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Welsh culture: a quiz

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Wales, which is part of the United Kingdom but self-governing in a number of respects, is only a small country but it packs a huge punch when it comes to culture, particularly in terms of language, writing and music. Its traditions go back thousands of years, and many are recognized and practiced today. There has been a definite revival of interest in Welsh culture in recent years, involving both the Welsh-speaking and English-parts of the province, with the aim being to involve as many people as possible in enjoying and taking part in a wide range of cultural activities.

Here is a quiz to test how much you know about the culture of Wales, and perhaps tell you something that you didn’t know before!

  • Question of

    What does the word “Eisteddfod” mean?

    • Ceremony
    • Festival
    • Session
    • Concert
  • Question of

    Which of these is not a Welsh Male Voice Choir?

    • Morriston Orpheus
    • Treorchy
    • Pontarddulais
    • Felling
  • Question of

    Who wrote the radio play “Under Milk Wood”?

    • Dylan Thomas
    • Edward Thomas
    • R S Thomas
    • Leslie Thomas
  • Question of

    Which of these composers was not born in Wales?

    • Alun Hoddinott
    • William Mathias
    • Ralph Vaughan Williams
    • Joseph Parry
  • Question of

    Where is the National Library of Wales?

    • Wrexham
    • Bangor
    • Cardiff
    • Aberystwyth
  • Question of

    Which of these districts of Wales has the highest percentage of Welsh language speakers?

    • Merthyr Tydfil
    • Gwynedd
    • Torfaen
    • Rhondda Cynon Taf
  • Question of

    Winning poets at an Eisteddfod can be awarded a crown, or what else?

    • A book
    • A table
    • A chair
    • A harp
  • Question of

    The traditional Welsh harp is notable for what feature?

    • It has eight pedals
    • It is cross-strung
    • It has three rows of strings
    • It is half the size of a standard harp
  • Question of

    Which of these TV stations broadcasts exclusively in Welsh?

    • S4C
    • Bay TV Swansea
    • BBC One Wales
    • ITV Wales
  • Question of

    Which of these newspapers is regarded as “The National Newspaper of Wales”?

    • Cambrian News
    • Western Mail
    • Western Telegraph
    • Y Cymro

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    • Either you know more than you thought or were able to work out the correct answers by eliminating the less likely ones – which is often a good tactic!

  4. Oops – 3 right! In the intro you call Wales a country, which though correct, is confusing for anyone not from these islands. However I must take issue with you calling it a province – it’s a principality! (You don’t even have provinces in Britain, do you?)

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    • Interesting! I suppose you could say that a principality is a special sort of province, although the term is more generally used for Northern Ireland than for Wales. Wales is a principality because it has a prince, but Scotland has surely to be a country? To call somewhere a country does not always imply sovereignty – and the phrase “the four countries of the United Kingdom” is commonly used.

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      • I don’t disagree about your use of ‘country’, but I know from experience that it is confusing for anyone not from these parts.
        You are incorrect however to equate Northern Ireland with a province: Ireland has 4 provinces (cúigú in Irish, literally meaning ‘fifth’ – go figure!), but while all of NI lies in Ulster, not all of Ulster lies in NI. In fact the latter comprises just 6 of Ulster’s 9 counties. One of those counties, Donegal, is the northernmost of the island, yet lies in “Southern Ireland’ ☺

        • It’s not just my mistake, then! I agree with you that this is not strictly correct, but the use of the word for both Northern Ireland and Ulster is so common as to have become generally acceptable. You will also hear people – including many in Northern Ireland – using “Ulster” when they have no intention of including Donegal or the other two Ulster counties.