Food
Ireland
Other
Traditions
Traditions
100

Buttermilk, salt, baking soda and flour are the basic ingredients in what traditional Irish food?

Irish Soda Bread

100

What is the capital of Ireland?

Dublin

100

What is the average number of drinks consumed per person on St. Patrick's Day?

4.2

100

What do the three leaves of a shamrock represent?

Holy Trinity

100

What color must you wear on St. Patricks day?

Green!

200

Name five marshmellow "charms" in Lucky Charms cereal

Magical marshmellow hearts, stars, horseshoes, clovers, blue moons, unicorns, rainbows, and tasty red balloons

200

What is the official currency in Ireland?

The euro

200

What is another name for Ireland?

The emerald isle

200

What city dies the river green for St. Patricks?

Chicago

200

What happens if you don't wear green?

You get pinched

300
What is a boxty?
Irish potato cake
300

What common reptile is not naturally found in Ireland?

Snakes

300

How many pints of Guinness do drinkers consume on St. Patrick's Day worldwide?


13 million

300

How do leprechauns earn their gold?

Making and mending shoes

300

What beer is considered a traditional "respectful start" to St. Patrick's Celebrations?

Guinness

400

What traditional Irish dish combines mashed potatoes and cabbage?

Colcannon

400

What are the colors of the Irish Flag?

Green, white, and orange

400

What is the highest number of leaves ever recorded on a single clover stem?

63 

400

How long is Dublin's annual St. Patrick's Day Festival?

Traditionally, three 

400

Why do we wear green?

It makes you invisible to leprechauns, sparing you from getting pinched.

500

The American St. Patrick’s Day tradition of green beer stretches back over 100 years. A 1914 news article cited what ingredient as the source of the green color?

"wash blue" a laundry whitener

500

In which Irish city will you find the Blarney Stone?

Cork

500

What U.S. president was the first Irish Catholic to be elected to Office? 

John F. Kennedy
500

Where was the first St. Patricks Day parade ever recorded?

St Augustine in 1601

500

What is the most disrespectful color to wear on St. Patrick's Day?

Orange