The Guild has a 'Wales' of a Time Quiz

Answer: big hill

Fellow Brit, TabbyTom, informs us that, according to Wikipedia, the Pennsylvanian town takes its name from an estate near Dolgellau in North Wales, but "Brewer's Dictionary of Names" derives it from the mining village near Ebbw Vale in South Wales. There is another place of the same name on the Lleyn Peninsula in the north-west. At all events, the name is Welsh and its meaning is clear.

There are plenty of other Welsh place names in Pennsylvania. Welsh-speaking Quakers established a "Welsh Tract" in the state, in the late seventeenth century, and some of the place names date from that time. Others appear to be of nineteenth-century origin: no doubt the burgeoning steel mills and coal mines attracted ambitious Welshmen doing similar work in South Wales.

Answer: Owain Glyndwr

CellarDoor steps out of her usual area of study to give us some historical information about the country's struggle for independence.
After a hundred and eighteen years of English rule, following the deposing of Llywelyn ap Gruffydd (also known as Llywelyn the Last), a young nobleman named Owain Glyndŵr decided that the time was right for the Welsh to rule themselves. Richard II had just been deposed by Henry IV, whose rule was shaky, and whose relationship with the Welsh nobles was far more strained. On September 16, 1400, Glyndŵr's supporters named him Prince of Wales (an honour that the English king never recognized) and the guerrilla war was on. Although the first five years saw many victories for the Welsh, by 1410 the situation was clearly in favour of the English. Glyndŵr was last seen in 1412 and is thought to have gone into hiding on his daughter's estate; the 1415 pardon offered him by Henry V marks the end of the revolt.

Although the Welsh Revolt devastated Wales economically, Glyndŵr is still remembered with love and loyalty as one of the great Welsh national heroes. In a legend reminiscent of King Arthur, it is said that he will someday rise again to defend his people when they are most threatened. The sexcentennial celebrations in 2000 saw the first Glyndŵr postage stamp, and his name appeared on parks and street signs all over Wales.

Answer: Cardiff

Apathy100 blends a little bit of history with a little bit of geography, about a subject that is near and dear to the hearts of most Welshmen!
S.A. Brain's was established and has operated as a Victorian brewery since 1882. In 1997, S.A. Brain's merged with the Crown Buckley brewery (which had been the oldest brewery up to that point) to officially become the largest brewery in Wales. After the merge, S.A. Brain's continued to brew most of the Crown Buckley products. Some, however, were taken off the line and discontinued. For many Welsh citizens, this was seen as an insult and many claimed that S.A. Brain's had officially ruined Buckley beer products.

All in all, however, visitors to the Cardiff region of Wales will not be disappointed when walking down St. Mary Street. The distinct aroma of beer can be smelled when walking near the old brewery. The company has taken special precautions to keep Buckley's brews separate and distinct from those of the Brain's brews. The most popular Buckley's brews include Buckley's Dark, Buckley's Best Bitter, and Reverend Jamesaehave. Popular Brain's, Brain's Dark, Brain's Bitter, and Brain's S.A. (Skull Attack).

Answer: William Mathias

Stedman's question focuses on another area beloved to most Welshman, music. The beautiful sound of a Welsh choir is hard to surpass, even if there haven't been a lot of Welsh composers!
Mathias was born in 1934 in Whitland, Carmarthenshire (now Dyfed), and studied at the Royal Academy of Music under Lennox Berkeley. His other compositions include an opera "The Servants", three symphonies, and a wide range of organ and choral works. In 1972 he founded the North Wales Music Festival, which he directed until his untimely death, aged 57, in 1992.

Answer: Twin Town

Stuthehistoryguy shows us that he has expertise in more areas than just history, by telling us about some local movie magic. Made in the same spirit as its more popular Scottish ("Trainspotting"), British ("Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels") and United States ("Pulp Fiction") counterparts, "Twin Town" also owes a great deal stylistically to Tod Browning's 1932 cult classic "Freaks".

