Bits and Pieces Trivia Quiz

Answer: Hungary

Goulash is a warming dish of stew made from meat and vegetables and flavoured with paprika and other spices. It is said to originate from ninth century Hungary and is one of the national dishes.

Answer: The local preacher

Mr. Gruffydd is the kindly preacher who helps the boy Huw with his studies. He falls in love with Huw's sister Angharad and she with him, but they part and she marries another man. 'How Green was my Valley' has been adapted into a television serial and a film.

Answer: True

One way to remember this is that the ones at the top hang on tightly while the little mites (stalagmites) grow upwards. There are particularly beautiful examples of this kind of rock formation in the Cheddar caves, in Cheddar Gorge Somerset, England.

Answer: Spike Milligan

This may be the funniest graveyard inscription in the UK. It is written in Gaelic and is to be found in St Thomas churchyard in Winchelsea, East Sussex in the U.K. Spike Milligan was a well loved comedian and comedy writer. He was a member of the legendary Goons for whom he wrote most of the scripts. He died in 2002.

Answer: Mercury

Starting with the planet which is nearest to the sun and going outward the order is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Mercury is the smallest of the eight planets in our solar system. For every two orbits it makes of the Sun, taking around 88 Earth days, Mercury completes three rotations of its axis.

Answer: Lilac

Many popular plants which are widely seen in parks and gardens are poisonous if eaten. However, the lilac is perfectly safe. It is native to southeastern Europe and is of the genus of the olive tree. Usually blooming in early summer, the flowers are large and of a beautiful purple colour, or sometimes white. Some people consider the white flowers to be unlucky.

Answer: George VI

King George VI had a terrible stammer which was most inconvenient for someone in his position who had to make speeches. He sought help from a speech therapist called Lionel Logue, played by Geoffrey Rush. The story is about the trials and tribulations of overcoming the stammer, and how the two men became lifelong friends.

Answer: Westward Ho!

Westward Ho! is a seaside village near Bideford. It was created as a holiday destination by thirteen business people who bought some land and built a grand hotel, around which the rest of the village sprung up. Charles Kingsley wrote a book called 'Westward Ho!' in 1885, and many fans of the book travelled to Devon to see where it was set.

It may be that this inspired the name of the village. The other names are all made up.

Answer: My Old Man's a Dustman

This song was written and performed by Lonnie Donegan. It reached number one in the British, Irish, Australian, Canadian, and New Zealand singles charts in 1960. Lonnie, born Anthony James Donegan, was considered the king of skiffle, and was the most successful British recording artist internationally before the Beatles.

Answer: Great Dane

Despite their name these huge devoted and loving dogs originated in Germany. They were bred to hunt boar and protect the nobility's country estates. A dog called Zeus has been recorded as standing 3 foot 8 inches tall, measuring 7 feet 4 inches stood on his hind legs, with a weight of 155 pounds.