St. Patrick
St. Joseph
March Madness
Rainbows, Gold, and Clovers
The Annunciation
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The feast day of Saint Patrick

March 17th

100

The date of the Solemnity of St. Joseph

March 19th

100

This local school won the men's national championship in 2002 and the women's national championship in 2006.

University of Maryland Terrapins

100

The light from a rainbow comes from this

The sun

100

The date of the Annunciation of the Lord

March 25th

200

St. Patrick was said to have described the Holy Trinity using this plant.

Three leaf clover

200

St. Joseph has no quoted words in scripture. This gospel does not mention St. Joseph at all. 

Gospel of Mark 

200

On March 13, 2018, this Maryland school was the first 16-seed to beat a 1-seed in the NCAA tournament.

UMBC Retrievers (beat UVA) 

200

This NFL team is named after a western gold rush in the mid 1800s

The 49ers
200

This occurs nine months after Annunciation

Christmas

300
Historically, St. Patrick is not associated with the color green, but this color.

Blue

300

St. Joseph is the patron of many causes… what does his May 1st feast day celebrate?

St. Joseph the Worker

300

This current NBA superstar had 40 points for Davidson vs 7-seed Gonzaga in the first round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament.

Stephen Curry

300

This Irish word means clover

Shamrock

300

Gospel passage where we hear the account of the Annunciation

Luke 1:26-38

400

St. Patrick was enslaved as a teenager and taken to Ireland to do this.

Herd sheep

400

St. Joseph is commonly depicted with this flower which typically blooms in early Spring around his feast!

Lily

400

This then 98-year-old religious sister was the famous chaplain of the 11-seed Loyola University Chicago Ramblers during their 2018 cinderella run to the Final Four.

Sister Jean (Jean Dolores Schmidt, BVM)

400

Rainbows are created when light passes through raindrops acting as this optical device

prism

400

The decade of the rosary that meditates on the Annunciation

The first joyful mystery

500

Saint Patrick was not born Irish but this nationality

Roman

500

St. Joseph descended from this famous Israelite king

King David

500

This historic college basketball team won 7 consecutive NCAA titles (1967-1973), coached by legend John Wooden.

UCLA Bruins

500

The typical vocation of a leprechaun is thought to be this

Shoemaker

500

This liturgical event causes the feast to be transferred to the Monday after the Second Sunday of Easter 

Holy Week