It’s time to test the smarts of your friends and family with these amazing St. Patrick’s Day Trivia Questions and Answers. From Legends, History, Irish traditions to folklore, this fun Holiday Trivia for Paddy day will quiz you over everything green!
A clever way to fill-in your little leprechauns about Patrick’s day facts, this fantastic list of 52 St. Patrick’s Day fun questions is a wonderful holiday themed conversation starter for adults as well as kids.
Be it your colleagues or kids, these St. Patrick’s day Quiz questions will test your Irish IQ like no other and get them wondering why they celebrate this holiday in the first place.
Trivia For St. Patrick’s Day
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1. What other name is St. Patrick’s day also known as?
Answer: The Feast of Saint Patrick!
2. Who brought St. Patrick’s Day to the United States?
Answer: Irish Immigrants
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3. What did St. Patrick use to describe the Holy Trinity?
Answer: Three leaf Clover or Shamrock
4. Where was the first St. Patrick’s Day parade held in the United States of America?
Answer: Boston was the first city to host St. Patrick’s day.
5. Which colour was originally associated with Paddy day?
Answer: Blue
6. According to Irish legends, which animal did St. Patrick drive out of Ireland completely and that has never returned to the country since?
Answer: Snakes
7. What was St. Patrick’s real name?
Answer: Maewyn Succat
8. What is a boxty?
Answer: Boxty is the name given to Irish Potato cake.
9. Which traditional Irish food is associated with St. Patrick’s day celebrations?
Answer: Corned Beef and Cabbage!
10. Which river in the United States of America is dyed green to mark St. Patrick’s day?
Answer: Chicago River!
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11. Which drink is most consumed on Paddy day?
Answer: Beer – Guinness is the favourite!
12. How many pints of Guinness are supposedly drunk on Saint Patrick’s day?
Answer: Nearly 13 million pints!
13. Where did the tradition of drinking green beer on St. Paddy’s day start?
Answer: Schnerer Club of Morrisania in the Bronx!
14. What does “Erin go bragh” mean?
Answer: It means ‘Ireland Forever’.
15. Ireland is also called…
Answer: Emerald Isle
16. What is the national emblem of Ireland?
Answer: The Shamrock and The Harp.
Related: Make this 3D Shamrock Craft for Paddy day.
17. What was the true intent behind St. Patrick’s Day celebrations?
Answer: St. Patrick’s day is celebrated on the death anniversary of the patron saint of Ireland to honour his work in Ireland and bringing Christianity to the country.
18. Which mythical, magical creature is associated with St. Patrick’s day?
Answer: Leprechauns!
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19. Where do Leprechauns hide their pots of gold?
Answer: At the end of the rainbows!
Related: Make this beautiful Rainbow Pot of Gold – St. Patrick’s Day Craft for Kids
20. How do Leprechauns earn their gold?
Answer: Leprechauns earn their gold by mending and making shoes.
21. How many people visit New York’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral every year?
Answer: Nearly 5.5 million!
22. How many United States Presidents are believed to have Irish ancestry?
Answer: 23!
23. Till which year pubs were closed in Ireland on Patrick’s day?
Answer: 1970. Until then, Ireland celebrated St. Patrick’s day as a dry day to pay religious respect!
24. Which one place in Ireland legally allowed drinking on St. Patrick’s Day between 1927 to 1961?
Answer: The RDS Dog Show!
25. What is the probability of finding a four leaf clover?
Answer: 1 in 10,000!
25. How long does the New York’s St. Patrick’s Day parade Last?
Answer: Five hours – give and take!
26. St. Patrick’s Day holiday was switched from religious holiday to an official Irish public holiday in which year?
Answer: 1903.
27. Which countries have a public holiday on St. Patrick’s day?
Answer: Ireland, Northern Ireland, Montserrat and the Canadian province of Newfoundland & Labrador.
28. Which iconic monument in Australia is lit up green for Paddy day celebrations?
Answer: Sydney Opera House
29. How many Americans are believed to descend from Ireland?
Answer: One in ten Americans is believed to be of Irish descent.
30. Which iconic structure turns green in England to mark Saint Patrick’s Day?
Answer: The London Eye.
31. Which city hosts the largest Saint Patrick’s Day parade in the world?
Answer: New York City
32. In which country was the first St. Patrick’s day parade held?
Answers: America
33. What do the leaves of the four leafed clover signify?
Answer: Hope, Love, Faith and Luck!
35. Which city hosts the shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade?
Answer: Hot Springs, Arkansas! The parade is just 98 feet long.
36. Why do you wear green on Paddy day?
Answer: To avoid being pinched from Leprechaun and to bring good luck!
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37. When did Saint Patrick die?
Answer: 17 March 461 CE
38. In which year was the New York City’s St Patrick’s day parade cancelled for the first time since its inception?
Answer: 2020 owing to COVID restrictions.
39. Saint Patrick was the patron saint of which country?
Answer: Ireland
40. Where was Saint Patrick buried?
Answer: Downpatrick Cathedral in County Down, Northern Ireland.
41. What does the circle at the center of a Celtic cross represent?
Answer: The Sun.
42. