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17 Welsh Language quizzes and 170 Welsh Language trivia questions.
1.
  Dai the Dap travels the map!   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Our friendly Welsh globetrotter Dai the Dap visits places outside Wales which for various reasons have a Welsh version of their name. Can you work out, using some of Dai's clues, where in the world he is?
Average, 10 Qns, huw27, Mar 24 15
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1496 plays
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  All Things Blue   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I have been busy teaching my little nephew his colours in Welsh, and we have arrived at his favourite colour, which is blue, or 'glas' in Welsh. Come and learn with us, as we investigate (in Welsh of course) the many things in the world that are blue.
Average, 10 Qns, poshprice, Sep 15 13
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poshprice
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  Welsh Translations   top quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The language of Welsh is considered to be one of the oldest in the world and is described as the,'Language of Wizards.' Do you know the Welsh translations of well known sports, school subjects and colours amongst other things?
Average, 10 Qns, jonnowales, Jul 15 07
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976 plays
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  How Do You Say That In Wales?    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
You've arrived in Wales - a beautiful country with a tricky language! How will you get on with the new vocabulary?
Average, 10 Qns, MaggieG, May 11 17
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1225 plays
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  Live, Love, Laugh   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
With Christmas Day just around the corner, let's get festive and join Welsh-speakers, Rhys and Eleri, as they enjoy the run up to the big day. You will need at least a basic understanding of Welsh in order to do well on this quiz. Pob lwc i bawb!
Easier, 10 Qns, poshprice, Dec 29 12
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poshprice
330 plays
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  Welsh Place Names   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Ever been to Wales? Ever wondered why each place seems to have two names? That's because Wales has two languages, and the Welsh name for a place is always shown alongside the English name. Can you work out which place name is translated as which?
Average, 10 Qns, huw27, Dec 27 16
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huw27
725 plays
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  Welsh Flora and Fauna   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Some of these Welsh words will be obvious - with others, you'll need to follow the clues. But have fun, learn some Welsh - and score some points!
Average, 10 Qns, huw27, Jul 20 08
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huw27
467 plays
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  When Kankurette Began to Learn Welsh   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I was a huge fan of the Welsh band Catatonia in the '90s, and they got me interested in learning Welsh. I started studying it on Duolingo, and here's a few things I've picked up so far.
Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette, Nov 09 18
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Nov 09 18
177 plays
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  On the Road with Dai    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
You enjoyed your day in Cardiff with cousin Dai so much that you arrange another. This time you travel by car. What can you learn of the language on the way?
Average, 10 Qns, MaggieG, May 15 19
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MaggieG gold member
May 15 19
551 plays
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  A Day in the Life of a Welsh Speaking School Pupil   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz will test you on the vocabulary all pupils attending Welsh-speaking schools in Wales are familiar with. Are you up for the challenge?
Average, 10 Qns, poshprice, Jul 20 08
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poshprice
410 plays
trivia question Quick Question
Rather reluctantly your companion hands over some of his sweets. You haven't forgotten YOUR manners though. How do you thank him in Welsh?

From Quiz "How Do You Say That In Wales?"




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  A Day Out with Dai!   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Fancy a day out in Wales? Take the trip with Dai, your long lost Welsh cousin. He'll help you with all the basic conversational phrases you'll need. Have fun!
Average, 10 Qns, MaggieG, Nov 22 17
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Nov 22 17
727 plays
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  What's the Weather Like in Wales?    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
As any visitor to this fair land will know, we have an awful lot of weather in Wales. But how well would you be able to converse with the native Welsh speakers on what has to be one of their favourite subjects? Give it a go! You might surprise yourself!
Average, 10 Qns, MaggieG, Apr 08 05
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MaggieG gold member
744 plays
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  Welsh    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I am learning Welsh, so I thought I would make a short quiz on the language. This is my first quiz, so any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Average, 10 Qns, thequizmaster2, Jun 26 12
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377 plays
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  Welsh Colours    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
In each question I give you an object and you give me the colour. Easy? Of course it is - even if the questions are in Welsh!
Average, 10 Qns, MaggieG, May 28 07
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MaggieG gold member
980 plays
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  Memories of a Day Long Ago    
Multiple Choice
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"Taking a trip up to Abergavenny, hoping the weather is fine", was a big hit for Marty Wilde (father of Kim Wilde) in 1968. Would you like to join me on this day out?
Average, 10 Qns, mochyn, Jun 04 10
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564 plays
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  Can YOU speak Welsh?    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A quiz testing you on the Welsh language. Good for learners. Easy if you speak Welsh, hard if you don't.
Average, 10 Qns, dustythedog, Dec 12 07
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dustythedog
556 plays
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  Dwi'n siarad Cymraeg    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is my very first quiz :) This quiz is for all those Welsh people out there who SHOULD be able to speak basic Welsh.
Average, 10 Qns, Elphie-Thropp, Sep 17 12
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351 plays

Welsh Language Trivia Questions

1. Dai the Dap's first stop is a capital city of a country which borders Wales. Dai is in "Llundain" - how is this city known to the locals?

