Find out what you know about Wales - and learn so much more - with the Welsh Quest Quiz – over 500 multiple-choice questions covering anything and everything to do with Wales! Play for as little or as long as you want - the winner could be the first person with 12 or 24 correct answers, or the one with the most correct answers in 15 or 30 minutes. It’s your quiz - play it how you want!
It’s simple - each round has 12 questions covering History, Land and Nature, Culture and Modern facts about Wales. You ask the player on your left a question, ask him/her the appropriate question and read out the three suggested answers. Alternatively, appoint a quiz-master for each round and everyone can have a go at answering all the questions. The correct answers are underneath (be good though - don't cheat by peeking at the answers!) and some of the answers also have a further explanation.
Whether a person answers correctly or not, play immediately moves onto the next player, continuing until a winner is crowned - or if everyone answers the same questions, just tot up the answers at the end of the rounds to see who has won. And that’s it - have fun learning and sharing what you know about Wales!
Here's some sample questions:
Questions
1. The first book to be printed in Welsh was Sir John Price’s Yn Y Lhyvr Hwnn. What did the title literally mean?
a. In Life’s Quest b. In This Book c. In Our Hymns
2. Snowdonia was the third National Park to be established in Britain. When did it come into existence?
a. 1851 b. 1901 c. 1951
3. What is ‘Wenglish’?
a. type of English spoken in southern industrial valleys b. a traditional carol from Hay-on-Wye c. type of pottery from Flintshire
4. How many Welsh children were living in poverty according to a 2002 report by Save the Children?
a. one tenth b. one quarter c. one third
5. What happened at Island Farm near Bridgend during the Second World War?
a. it was demolished by a bomb b. it was flooded c. largest break-out by German prisoners of war
6. What might you be exploring if you visited Newborough Warren?
a. castle b. general wildlife habitat c. standing circles
Answers
1. b. In This Book
The words ‘Yn Y Lhyvr Hwnn’ were in fact the first sentence in Price’s book published in 1546. By 1660, over 108 books had been published in Welsh.
2. c. 1951
3. a. type of English spoken in southern industrial valleys
4. c. one third
5. c. largest break-out by German prisoners of war
6. b. general wildlife habitat
Newborough Warren is a National Nature Reserve on Anglesey covering 1,500 acres of shifting sand dunes and forest. Hundreds of years ago, rabbits colonised the area, hence its name. After a major storm, Queen Elizabeth I once passed a law making the
cutting of marram grass, a plant that stabilises the dunes, a capital offence.
It’s simple - each round has 12 questions covering History, Land and Nature, Culture and Modern facts about Wales. You ask the player on your left a question, ask him/her the appropriate question and read out the three suggested answers. Alternatively, appoint a quiz-master for each round and everyone can have a go at answering all the questions. The correct answers are underneath (be good though - don't cheat by peeking at the answers!) and some of the answers also have a further explanation.
Whether a person answers correctly or not, play immediately moves onto the next player, continuing until a winner is crowned - or if everyone answers the same questions, just tot up the answers at the end of the rounds to see who has won. And that’s it - have fun learning and sharing what you know about Wales!
Here's some sample questions:
Questions
1. The first book to be printed in Welsh was Sir John Price’s Yn Y Lhyvr Hwnn. What did the title literally mean?
a. In Life’s Quest b. In This Book c. In Our Hymns
2. Snowdonia was the third National Park to be established in Britain. When did it come into existence?
a. 1851 b. 1901 c. 1951
3. What is ‘Wenglish’?
a. type of English spoken in southern industrial valleys b. a traditional carol from Hay-on-Wye c. type of pottery from Flintshire
4. How many Welsh children were living in poverty according to a 2002 report by Save the Children?
a. one tenth b. one quarter c. one third
5. What happened at Island Farm near Bridgend during the Second World War?
a. it was demolished by a bomb b. it was flooded c. largest break-out by German prisoners of war
6. What might you be exploring if you visited Newborough Warren?
a. castle b. general wildlife habitat c. standing circles
Answers
1. b. In This Book
The words ‘Yn Y Lhyvr Hwnn’ were in fact the first sentence in Price’s book published in 1546. By 1660, over 108 books had been published in Welsh.
2. c. 1951
3. a. type of English spoken in southern industrial valleys
4. c. one third
5. c. largest break-out by German prisoners of war
6. b. general wildlife habitat
Newborough Warren is a National Nature Reserve on Anglesey covering 1,500 acres of shifting sand dunes and forest. Hundreds of years ago, rabbits colonised the area, hence its name. After a major storm, Queen Elizabeth I once passed a law making the
cutting of marram grass, a plant that stabilises the dunes, a capital offence.
