: the scattering, in liquids, of what: neutrinos, photons or tachyons … ?A1) Photons.
Q2) 28th February, 1980, saw which Spanish region vote to become autonomous … ?A2) Andalusia.
Q3) 28th February, 1935, saw Wallace Carothers invent Nylon. Whilst working for whom: Mexichem, DuPont or Texize … ?A3) DuPont.
Q4) 28th February, 1940, saw the first ever televised basketball game, between two university teams: at which New York venue … ?A4) Madison Square Gardens.
Q5) And finally … 28th February, 1922, saw the UK declare which of its protectorates to be independent … ?A5) Egypt.
“Years and years and years ago, when I was a boy, when there were wolves in Wales, and birds the colour of red-flannel petticoats whisked past the harp-shaped hills, when we sang and wallowed all night and day in caves that smelt like Sunday afternoons in damp front farmhouse parlours, and we chased, with the jawbones of deacons, the English and the bears, before the motor car, before the wheel, before the duchess-faced horse, when we rode the daft and happy hills bareback, it snowed and it snowed.”Dylan Thomas.
Q1) True or false; - Anglesey is the largest offshore British island.
Q2) How many Welsh national parks are there?
Q3) How many Welsh county councils are there?
Q4) Spell Rhondda.
Q5) The Welsh national Library is in which town? (Extra point for the correct spelling.)
Q6) Dylan Thomas died after drinking to much of which Mexican drink?
Q7) In which year of the 70's did Sir Anthony Hopkins win his 1st Golden Globe?
Q8) Sir Anthony’s starred in “The World’s Fastest …” what?
Q9) True or False: - The new series of Doctor Who is made in Wales.
Q10) What was the name of the Welsh actress in “The Liver Birds”
A1) True.
A2) Two
A3) Nine - the other thirteen are county borough councils
A4) RHONDDA.
A5) Aberystwyth.
A6) Tequila.
A7) 1978.
A8) Indian.
A9) True.
A10) Nerys Hughes.
Q11) What's the highest mountain in Wales?
Q12) Which Welsh singer got described on the Catherine Tate show as having “… the voice of an angel, and the liver of a wino”?
Q13) Catherine Zeta Jones is married to which movie star?
Q14) Which famed Welsh movie star narrated Jeff Wayne’s “War of the Worlds” LP?
Q15) Who's the only Welsh actor to have played James bond?
Q16) Which Welsh bridge features on recent pound coins?
Q17) Which former All Black plays for the Cardiff Blues?
Q18) Welsh stone was used to make Stonehenge, and a stone circle at which nearby Wiltshire village?
Q19) Which South American country has a long established Welsh speaking population, Argentina, Brazil, or Chile?
Q20) How old was Prince Charles when he was made Prince of Wales?
A11) Snowdon.
A12) Charlotte Church.
A13) Michael Douglas.
A14) Richard Burton.
A15) Timothy Dalton.
A16) The Telford Suspension Bridge.
A17) Jonah Lomu.
A18) Avebury.
A19) Argentina.
A20) 21.
