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- In the Welsh language, Cardiff is ‘Caerdydd’ (formly Caerdyf). ‘Caer’ means ‘fort’, and ‘dyf’ derived from the name of the local river, the River Taff. Today, 11% of Cardiff residents are fluent Welsh speakers. Cardiff has more castles than any other city in Europe! It has three: Cardiff Castle, Castle Coch and St Fagans.
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- Which famous children's author grew up in Cardiff? Answer: Roald Dahl. Roald Dahl grew up in Cardiff in a Norwegian family and was christened in the little Norwegian church in Cardiff Bay.
- Which famous comedian's parents were married in Cardiff? Answer: Bob Hope. Bob Hope's parents married in Cardiff in April 1891. Bob's mother was Welsh, his father English.
- Cardiff was the first UK city to be twinned with a city in which country? Answer: China. Cardiff was the first UK city to be twinned with a Chinese city when it was twinned with Xiamen in 1983.
- Cardiff is one of Europe's youngest capital cities. In which year did it become a capital? Answer: 1955. Previously there was no capital city since Wales was a Principality of England.
- Not surprisingly, the signs at the train station in Cardiff are in English and Welsh. What is Welsh for "Cardiff Central"? Answer: Caerdydd Canolog. The Welsh for Cardiff is "Caerdydd" and for Central is "Canolog."
- The Baycar takes you from the train station to Porth Teigr, where I took this picture standing near the Norwegian Church. What town lies directly across the bay?
- A short walk led me to this modern glass and steel structure. What type of people work in this building? Answer: Government Officials. This is the Senedd, which houses the chambers of the Welsh Assembly.
- The Pierhead Building is well known for its elaborate exterior. What kind of earthenware covers the building? Answer: Terra Cotta. The Pierhead's bright red exterior is classic Terra Cotta.
- As with most geographical locations, Cardiff's design and functionality was heavily influenced by the local geology. At one point, Cardiff was the largest port in the world that exported a certain geological product.
- Cardiff's ability to act as a port is dependent on the city lying on a navigable body of water. Which of the following bodies of water lies to the south and south east of Cardiff?
- The Welsh capital, Cardiff, has its fair share of rivers but its main waterway flows in a beautifully meandering fashion through the centre of the city and has a mouth in Cardiff Bay.
- To the south of Cardiff lies a town which has gained widespread recognition as being the home of a character from the TV show 'Gavin and Stacey'. What is the name of this town which experiences a large tidal range, the second largest in the world?
Cardiff quiz with questions and answers about the River Taff, the Senedd and the Wales Millennium Centre. The best Cardiff trivia.
A 21st century city. Present-day Cardiff is an exciting, multicultural city, teeming with shops, boutiques, bars and restaurants, both in the city centre, its adjacent suburbs, and in Cardiff Bay, the latter the result of an ambitious project that redeveloped a large section of the city’s dockyard into a leisure complex and freshwater lake.
Jun 11, 2022 · Can you pick the right image about culture and traditions of Cardiff, Wales? Test your knowledge on this geography quiz and compare your score to others. Quiz by mucciniale.
cardiff.gov.uk. Cardiff (/ ˈkɑːrdɪf /; Welsh: Caerdydd [kairˈdiːð, kaːɨrˈdɨːð] ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. Cardiff had a population of 372,089 in 2022 [2] and forms a principal area officially known as the City and County of Cardiff (Welsh: Dinas a Sir Caerdydd).
