Tuesday, March 15, 2011

St. Patrick Day Quiz

 St Patrick Day is just 3 days away
Celebrate St. Patrick and all things Irish by showing your know-how for the Emerald Isle!
 Add your answers in the comment box  

Why did St. Patrick first go to Ireland?
A  He had been kidnapped and enslaved
B   To battle the Celts of the Romans
C  To convert the Celts
 D  To sale merchandise

Why is St. Patrick's Day celebrated on March 17?
A     It’s the day he drove the snakes out of Ireland
B     It’s the day he died
C     It s the day st Patrick
D   It was the day he began  his ministry in Ireland

St. Patrick used the image of a shamrock to explain what to the people of Ireland?
A The levels of purgatory
B The holy trinity
C  Three strikes and you are out
D  The seven deadly sins

What happens if you don't wear green on St. Patrick's Day?
A You must find a 4 leaf Clover
B You must dance a Jig
C You will have bad luck for the next year
D  You get pinched.

What was St. Patrick's birth name?
A  Liam O’Conner
B  Sean mccomock
C   Maewyn succat
D  Joesph Murphy

According to legend, what should you never do if you meet a leprechaun?
 A  Ask him for his gold
B  Ask him his name
C  Take your eyes off him
D  Get him drank

When visiting Blarney Castle, it is common practice to do what to the Blarney Stone?
A  Hug it
B  Slap it
C  Kiss it
D  Lick it

Where is the Guinness headquarters?
  A  Leixlip confey
B   Hammersmith gate
C  St James gate
D   Landsdowne road

Located at the Trinity College Library in Dublin, what is in the Book of Kells?
A  The four gospels of the New Testament
B  The lords pray
C  The Ten Commandments’
D   The book of genesis

"Craic" is Irish slang for what?
A Flat beer
B Gossip or a joke
C Potatoes
D  Dance

Answers to be posted Thursday
So check back and see how well you did


n-éirí an t-ádh leat!




4 comments:

  1. He had been kidnapped and enslaved
    It’s the day he died
    The holy trinity
    You will have bad luck for the next year
    Seamus Hogan
    Ask him for his gold
    Kiss it
    St James gate
    The four gospels of the New Testament
    Dance

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  2. He had been kidnapped
    Day he Died
    The holy trinity
    Have to find a 4 leaf clover
    Maewyn succat
    get him drunk
    kiss it
    st james gate
    four gospels of the the new testament
    flat beer

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  3. Kidnapped
    17th is the day he died
    the holy trinity
    dance a jig
    Maewyn succat
    ask him for his gold
    Kiss it
    st James Gate
    four gospels
    dance

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  4. Fun quiz Let see for the first one
    He was Kidnapped
    March 17 was the day he died and St Patty's day
    Shamrock is the holy trinity
    If you dont wear green you get pinched
    His birth name was Maewyn Succat
    never ask a leprechaun for his gold
    must Kiss the Blarney stone
    Guinness is in St James Gate
    the book of Kells is the four gospels of the new testament
    Craci dance

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