St. Paddy's Day History
Mythological being that is part of St. Patrick's Day lore and Irish culture.
What are Leprechauns?
The oldest and largest St. Patrick's Day Parade in the world.
What is the New York City St. Patrick's Day Parade?
What date is International Women’s Day celebrated worldwide?
What is March 8?
This nurse and social reformer is known as the founder of modern nursing.
Who is Florence Nightingale?
Sacred St. Patrick's Day Symbol.
What is a Shamrock?
What iconic structure turns green to celebrate Saint Patrick's Day in England?
What is the London Eye?
Women’s History Month started as a week-long celebration in which U.S. state in 1978?
What is California?
Which female scientist helped pioneer the use of X-ray machines in battlefield medicine during World War I, and became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
Who is Marie Curie?
St. Patrick allegedly banished an animal from Ireland.
What is a snake?
In 2020, the St. Patrick's Day parade was canceled in NYC for the first time in how many years because of COVID?
What is over 250 years?
What organization, founded by Clara Barton in 1881, provides emergency aid and disaster relief worldwide?
What is the American Red Cross?
The scientist who discovered the structure of DNA but did not receive the Nobel Prize.
Who is Rosalind Franklin?
In the 17th century, green became associated with St. Patrick's Day. What color was associated with the holiday originally?
What is Blue?
Up until the 1970s, what used to be closed in Ireland on St. Patrick's Day?
What are pubs? (accept, what are bars?)
Which U.S. President officially declared March as Women’s History Month in 1987?
Who is Ronald Reagan?
Who was the first female surgeon in the U.S. Army during the Civil War, known for her medical innovations?
Who is Dr. Mary Edwards Walker?
Saint Patrick wasn't actually Irish like many think. This location is where he was thought to originally be from.
What is Scotland? (or acceptable, What is Wales?)
How many pounds of green vegetable dye are now used to turn the Chicago River green?
What is 40 pounds?
What major historical event helped spark the women’s rights movement and laid the foundation for Women’s History Month?
What is the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848?
This American surgeon and researcher was the first woman to lead the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Who is Bernadine Healy?