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45+ St. Patrick’s Day Trivia Questions and Answers

Do you know who St Patrick was? Saint Patrick was a 5th-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland. The foremost patron saint of Ireland was born in Roman Britain in the fourth century into a wealthy Romano-British family.

Saint Patrick’s Day, also called the Feast of Saint Patrick, is a cultural and religious celebration held on 17 March, the traditional death date of Saint Patrick. If you are curious to know much more about this day, so this article is for you. Are you ready to learn some history about Saint Patrick’s Day?

St. Patrick’s Day trivia

St. Patrick’s Day trivia

1) When is the cultural and religious celebration of Saint Patrick’s Day held?

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On 17 March

2) In which century Saint Patrick’s Day was made an official Christian feast day?

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In the early 17th century

3) What is another name for Saint Patrick’s Day?

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Feast of Saint Patrick

4) Why the Irish and many other countries in the world celebrate this day?

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The day commemorates Saint Patrick and the arrival of Christianity in Ireland and celebrates the heritage and culture of the Irish in general.

5) What type of celebrations generally involve in this day?

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Public parades and festivals and the wearing of green attire or shamrocks.

6) What the Christians do who belong to liturgical denominations?

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They attend church services.

7) Where does this day taken as a public holiday?

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In the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Montserrat.

8) In which countries this day widely celebrated?

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United Kingdom, Canada, United States, Brazil, Argentina, Australia, and New Zealand, especially amongst Irish diasporas.

9) According to legend, what Saint Patrick used to explain the Holy Trinity to Irish pagans?

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The three-leaved shamrock.

10) Which custom of Saint Patrick’s Day was historically popular?

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The custom of “drowning the shamrock” or “wetting the shamrock”.

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St. Patrick’s Day trivia facts

11) Which plant St. Patrick used as a visual guide when explaining the Holy Trinity?

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Shamrock plant

12) Where did the first St. Patrick’s Day Parade hold?

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In America

13) What is the original color of St. Patrick’s Day?

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Blue

14) Which beverages widely consumed on St. Patrick’s Day?

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Beer

15) What does each leaf of the clover means?

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Hope, Faith, Love and Luck.

16) Which year marked the first time Chicago dyed their river green for St Patrick’s Day?

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In 1962

17) Which drink is one of the most popular drinks on St. Patrick’s Day?

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Guinness

18) What is Saint Patrick’s nickname?

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The nickname for Patrick is always Paddy and not Patty.

19) What did the Irish prime minister, present to the U.S. president?

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A crystal bowl of live shamrocks as a symbol of the close ties between the two countries.

20) Which country has Shamrocks as the national flower/emblem?

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Ireland

One of the costumes of this festival is at the end of the celebrations, a shamrock is put into the bottom of a cup, which is then filled with whiskey, beer, or cider. It is then drunk as a toast to Saint Patrick, Ireland, or those present. The shamrock would either be swallowed with the drink or taken out and tossed over the shoulder for good luck.

St. Patrick’s Day trivia names

St. Patrick’s Day trivia

21) Which city’s name translates from Irish Gaelic into English as ‘dark pool’?

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Dublin

22) A type of woolly jumper was given their names by which Irish islands?

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Aran Isles.

23) Where the Belfast Lough and River Lagan meet, which city stands?

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Belfast

24) What is another name of Dublin’s Ha’penny Bridge?

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The Liffey Bridge

25) What is the Gaelic name for the Fairy Folk’s eternal home?

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Tir na Nog.

26) Which Irish saint is said to have visited America 1000 years before Columbus?

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Saint Brendan.

27) Which meat did an Irish stew traditionally contain, before the lamb was used?

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Goat

28) What is Kissing the Blarney Stone is believed to confer?

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The gift of the gab

29) Which saint is supposed to have brought Christianity to Ireland in 453 AD?

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St Patrick

30) What did St Patrick supposedly chase out of Ireland?

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All the snakes.

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31) ‘The city of the tribes’ is the name of which city of Ireland?

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Galway

32) For the logo of Guinness which traditional musical instrument was adopted?

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Harp

33) How many leaves does a shamrock have?

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Three

34) Kerry gives its name to which breed of terrier?

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Kerry blue

35) The flute was famous for playing by which Irish musician?

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James Galway

36) What type of creature leprechaun?

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Fairy

37) Which profession does the leprechaun practice?

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Shoemaker

38) What does the green color stands for, in Ireland?

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Hope

39) What is the scientific name for clover?

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Trifolium

40) In the memory of what St. Patrice’s day is celebrated?

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In the memory of his death

St. Patrick’s Day trivia questions

St. Patrick’s Day trivia

41) What is the birth name of St Patrick which he changed to Patricius after becoming a priest?

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Maewyn Succat

42) What is the death date of St. Patrick?

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420 AD

43) Which other religious holiday often falls close to St. Patrick’s Day?

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Easter

44) At which place is St. Patrick buried?

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He is said to be buried in Down Cathedral in Downpatrick.

45) Which of the following foods might be served at a feast for St. Patrick? Corned beef and cabbage, roast pig, or salted cod?

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Corned beef and cabbage

46) Which city holds the parade in the street which is, according to Ripley’s, the shortest street in the world?

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Hot Springs

47) Which of these things is associated with St. Patrick? A sword, a rock, or a bell?

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A bell

48)  How much do people drink on St. Patrick’s Day?

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5.5 million pints of Guinness are consumed on any given day around the world.

49) What is the best way to make Shamrock green beer?

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To add blue food coloring to a light color beer is a good way.

50) When did Lucky Charms create?

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In 1963

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