St.

Patrick’s Day
Trivia Games
Saint Patrick wasn't really Irish
at all! True or False?
True! His father was Italian and his
mother was Scot. He was born in
Scotland.
 Irish farmers in the spring would
do this to each member of their
family as they said, "In the name of
the Father, the Son and the Holy
Ghost."
(a) Pull the leaves off a shamrock.
(b) Give a toast with beer to each member.
(c) Mark a cross on their arm with ash.
(d) Hang a cross over their beds.
(c) Mark a cross on their arm with
ash from a burnt stick.
 St. Patrick changed Ireland's
national color to green. True or
False?
False. During his time the color was
blue. It only became green in the
19th century.
What is Ireland's nickname?

(a) The Emerald Isle.

(b) The Gold Isle.
(c) The Green Isle.
(d) The Lucky Isle.
 (a) The Emerald Isle.
Emerald Isle is the poetic name for Ireland due to
its green countryside.
W. B. Yeats is an Irish poet who
loved to write about:

(a) Leprechauns
(b) Fairies and Ghosts
(c) Trolls
(d) Mermaids
(b) Fairies and Ghosts
What Irish dance later became
popular in America in the early
century?
(a) Irish Funk.
(b) Irish Jig.
(c) Irish Bunny Hop.
(d) Irish Dragon dance.
(b) Irish Jig.
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A leprechaun is really an Irish:

(a) Shoemaker
(b) Thief
(c) Midget
(d) Magician
 (a) Shoemaker

He’s a little
shoemaker with a
reputation for being
rich, but mean.
 Ireland was the first country in
Europe to grow potatoes on a large
scale. True or False?
True.
 Kissing the Blarney Stone is
suppose to give you what?
(a) Moist Lips from the dew on the rock
(b) Good Luck in Love
(c) Remove shyness
(d) Heals you of body marks

The Blarney Stone is

a block of stone built
into the fortifications
of Blarney Castle,
Ireland.
 (c) Remove shyness.
According to legend, kissing the stone gives the kisser the gift of
the gab (great eloquence or skill at gallantry)
The color of green for Ireland
stands for:
(a) Nature
(b) Hope
(c) Life
(d) Jealousy
A/B. Some say nature others say
hope.
 In what location is it rumored that
leprechauns bury their pot of gold?
At the end of the rainbow.
St. Patrick is suppose to have
removed what from Ireland:

(a) Frogs
(b) Lizards
(c) Snakes
(d) Loch Ness Monster
(c) Snakes.
Why does a leprechaun wear
green?
(a) He loves the color
(b) A form of camouflage
(c) Because he felt it was lucky
(d)Because all clothes were green back
then.
(b) A form of camouflage.
It was to blend in with nature and hide better.
 What's a shillelagh?

(a) Just a big stick

(b) An Irish ballad
(c) The real Celtic spelling of the female
name "Sheila"
(d) None of the above
(a) Just a big stick.
The Irish are said to have brought
this breakfast to America?
(a) Oatmeal
(b) Pancakes
(c) Waffles
(d) Cream of Wheat
(a) Oatmeal.
If you ask for an Irish Coffee in a
restaurant, what do you get?
(a) Coffee in a green cup.
(b) Coffee with Whiskey in it.
(c) Coffee with cream.
(d) Coffee with beer in it.
(b) Coffee with Whiskey in it.
Muckanaghederdauhaulia, Co.
Galway is what?
(a) The longest river name in Ireland
(b) The longest town name in Ireland
(c) The longest county name in Ireland
(d) The longest castle name in Ireland
 (b) The longest town name in
Ireland.

Muckanaghederdauhaulia is a small town land in county Galway

which translates to “hill, shaped like a pig's back, between two
expanses of sea water”
THE HISTORY OF ST. PATRICK
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