Wales True or False?

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1. The world's first steam-locomotive was used in Wales

Built by Richard Trevithick, first used in 1804

True

False

2. Most people in Wales speak Welsh as either a first or second language

Only about 21% can speak Welsh

True

False

3. Welsh settlers established a colony in Argentina in 1865

There are several Welsh speaking settlements in Patagonia

True

False

4. Wales was named after whales, the animal

'Wales' comes from a Germanic word for 'foreigner', though whales do swim in Welsh waters

True

False

5. Mount Everest was named after a Welshman

George Everest was Surveyor General of India

True

False

6. The original stones of Stonehenge came from Wales

They originally came from the Preseli Hills in west Wales

True

False

7. There is a village in Wales called Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

It was formed with the merging of two villages, and translates as "St Mary’s Church in the Hollow of the White Hazel near a Rapid Whirlpool and the Church of St. Tysilio near the Red Cave”

True

False

8. Wales has a higher sheep to human ratio than New Zealand

Wales 3:1, New Zealand 8:1

True

False

9. The village of Hay-On-Wye is twinned with Timbuktu

The whole country of Wales is also twinned with Lesotho

True

False

10. The city of Wales is the easternmost mainland settlement in all of the Americas

It's actually the westernmost