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Famous Welsh People

Name these famous Welsh people, past and present.
Quiz by alberici
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Last updated: January 1, 2015
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First submittedFebruary 7, 2013
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Clue
Person
What's new pussycat?
Tom Jones
British officer who helped
Arabs revolt in WWI
Lawrence of
Arabia
"Matilda" and "The BFG" author
Roald Dahl
Twice married to Liz Taylor
Richard Burton
He was Hannibal Lecter
Anthony Hopkins
First Tudor King
Henry VII
Player with the most
Premier League appearances
Ryan Giggs
Poet who did not go gentle
into that good night
Dylan Thomas
Caribbean privateer
and rum brand namesake
Henry Morgan
"Total Eclipse of the Heart"
Bonnie Tyler
Clue
Person
Real Madrid paid £85 million for him
Gareth Bale
Journalist who presumably found
Dr. Livingstone in Africa
Henry Morton
Stanley
Patron saint of Wales
Saint David
Pulled one sword from a stone
and got another from a watery tart
King Arthur
Knight of the above. Grew up in a forest
Percival
She sang three James Bond themes
Shirley Bassey
Founder of the NHS.
Voted greatest Welshman
Aneurin Bevan
British PM during WWI
David Lloyd
George
"World Without End" author
Ken Follett
James Bond of the 1980's
Timothy Dalton
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Level 77
Dec 27, 2014
No rugby players in that list? Surely JPR Williams, Gareth Edwards or Barry John could have been an answer?
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Level 49
Jun 25, 2018
or Shane Williams
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Level 85
Dec 31, 2014
"World Without End", not "Word Without End".
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Level ∞
Jan 1, 2015
Fixed
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Level 76
Jan 21, 2015
No Catherine Zeta-Jones?
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Level 69
Mar 1, 2015
I was missing her as well, but probably because Tom Jones is here too. You'd get two answers for 1 guess, because usually submitting Jones is enough to get CZJ
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Level 49
Jun 25, 2018
or Terry Jones ?
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Level 39
Mar 1, 2015
Dydd Gwyl Dewi Sant hapus!
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Level 42
Apr 13, 2015
Hwyl, ac i tithau!
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Level 88
Jul 9, 2019
Bzywd agrgh wyncwywydryn!
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Level 67
Jan 27, 2024
White-tailed eagle food
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Level 82
Mar 1, 2015
I typed "Henry" but didn't bother putting in numbers.
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Level 85
Sep 10, 2016
same mistake here
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Level 83
Feb 26, 2018
"Henry Tudor" should probably also be accepted.
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Level 83
Mar 1, 2015
Dydd Gwŷl Dewi Sant hapus i bawb!
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Level 88
Jul 9, 2019
How often do you bawb?
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Level 72
Mar 2, 2015
Please allow Parsifal for Percival.
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Level 56
Mar 4, 2015
Not sure how I managed to miss that Giggsy is Welsh.
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Level 76
Dec 28, 2016
Sad to see Bertrand Russell isn't on here, but a nice quiz nonetheless. I'm Welsh myself, and even I forget that some of these people are Welsh.
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Level 84
Jun 28, 2017
Couldn't remember Percival. Tried Lancelot, then Galahad. When they didn't work.....Bedevere.......and in sheer desperation....Robin. Then I gave up.
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Level 88
Jul 9, 2019
Isn't Sir Robin from The Holy Grail?
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Level 86
May 10, 2018
Tried Parsival and moved on.
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Level 86
Feb 12, 2019
Shocking quantity of vowels in these answers.
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Level 84
Dec 27, 2019
Tom Jones is Welsh? I had no idea. Also Gareth Barry now has the most EPL appearances.
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Level 44
Nov 16, 2020
Tom Jones is welsh?
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Level 83
Aug 15, 2020
please lose the Arthurian clues there are enough real famous welsh people to choose from, anyway many versions of the legend state that it is based in Cornwall.
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Level 56
Aug 28, 2020
Saying that William Wallace is now accepted as being Welsh even in Scotland, by intellectuals . His name William of Wales ( or Welsh men ) belonging to the Stirlingshire Welsh
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Level 44
Nov 16, 2020
William Wallace, Owain Glyndŵr
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Level 81
Jan 6, 2021
When you try Dalton, you get Dahl for free, thanks!
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Level 70
Oct 19, 2023
Wasn't Dahl Norwegian?