St. Patrick’s Day Quiz

1. What year did St. Patrick’s Day become a public holiday (at least in Ireland)?
a) 1879
b) 1903
c) 1911
d) 1926

2. Where is Canada’s longest-running St. Patrick’s Day parade?
a) Ottawa
b) Toronto
c) Montreal
d) Fredericton

3. Which US city dyes one of its rivers green as a St. Patrick’s Day tradition?
a) New York City
b) St. Louis
c) San Francisco
d) Chicago

4. What is the traditional Irish St. Patrick’s Day meal?
a) Corned beef and cabbage
b) Skirts and kidneys
c) Irish stew
d) Bangers and mash

5. What colour badges do children traditionally wear on St. Patrick’s Day?
a) Red, orange, and yellow
b) Black, brown, and purple
c) Orange, white, and green
d) Red, white, and blue

6. In which province was St. Patrick’s Day a provincial holiday until 1992?
a) New Brunswick
b) Nova Scotia
c) Prince Edward Island
d) Newfoundland and Labrador

7. When was the first St. Patrick’s Day parade in Boston?
a) 1702
b) 1737
c) 1786
d) 1823

8. Dublin’s St. Patrick’s Day festival runs for how many days every year?
a) Three days
b) Four days
c) Five days
d) Six days

9. Shamrocks were worn to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day as early as which century?
a) 1400s
b) 1500s
c) 1600s
d) 1700s

10. In which country did the first St. Patrick’s Day parade take place?
a) USA
b) Ireland
c) UK
d) Canada

Score 1 point for every question you get right and 0 points for every one you get wrong.

Answers:
1: B, 2: C, 3: D, 4: A, 5: C, 6: D, 7: B, 8: D, 9: C, 10: A

If you scored…

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