St Patrick
What day in March is St Patrick's Day on: (A) 10, (B) 17, (C) 28
(B) 17
What is Ireland's nickname? (A) Emerald Isle, (B) Little Britain, (C) Greenland
(A) Emerald Isle
If you ask for an Irish Coffee in a restaurant, what do you get?
(a) coffee and beer
(b) coffee and green creamer
(c) coffee and whisky
(C) coffee and whisky
The first St. Patrick's Day parade was held in this year?
(a) 1988
(b) 1845
(c) 1737
(c) 1737
In what location is it rumored that leprechauns bury their pot of gold?
(A) Ireland
(B) Under a bridge
(C) End of the rainbow
(C) End of the rainbow
St Patrick is associated with what color: (A) Green, (B) Blue, (C) Red
(B) Blue
W. B. Yeats is an Irish poet who loved to write about:
(a) Leprechauns
(b) Fairies
(c) Trolls
(b) Fairies
The Irish are said to have brought this breakfast to America?
(a) Oatmeal
(b) Pancakes
(c) Waffles
(A) Oatmeal
The oldest known Irish stone carvings show people playing this instrument:
(a) Fiddles
(b) Harps
(c) Flutes
b) Harps
Why does a leprechaun wear green?
(a) He loves the color
(b) A form of camouflage
(c) Because he felt it was lucky
(b) A form of camouflage
St Patrick is said to have driven what animal out of Ireland: (A) Snakes, (B) Walruses, (C) Foxes
(A) Snakes
A leprechaun is supposed to have held what occupation:
(a) Shoemaker
(b) Thief
(c) Magician
(a) Shoemaker
A popular Irish dish that is shredded cabbage, minced onions, mashed potatoes and melted butter is known as:
(a) Mulligatawny
(b) Shepherds' Pie
(c) Colcannon
(c) Colcannon
In 1997, this became legal in Ireland:
(a) Marrying at age 13
(b) Divorcing
(c) Drinking at age 16
(b) Divorcing
The first St. Patrick's Day parade was held in this city?
(a) Boston
(b) New York
(c) Philadelphia
(a) Boston
Saint Patrick was Irish: True or False?
False
What book idea did Irishman Hugh Beaver originate?
(a) Encyclopedia Britannica
(b) World Guinness Book of Records
(c) Webster Dictionary
(b) World Guinness Book of Records
Irish pubs are closed on which day of the year:
(A) Christmas
(B) St Patrick's Day
(C) New Year's
(A) Christmas
In the movie, "The Quiet Man", who played the role of "The Quiet Man?"
(a) Robert Mitchum
(b) John Wayne
(c) Kirk Douglas
(b) John Wayne
What's a shillelagh?
(a) A big stick
(b) An Irish ballad
(c) The real Celtic spelling of the female name "Sheila"
(a) A big stick
St Patrick used what Irish plant to explain the Christian theological concept of the Trinity?
(A) Three-leaf clover
(B) Palm tree
(C) Moss
(A) 3-leaf clover
Kissing the Blarney Stone is suppose to give you what?
(A) Heals you of warts
(b) Good Luck in Love
(c) Remove shyness
(c) Remove shyness
The potato is native to Ireland. True or False?
False
St. Patrick was a missionary for how long?
(a) 20 years
(b) 30 years
(c) 50 years
(b) 30 years
The Celtic cross has a circle in the center. What does it represent?
(a) Sun
(b) Moon
(c) Eternity
(A) sun