IRELAND
FORWARD MARCH!
ST. PATRICK'S DAY
GREEN THINGS
SPRING FLINGS
100

THERE WERE CATS AND RATS AND ELEPHANTS, AS SURE AS YOU'RE BORN, BUT I JUST AIN'T SEEN NO ______?

UNICORNS

100

IF MARCH COMES IN LIKE A LION, IT WILL _____

GO OUT LIKE A LAMB

100

TRUE OR FALSE, GREEN WAS THE ORIGINAL COLOR FOR ST. PATRICK'S DAY

FALSE, IT WAS ORIGINALLY BLUE

100

ARE YOU JEALOUS? YOU MIGHT BE GREEN WITH _____

ENVY

100

SPRING IN AUSTRALIA RUNS SEPTEMBER TO NOVEMBER, TRUE OR FALSE?

TRUE

200

WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF IRELAND?

BELFAST

200

TRUE OR FALSE, MARCH WAS ORIGINALLY THE FIRST MONTH OF THE ROMAN CALENDAR

TRUE

200

THIS MYTHOLOGICAL CREATURE IS ASSOCIATED WITH ST. PATRICK'S DAY AND IRISH LORE

LEPRECHAUN

200

GREEN IS A MIXTURE OF WHICH TWO PRIMARY COLORS

BLUE AND YELLOW

200

WHAT CARNIVAL CELEBRATION TAKES PLACE BEFORE ASH WEDNESDAY?

MARDI GRAS

300

IRELAND'S GREAT FAMINE OF 1845-1852 STARTED WITH THE DESTRUCTION OF WHAT CROP?

POTATO

300

ROME FOUNDER ROMULUS NAMED THE MONTH OF MARCH AFTER WHICH ROMAN GOD: 

A) MERCURY

B) MARS

C) MORPHEUS

B) MARS, GOD OF WAR AND AGRICULTURE
300

ST. PATRICK'S DAY OCCURS DURING THIS MAJOR CATHOLIC HOLIDAY SEASON

LENT

300

THIS GREEN CHARACTER STOLE CHRISTMAS IN A CLASSIC DR. SEUSS BOOK

THE GRINCH

300

IN WHICH ASIAN COUNTRY DO CHERRY BLOSSOMS SIGNIFY THE START OF SPRING?

JAPAN

400

WHAT IS THE GAELIC WORD FOR A GATHERING WHERE THERE IS A PARTY, STORYTELLING, AND MUSIC?

CEILIDH

400

THIS AMERICAN NCAA COLLEGE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT IS TOTAL INSANITY

MARCH MADNESS

400

WHAT IS THE MOST POPULAR ALCOHOLIC DRINK ON ST. PATRICK'S DAY?

GUINESS

400

WHICH GREEN VILLAIN IS KNOWN FOR CACKLING "I'LL GET YOU, MY PRETTY"?

THE WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST

400

INTRODUCED IN GIMBELS DEPARTMENT STORES IN 1945, THIS HELICAL SPRING TOY HAS BEEN A HIT WITH KIDS FOR GENERATIONS

THE SLINKY

500

WHAT CITY IN IRELAND IS ALSO THE NAME OF A TYPE OF POEM THAT FOLLOWS THE "A A B B A" RHYMING SCHEME?

LIMERICK

500

WHAT NERDY HOLIDAY IS CELEBRATED ON MARCH 14?

A) PI DAY

B) STAR WARS DAY

C) PYTHAGOREAN-PALOOZA

A) PI DAY - THE MATHEMATICAL NUMBER PI IS 3.14

500

SOME BELIEVE ST. PATRICK USED SHAMROCKS TO EXPLAIN WHAT CONCEPT TO THE NATIVE IRISH PEOPLE?

THE HOLY TRINITY

500

THIS TART, BITTER, AND PEPPERY LEAFY GREEN IS OFTEN ADDED TO SALADS

ARUGULA

500

IN THE SPRING OF 1961, WHICH ASTRONAUT BECAME THE FIRST PERSON TO FLY INTO SPACE?

YURI GAGARIN

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