Welsh Geographical Quiz

Here's the last of the set, this one's to test your knowledge of the geography of Wales.

1.Name the New Town in Gwent, designated in 1949.
2.Which city am I describing ? Granted the Royal Charter as a city in 1969, exactly 800 years after its original charter.
3.Where are Mount Stuart-Butetown redevelopment, Penarth Marina and Pengam Park ?
4.Where or what is Ynys-Mon ?
5.Name Wales's World Heritage Site.
6.Wales has two National Trails (= long-distance routes). Name them.
7.Wales has four AONB's (= Areas of Outstanding Natiural Beauty): Their names, please.
8.Wales has three Designated National Parks. Name them and which present-day counties they cover.
9.Name the extreme points of mainland Wales: a)most northerly; b)most westerly; c)most southerly and d)most easterly.
10.Wales has two major lakes - one in Powys and one in Gwynedd. Name them.
11.On what date was Monmouthshire transferred from England to Wales as the county of Gwent ?
12.Wales has the deepest cave in all the U.K. at 308m (1010ft). Where? and What's it called?

1pt per answer or sub-section of answer. Good luck !

[Sir Jock o The Strap]

1. Don't know, go for Newport
2. Swansea
3. Vale of Glamorgan
4. Anglesey, north west wales.
5. Beaumaris Castle
6. Glyndŵr's Way and the Pembrokeshire Coast Path
7. Bryniau Clwyd AoHNE / Clwydian Range AONB / Gwyr AoHNE / Gower AONB / Llyn AoHNE (Lleyn AONB) / Ynys Mon AoHNE / Anglesey AONB
8. Snowdonia National Park, The Brecon Beacons National Park and Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. Snowdonia is partly in the county of Gwynedd, and partly in the county borough of Conwy. Brecon Beacons is Llandeilo in the west to Hay-on-Wye in the east. Running clockwise around the coast, these are the south Pembrokeshire coast, including Caldey Island; the Daugleddau estuary; the St Bride's Bay coast, including the coastal islands; and the Preseli Hills.
9. North (isle of Anglesey) or Llandudno West Wrexham or Monmouth East Pembrokeshire South Vale of Glamorgan
10. Lake Vyrnwy and Bala Lake
11. 1844
12. Ogof Ffynnon Ddu

[barbelman]

Argghhhhhhhh!! :(

No need to fret Barbelman, Jock answered them all - but not all of the answers were correct, so there's still some points to be won !

Jocks answers -
1. Newport incorrect, third largest town in Wales, I think it was up for a royal charter as a city round about the time of the millenium, but missed out ? 0pts
2. Swansea correct, 1pt
3. I really wanted a town or city but can give 0.5pt
4. Anglesey correct, 1pt
5. Beaumaris castle is part of the answer, but too small a fragment to allow a fraction of a point !
6. Both correct (Offas Dyke Path being the same as Glyndwr's Way). 2pts
7. Clwydian Range incl.Offa's Dyke; Gower peninsular; Lleyn peninsular and Anglesey - all correct, 4pts
8. Good answer, you got all three parks for 3pts, but only mentioned one modern-day county (Gwynedd) for just 1 more point.
9. Too vague, you have to name the specific locations to get any points.
10. Correct, (Bala Lake also known as Llyn Tegid). 2pts
11. Incorrect. It were always known as Monmouthshire when I were a lad !
12. Correct (location is in South-west Powys) 1pt.

Leader:
[glow=red,2,300]Sir Jock o' the Strap 15.5pts [/glow]

A few left for Barbelman to pick the bones from :
1) 3) 5) 8) 9) 11).

[Sir Jock o The Strap]

1. Cwmbran

3. Ok I would assume that Penarth Marina is in Penarth!!!! Again I assume that Pengam Park is in Pengham, closest towns I think are Rumney (about a mile from the park) Roath ( again about a mile away) And of course the capital of wales Cardiff (around 2 miles away) Penarth is approx 4 miles from Pengam. Mount Stuart redevelopment is in Cardiff I hope! So answer should be CARDIFF

5. The castles of Beaumaris and Harlech and the fortified complexes of Caernarfon and Conwy are listed as world heritage sites.

8. Merthyr Tydfil (Brecon Beacons) Pembrokeshire (Pembrokeshire Coast National Park.)

9.The most southerly point of mainland Wales is at Breaksea Point, Vale of Glamorgan.
The most northerly point of Wales is just north of Llanlleiana, Isle of Anglesey.
The most easterly point of mainland Wales is at Lady Wood Park, Monmouthshire.
The most westerly point of mainland Wales is at Pen Dal-aderyn, Pembrokeshire.

11. 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972!

Phase two of Jock's answers - even more difficult to score than the first !

1. Cwmbran, correct, 1pt. (Wales's other new town is Newtown which was designated as such in 1967).
3. Cardiff, correct for the other 0.5pt (a good logical process got you there in the end.)
5. The castles and town walls of Caernarfon, Conwy, Beaumaris and Harlech (all in Gwynedd), correct, 4pts
8. No extra points here, as the modern-day counties were called for: Pembrokeshire coast is part of Dyfed; Snowdonia is in Gwynedd; and the Brecon Beacons National Park includes the Black Mountains and the Usk Valley, and thus spreads through Powys, Dyfed, Gwent and Mid-Glamorgan.
9. Interesting one this. I asked for mainland Wales so the Isle of Anglesey doesn't count ! Most northerly therefore is Point of Air, Clwyd (in the old county of Flintshire); most westerly is indeed Pen Dal-aderyn for 1pt; most easterly is Lady Park Wood (not Lady Wood Park) but I'll give it for 1pt. Most southerly is almost a dead-heat between your Breaksea point and my Roose Point.
Breaksea is at latitude +51.51"N, Roose is at latitude +51.38"N so technically Roose gets it, but Wikepedia lists Breaksea as the southernmost so Jock gets it. 1pt.
11. Correct, actual date was April Fool's Day 1974. ;) 1pt.
So that's an extra 9.5pts.

Quiz ended:
[glow=red,2,300]Sir Jock o' the Strap 25pts[/glow]