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Welsh Weekly 32

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

17fed o Fai is Twm Siôn Cati day. What was his official name?

a)

John Pierce Jones

b)

Thomas Jones

c)

Twm Siôn Dafydd

2.

Lance Corporal William Windsor was demoted to the rank of fusilier for 3 months. What did he do to deserve this?

a)

Putting a moustache on a painting of the Captain

b)

Walking too slowly in a parade and headbutting the drummer

c)

Being caught trying to ride a statue

3.

What fits the gap in this old Welsh song? ‘Daw hyfryd ___’ (The lovely ___ approaches)

a)

Fis (month)

b)

Amser (time)

c)

Wyliau (holidays)

4.

Fill in the words to the song. Paham mae ____, O Myfanwy? (Why the ____ , of Myfanwy)

a)

Dicter (anger)

b)

Glaw (rain)

c)

Problem

5.

Where was John Ystumllyn, a talented gardener from the 18th century in the Cricieth area?

a)

Gorllewin Affrica neu’r Caribi (West Africa or the Caribbean)

b)

Caswis (Wiston)

c)

Awstralia

6.

On 25 o Fai ‘Robbie’ the last pit pony in South Wales worked his last shift. But what year?

a)

1999

b)

1979

c)

1959

7.

Melangell was the patron Saint of what?

a)

Ysgyfarnogod

b)

Draenogod

c)

Eliffantod

8.

The Mimosa left Liverpool on 28fed o Fai 1865 to take a group of Welsh people to where to establish a new society?

a)

California (UDA)

b)

Patagonia (Yr Ariannin)

c)

Pennsylvania (UDA)

9.

What is the ghost of Princess Gwenllian ferch Gruffydd searching for in Cydweli?

a)

Her husband

b)

Her horse

c)

Her head

10.

‘Diwedd y gân yw’r geiniog’ (the end penny is the end of the song) is a Welsh idiom. What does it mean?

a)

Rhaid talu am bob gwasanaeth (you have to pay for every service)

b)

Mae popeth yn dibynnu ar arian (everything depends on money)

c)

Rhaid esbonio rhywbeth nes bod pobl yn deal (you have to explain things until the penny drops)