In this movie, two comical, perpetually stoned nitwit brothers (who aren't really twins, but who are referred to as such by everyone as a running gag) show a much more dangerous side when they stumble into a web of fraud, murder, and drug traffic.

Answer: Sir Anthony Hopkins

Inspired by stu's cinematic theme, joemc37 reminds of some of the amazing talent that has come out of Wales.
Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins was born on December 31, 1937 in Margam, Port Talbot, Wales. Hopkins graduated from the College of Music and Drama in Cardiff, Wales in 1957. Although he has starred in many films, he won the Oscar for Best Actor for his portrayal of Dr. Hannibal Lecter in the 1991 hit "The Silence of the Lambs". Hopkins has also starred in "Hearts in Atlantis", "Amistad", "Meet Joe Black" and many others.

Answer: Catherine Zeta-Jones

Not to be outdone by joemc37, stu counters with a question about one of Wales' finest actresses.
Catherine has always taken great pride in her Welsh heritage. She speaks the Welsh language fluently, teaches it to her children, had a Welsh choir at her wedding to actor/producer Michael Douglas, and incorporated traditional Welsh designs on her wedding band. She made reference to her ethnic identification when accepting her Best Supporting Actress prize (for 2003's "Chicago") from noted Scottish nationalist Sean Connery, remarking: "A Scotsman giving a Welsh girl an Oscar - oh my...".

Answer: Mary Jones

Cymruambyth herself wants to talk about an important Welsh personality, but not one known for accomplishments on the silver screen. Mary (or Mari, to give her the Welsh spelling of her name) was born in 1878 in Llanfihangel y Pennant, a small village at the foot of Cader Idris.

Her parents were weavers who barely made enough to keep body and soul together, and could not afford to send their children to school. Mari learned to read at Sunday School, and when the teacher suggested that the students read a chapter of the Bible every day, she was determined to have her own Bible. For six years she saved every penny that came her way, and when she was 16 she finally had enough to buy her precious Bible.

In January of 1800, Mari walked 25 miles in bare feet (all her money went toward her Bible, not luxuries like shoes!) to the town of Bala to buy a Bible from the only person in the region who had Welsh Bibles for sale - the Rev. Thomas Charles. Rev. Charles had only one Bible left and that had been promised to someone else, but so moved was the clergyman by Mari's story that he let her have the Bible.

Indeed, he went even further and suggested to the Council for Religious Tracts that they set up a foundation to distribute Bibles printed in Welsh throughout the country. This they did and the idea caught on in England, too. In 1804, the British and Foreign Bible Society was founded to print Bibles in every known language. Now there are Bible Societies throughout the world. Mari's Bible was the 1799 edition printed in Welsh by the Society for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge at Oxford. It contained not only the Old and New Testaments but also the Apocrypha, the entire Book of Common Prayer and the metric Psalms set by Edmwnd Prys. Mari's Bible is now in the archives of the British and Foreign Bible Society in the Cambridge University Library.

Answer: Crocodile

Quiz_Beagle is interested in Cymruambyth's more personal family history, taking us just outside of Wales for her question, to the Cotswalds in nearby England. Cymruambyth's father's aunt and uncle once ran a bed-and-breakfast in Compton Abdale, catering to fisherman who were after salmon in the (reasonably)nearby Wye.
Here the water emerges from Great Oolite (limestone) rock formed into a spout of the jaws of a crocodile - complete with teeth!

Answer: Mount Snowdon

Skunkee relies on personal experience for her question on the stunning scenery to be found in the country.
Climbing to a height of 1,085 m (or 3,560 ft), Mount Snowdon is the highest mountain to be found in Wales. It's located in Snowdonia National Park, near Colwyn Bay, and is well worth the visit.
I confess that we took the train, rather than scale the heights on foot, and it was a most enjoyable experience. The train has been running for over 100 years and is powered by a combination of diesel locomotives and cars and steam locomotives. It is a "narrow gauge rack and pinion mountain railway" (definition courtesy of Wikipedia), a time honoured method of safely scaling the heights.