Ddraig Goch - HOME Goch's pub quiz
#05
1. Who lived in a boat house near Carmarthen
DYLAN THOMAS

2. Welshwoman Nicole Cook represents Wales in which sport
CYCLING

3. Which small Welsh town is known as the "Second-hand book-shop capital of the world"
HAY-ON-WYE

4. Who won a Butlins' Talent contest at the age of 10 and starred in The Darling Buds of May before hitting Hollywood
CATHERINE ZETA JONES

5. What is the more common name for the National Mining Museum of Wales
BIG PIT

6. Llewellyn the Great wrongly killed his dog, in which village is the dog buried
BEDDGELERT

7. What name is given to the bridge that links Anglesey to the mainland
MENAI BRIDGE

8. James Bond married the daughter of a South Wales Steel Worker, who was she
DOROTHY SQUIRES (Roger Moore)

9. In which year did the Aberfan Disaster take place 1966, 1967 or 1968
1966 (21st October)

10. Gilbern was the name of which Welsh product
A CAR

11. Who was declared King of Wales in 1404
OWAIN GLYNDWR

12. Which Welsh town has been host to these two truly great events, World Bog Snorkelling and Mid Wales Beer Festival was it Builth Wells, Llandridnod Wells or Llanwrtyd Wells?
LLANWRTYD WELLS

13. Where is the National Library of Wales, Cardiff, Swansea or Aberystwyth
ABERYSTWYTH

14. What was Ray Reardon's job before he became a snooker wizard - (Milkman, Mailman or Miner)
MINER

15. Where was Prince Charles invested as Prince of Wales in 1969 Caernarvon , Camarthen or Cardigan castle
CAERNARVON CASTLE

16. In 1881 Wales greatest and perhaps most powerful union was formed, which was it ?
WALES RUGBY UNION

17. Where was Wales first club golf course built in 1888, Porthcawl, Mumbles or Tenby
TENBY

18. This famous writer of children's stories, short stories and tales of the unexpected was born in Llandaff in 1916, who was he
ROALD DAHL

19. Who made the total of 155 world wide when they came to Cardiff in 2003 with the UK's second largest
IKEA

20. Which famous mountain was named after a Welshman, was it Mount Barrington, Mount Rushmore or Mount Everest
MOUNT EVEREST

21. Who was the Welsh Goon
HARRY SECOMBE

22. What do you always get as "two-for-the-price-of-one" in Wales, but never in England
ROAD SIGNS ours are always in 2 languages

23. Who did Tommy Woodward become better known as
TOM JONES

24. The Western Mail first rolled off the presses in which year 1869, 1899 or 1939
1869

25. If Jones is the first what is Wales' second most popular surname
DAVIES

26. Who managed the Welsh Football team for 47 days in 1994
JOHN TOSHACK

27. Which Capital City is nearest to St David's in Pembrokeshire.
CARDIFF

28. T.E. Lawrence - alias Lawrence of Arabia was born in which area Brecon Beacons, Llyn Peninsular or The Vale of Neath.
LLYN PENINSULAR (Tremadog)

29. Which Welsh island is still home to a functioning monastery
CALDEY ISLAND

30. Who was the first ever Welsh Labour MP (elected in Merthyr Tydfil in 1900)
KEIR HARDIE

31. Which Welsh football team has the nickname The Robins
WREXHAM

32. Wales is a small country but it is the home to Europe's largest what - Tree, Chapel or Bog
BOG

33. Sir Henry Morgan was a famous Welsh what
PIRATE

34. Which Welsh lad had a hit with "Walked on Air"
ALED JONES

35. The sea port of Newport was built on which river
THE USK

36. Where was the Land speed record of 146 mph set, by Sir Malcolm Campbell in 1926
PENDINE SANDS

37. Which Welsh snooker player won the Benson & Hedges Masters and got into the Embassy World Championship final in 2000
MATTHEW STEVENS

38. Welshman Elihu Yale, major benefactor and founder of Yale University was buried where USA or Wales
WALES (St Giles, Wrexham)

39. What meat goes into a Glamorgan Sausage
NONE It's cheese based

40. Which Welsh "Eliza" did it three time for the James Bond films
SHIRLEY BASSEY (she was born Eliza Bassey)

Tie Breaker:
How long, in miles, is Offas' Dyke?
168 miles
Compiled by Hazel Harris