QUIZ: HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT WALES?

This Saturday, March 1st., is St David's Day. St David is the patron saint of Wales.

Do the quiz to find out how much you know about Wales!  The answers are at the end of the quiz:

1.  Wales is

a region
a state
a country or nation

2.  The capital of Wales is

Swansea
Cardiff
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3.  Which of the following is not a symbol of Wales?

onion
leek
daffodil
dragon

4.  What is the most popular sport in Wales?

cricket
football
rugby

5.  Who is not Welsh?

Cerys Matthews
Shirley Bassey
Sean Connery
Anthony Hopkins

6.  The current Prince of Wales is

Prince William
Prince Charles
Prince Harry

Prince of Wales's Feathers

7.  Which of these mountains is not in Wales?

Snowdon
Ben Nevis
Caerphilly Mountain

8.  An eisteddfod is

an arts festival
a cake
a musical instrument

9. Which is the traditional instrument of Wales?

piano 
accordion
harp

10. Dylan Thomas was

an actor
a poet
a singer 

11.  Welsh rarebit is

cheese on toast with other ingredients
a cocktail
an animal


12.    In English, the Welsh national anthem is called

Land of Song
Land of My Fathers
Land of Wales

To see the answers, highlight the space below:

1. a country or nation  2. Cardiff  3. onion  4. rugby  5. Sean Connery 6. Prince Charles  7. Ben Nevis  8. an arts festival  9. harp  10. a poet  11. cheese on toast with other ingredients  12. Land of My Fathers

TEN FACTS ABOUT 2014

TEN FACTS ABOUT 2014

1.  2014 sees the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War, or Great War. Official commemorations will be held in many countries.

2.  In Wales, the centenary of the birth of the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas  [27th October 1914 - 9th November 1953] will be celebrated.

Statue of Dylan Thomas
in his hometown of Swansea

3.  On 1st January 2014 Latvia adopted the euro and became the 18th eurozone country.

4.  The Winter Olympics will be held in Sochi, Russia from 7th - 23rd February 2014.

5.  The FIFA World Cup will be held from 12th June - 13th July 2014 in Brazil.

6.  The Commonwealth Games will be held in Glasgow, Scotland from 23rd July - 3rd August 2014.  This will be the largest multi-sport event ever held in Scotland.

7.  On 18th September 2014 a referendum on Scottish independence from the United Kingdom will be held in Scotland.

8.  The United Nations has designated 2014 as the International Year of Family Farming and of Crystallography.

9. The 25th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall [1989] is on 9th November 2014.

10. The 300th anniversary of the accession of the House of Hanover to the British throne is on 1st August 2014.

King George III of the United Kingdom
by Allan Ramsay

MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVERYONE!

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TWELVE FACTS ABOUT NELSON MANDELA

Image:  South Africa The Good News / www.sagoodnews.co.za

TWELVE FACTS ABOUT NELSON MANDELA

1.  His original first name was Rolihlahla.

2.  A teacher gave him the name Nelson.

3.  His father was a Mvezo chief.

4.  He had 13 brothers and sisters.

5.  At university he studied law and he continued these studies when he was in prison.

6.  He wanted equal rights for all people in South Africa. He fought to end apartheid, a cruel system of racial segregation under which black people could not vote or own land.

7.  He spent 27 years in prison because of his political activism.

8.  Nelson Mandela's prison guard, Christo Brand, became his friend.

9.  After his release from prison, Nelson Mandela became South Africa's first black President and the country's first democratically elected President.

10. He believed that education and sport, as well as politics, could change the world.

11. He is sometimes known as Madiba, a Xhosa [tribe] title of respect.

12. Nelson Mandela received over 250 honours, including the Nobel Peace Prize, during his life.

Nelson Mandela, 18th July 1918 - 5th December 2013

TWELVE FACTS ABOUT PRESIDENT KENNEDY

Tomorrow sees the 50th anniversary of the assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35th President of the United States.  Here are twelve facts about him:

1.   He was one of nine children.
2.   He had lots of childhood illnesses and passed the time reading.
3.   He published his first book when he was 23.
4.   In the Second World War he served in the US Navy.
5.   He was the first person born in the 20th century to serve as President of the United States.
6.   He founded the Peace Corps.
7.   He wanted the United States to be the first country to send a man to the moon [which happened six years after his death].
8.   He believed in equal rights for everybody.
9.   As President, he always made time for his children.
10. When the Kennedys visited Paris in 1961, the President's wife Jacqueline was such a success that he joked, "I am the man who accompanied Jacqueline Kennedy to Paris - and I have enjoyed it!"
11.  In 1962 he reached agreement with Premier Khrushchev of the Soviet Union to save the world from nuclear war over the Cuban Missile Crisis.
12.  An eternal flame burns at President Kennedy's grave in Arlington National Cemetery.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE TIPS

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A-Z English Language Tips - come evitare gli errori più comuni nell'uso della lingua inglese.

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A-Z English Language Tips - come evitare gli errori più comuni nell'uso della lingua inglese. 

Piace a tutti!

GUY FAWKES NIGHT WORDSEARCH

Guy Fawkes

The 5th November is Guy Fawkes Night or Bonfire Night in Britain. We remember the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, when some conspirators led by a man called Guy Fawkes tried to blow up [far saltare] Parliament. We have bonfires [dei falò] and eat hot food like soup, jacket potatoes and sausages. We also eat a spicy cake called Parkin. You can read more here.

GUY FAWKES NIGHT WORDSEARCH

C N N N F L Q J J F C R P N S

L O S O B O N F I R E E A I O

T D N O I F W R E B S T R K U

T R Z S A S E B M R A A L R P

M I E W P W O E N W U E I A M

A S K A O I V L S V S F A P O

R E L R S O R Y P O A E M Z R

S A K E N O T A Y X G E E U Z

J S A P P X N A C R E B N D H

T E K C A J P E T Y E Z T T M

R E D W O P N U G O Q U F C L

P E N N Y F L E J L P I A I Y

Z D G L T F Z O Q H F K H S Q

A N D G U M P G T B E H T K W

A J G Y U G K J L P T O O R S

BEEFEATER

BONFIRE

CAKE

CONSPIRACY

EXPLOSION

FAWKES

FIFTH

FIREWORKS

GUNPOWDER

GUY

JACKET

NOVEMBER

PARKIN

PARLIAMENT

PENNY

PLOT

POTATO

SAUSAGE

SOUP

TREASON

Beefeaters or Yeomen of the Guard.
They search Parliament for gunpowder [polvere da sparo]
every year before the Queen opens the session.
Image - Wikipedia