From Quiz
Dai the Dap travels the map!

Answer: London

This may surprise some people, but "London" takes its name from the Roman "Londinium". This in turn was based on the Celtic name "Llundem" or "Llundein" - which is where the "modern" Welsh name for London comes from. "Llun" is the Welsh word for "Monday". "Monday" is a derivation of "Moon Day" - and the Welsh/ Celtic word for "Moon" is "Lleuad". Somewhere in all of that the derivation of the name "London" sits - but the home of the Queen of England, Tower Bridge, the Crown Jewels and Westminster Abbey wouldn't have quite the same gravitas somehow if it was known as "Moon town", would it?

2. What is the Welsh name for the capital city, Cardiff?

From Quiz Welsh Place Names

Answer: Caerdydd

The word "Caer" means fort or stronghold - Cardiff was, and still is, the stronghold on the river "dydd", or "didi" - or "Taff" as it was Anglicized to. "Llandaff" is the cathedral on the Taff - now a suburb of Cardiff, "Tretaf" would be Tafftown (if it existed) and Cardigan is a town in Mid Wales - as well as being an item of clothing!

3. What does 'ci' mean?

From Quiz Can YOU speak Welsh?

Answer: Dog

Woof! meddai'r ci! (woof! the dog said)

4. There are a few sports in the Welsh language which begin with the word 'pêl'. That being known, what is the word for football?

From Quiz Welsh Translations

Answer: Pêl-droed

Only two of the above make sense and incidentally they are the two that you would be forgiven for confusing. Pêl-droed means football and pêl-rwyd translates as netball. From this you can gather that the word pêl indeed means ball. Lloegr is the name for England and cerddoriaeth is Welsh for music.

5. Which Welsh phrase means "What is the weather like?"

From Quiz What's the Weather Like in Wales?

Answer: Sut mae'r tywydd?

"Sut mae'r tywydd?" means literally how it is the weather, and is pronounced 'Sit my-ur tar-with'. "Pwy wyt ti?" means who are you? "Sut wyt ti?" means how are you? and "Ble rwy t'yn byw?" means where do you live?

6. It's just after one p.m. and your train arrives in Cardiff. There is Dai on the platform, waiting for you. How do you greet him?

From Quiz A Day Out with Dai!

Answer: Prynhawn da!

"Prynhawn da" is literally "afternoon good", the position of adjectives and nouns being usually reversed in Welsh. "Bore" is morning, "noswaith", evening. "Nos da", good night, is only used last thing at night.

7. Dyma banana. Pa liw ydy hwn?

From Quiz Welsh Colours

Answer: melyn

Many English words have been incorporated into the Welsh language as banana has here. The word 'melyn' means yellow, and is pronounced mel-in. "Dyma" (here is) sounds like 'dumber', and the phrase "Pa liw ydy hwn" (What colour is it?) is pronounced 'pa lew uddy hoon'.

8. One for the sports fans! If you went to watch Gareth Bale, Ashley Williams and Joe Allen play, what sport would you be watching?

From Quiz When Kankurette Began to Learn Welsh

Answer: Pel-droed

'Pêl-droed' is Welsh for 'football' (or 'soccer', if you're from the US), and Gareth Bale, Ashley Williams and Joe Allen are all Welsh footballers. 'Rygbi' is 'rugby', 'hoci iâ' is 'ice hockey', and 'tenis' is self-explanatory.

9. In order to get to the southern part of Wales by road, you cross a very wide river called the Severn. What specific name do Welsh speakers give to this river?

From Quiz How Do You Say That In Wales?

Answer: Hafren

'Saith' is the Welsh word for the number 7, 'savon' is French for soap, and 'afon' is the Welsh for river. Welsh speakers always regard the expression 'the river Avon' as a tautology, as it means 'the river River'.

10. What is the Welsh word for "Bread"?

From Quiz Dwi'n siarad Cymraeg

Answer: Bara

The traditional bread eaten in Wales is "Bara Brith" meaning "Currant Bread".

11. On St David's Day, you'll see a lot of people walking round with a "Cenhinen Pedr" in their buttonhole - what flower is this?

From Quiz Welsh Flora and Fauna

Answer: Daffodil

Literally translated, this means "Peter's Leek". Now, the leek is a well known Welsh symbol, possibly dating back to the time that Welsh archers wore leeks at Crecy to identify themselves, possibly going back to the times of St David. Nobody can give any coherent explanation of who Peter was though. It is thought that the Daffodil, notable for flowering around the time of St David's Day (March 1st) was introduced by David Lloyd George, the former British Prime Minister, as a brighter, more colourful emblem than the leek - and the fact that they share a name just adds to the confusion, I'm afraid!

12. What is Swansea known as in Welsh?

From Quiz Welsh Place Names

Answer: Abertawe

"Aber" is the mouth of the river, and the "Tawe" is the river that flows through Wales' second city. "Treralarch" would be the town of the swan, and alarch mor would be a literal translation of "Swan-sea". Swindon is a town some 150 miles East of Swansea in Wiltshire, England, and just sounds a bit like Swansea - the "English" version of the name probably came from Norse settlers there - "Sweyn" being another version of the Norse name "Sven", and "sey" meaning inlet.

13. What does 'Chwefror' mean?

From Quiz Can YOU speak Welsh?

Answer: February

Chwefror is February.

14. What would be the Welsh translation for the sport of squash?

From Quiz Welsh Translations

Answer: Sboncen

Sboncen is the translation for squash. Not a hugely popular game in Wales and had it not been for secondary school education in Welsh, the word for this sport would be relatively unknown amongst those who only speak enough to get by within the Welsh speaking communities. For those interested in what the other three mean, they are all numbers. Pedwar is four, pump is five and saith is seven.

15. Dai is thrilled to see you. "Sut wyt ti?" he calls, "How are you?" You're feeling fine. How do you respond to his question?

From Quiz A Day Out with Dai!

Answer: Da iawn

"Da iawn" literally translated as "good well", is usually accompanied by "diolch", "thank you". "Wedi blino" means tired, "ofnadwy" means "terrible", while "gweddol" means "so-so".

16. Dyma pys. Pa liw ydy hwn?

From Quiz Welsh Colours

Answer: gwyrdd

Many Welsh words sound like their English counterpart, even if the words don't always look alike. "Pys" are peas. "Gwyrdd" is green, and is pronounced (quite tricky this one) gw-i-rrth with a hard 'th' sound as in 'this' or 'that'.

17. 'Moron' in English means a silly person, but in Welsh, it means something quite different. In fact, it's a type of food. If I said, "Ges i moron i cinio", what vegetable would I have had for my tea?

From Quiz When Kankurette Began to Learn Welsh

Answer: Carrots

'Moron' is Welsh for 'carrots'. As for the other choices, 'potatoes' is 'tatws' (not to be confused with 'tatw', which means 'tattoo'), 'cabbage' is 'bresych' and 'onion' is 'nionyn'. These words, incidentally, are all collective forms of the noun, rather than singulative (i.e. an individual carrot, which would be 'moronen').

18. In Welsh, you greet people differently depending on what time of the day it is. What does "noswaith dda" mean?

From Quiz Welsh

Answer: Good evening

"Bore da" is good morning, "nos da" is good night, and "prynhawn da" is good afternoon. Good afternoon can also be said as "p'nawn da".

19. Dai the Dap next finds himself in the ancient city of "Caerliwelydd" in the north of England. It has a Welsh name because it was once part of the kingdom of Wales - although these days it is a long way from the Welsh borders. Where is Dai now?

From Quiz Dai the Dap travels the map!

Answer: Carlisle

Simply put, "Carlisle" and Cumberland/ Cumbria used to be part of Wales - even though it is over 150 miles away from the current border of Wales. "Caerliwelydd" means "The fort of Lliwelydd". Lliwelydd is likely to be an ancient Welsh prince, mentioned in the "Black Book of Carmarthen". The "Black Book" is one of the oldest surviving manuscripts in the Welsh language, and is a collection of poems and essays which outlines stories from early Welsh history.

20. If I was to put a plate of "cig moch, selsig, wy a ffa" in front of you, what meal would it be?

From Quiz Dwi'n siarad Cymraeg

Answer: Breakfast

cig moch is bacon selsig is sausage wy is egg ffa is beans so it would be a cooked breakfast.

21. Where in Wales would you be if you were in Caerfyrddin?

From Quiz Welsh Place Names

Answer: Carmarthen

Some confusion exists regarding the exact origins of the word "Caerfyrddin" - some say it came from the Roman name for the town, Maridinum (thus, the "fort of Maridinum) whilst others say it came from the wizard Merlin (Myrddin in Welsh), who myth and legend associate with the town. Merthyr Tydfil yn Welsh is Merthyr Tudful (so just a couple of vowel changes needed to make yourself bilingual in Merthyr), Beaufort is in Gwent, and Fordcastle I simply made up as a plausible, though completely fictitious, translation.

22. This subject is classed as a humanities subject within most schools. The Welsh call it daearyddiaeth but what do the English call it?

From Quiz Welsh Translations

Answer: Geography

Daearyddiaeth is the word for geography, you will most probably agree that this is quite a mouthful. The pronunciation of this word is quite difficult especially to those with no knowledge of the language, with tricky combinations such as the,'dd', which is pronounced as a,'th' sound, similar to that of the beginning of the English word,'the'.

23. How do you say "It's sunny" in Welsh?

From Quiz What's the Weather Like in Wales?

Answer: Mae'n heulog.

"Mae'n heulog" is pronounced 'mine haylog'. "Stormus" is stormy, "wyntog" is windy and "gymylog" is cloudy. The girl's name Heulwen, not uncommon in Wales, means Sunshine.

24. Dai rushes his favourite cousin off to a nearby cafe for some light refreshment. It's rather chilly outside and you could do with a bit of comfort. You want a hot chocolate. What do you ask for?

From Quiz A Day Out with Dai!

Answer: siocled poeth

"Sudd oren" is orange juice, "te gyda llaeth" is tea with milk, and "hufen ia" wouldn't do at all to warm you up as it's ice-cream!

25. Dyma eira (snow). Pa liw ydy hwn?

From Quiz Welsh Colours

Answer: gwyn

A fairly common Welsh name for girls is "Gwyneira" - in other words Snow-white. I bet you thought she only existed in a fairy tale!

26. The national symbol of Wales is the red dragon, or 'y ddraig goch'. What other, fluffier animal is also often associated with Wales?

From Quiz When Kankurette Began to Learn Welsh

Answer: Y dafad

A 'dafad' is, of course, 'the sheep'. As for the other answers, 'y ceffyl' means 'the horse', 'y crwban' means 'the tortoise', and 'y cwningen' means 'the rabbit'. When a noun begins with a vowel, 'y' changes to 'yr', e.g. 'yr aderyn' ('the bird').

27. Dai the Dap's next stop is in Penbedw. This is a town on the Wirral in England which has a permanent and special place in Welsh history, as it held the Eisteddfod of 1917 -known as the "Black Chair Eisteddfod". Where is Dai now?

From Quiz Dai the Dap travels the map!

Answer: Birkenhead

Pen = Head, Bedw = Birch. Fairly straightforward translation. The Birkenhead Eisteddfod will remain forever poignantly remembered as the Eisteddfod of the Black Chair. The highlight of the Eisteddfod week (since the National Eisteddfod was inaugurated in 1861) has been the chairing of the winning Bard. It is a ceremony of great tradition, pomp and theatre. In 1917, the Eisteddfod was held outside of Wales in Bikenhead (it has also been held twice in London, and three times in Liverpool). The adjudication of the "blue riband" poetry competition was made, and the bardic name of the winner was announced. Traditionally, the winner sits amongst the audience, and stands up at the sounding of the "Corn Gwlad" (the heraldic horn). He is then greeted by various key druids, and led to the stage where he is further lauded and feted before being allowed to "sit in the peace of his chair". In 1917, the name of "Hedd Wyn" was announced as the winner for his poem "Yr Arwr" (The Hero). But rather then look for the winner in the audience, a black shroud was bought onto the stage and placed over the chair. It was then announced that "Hedd Wyn's" real name was Ellis Humphrey Evans, and that he had been killed in the fields of Flanders a month previously. He had written his winning poem in the trenches, and sent it by post to the adjudicators, but before he could receive his rightful award he had lost his life. This poignant story was made into a Welsh language film, "Hedd Wyn", in 1992. The film contrasts the stark difference between the beauty and tranquillity of Evans' native Meirioneth and the horror of the trenches of Belgium in the First World War. It was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar in 1993.

28. What does the Welsh word "dwr" mean?

From Quiz Dwi'n siarad Cymraeg

Answer: Water

"Dwr" is the Welsh word for water; "yfed" is drink; "coffi" is coffee; and "te" is the word for tea.

29. Dinbych y Pysgod is quite a mouthful of a name for a gorgeous little Welsh fishing town - how is it known in English?

From Quiz Welsh Place Names

Answer: Tenby

Tenby (in Pembrokeshire, south west Wales) and Denbigh, on the north Wales coast, come from precisely the same origins - "Din", short for "Dinas", which these days means "City", but in older times, meant fort or stronghold, and "bych" which is the same as the modern "bach", which means "small". The "y pysgod" (the fishes) part was added onto the west Walian "Dinbych" to stress the importance of fishing to the small port - and you can still buy fish fresh off the fishing boats around the old harbour in Tenby to this day.

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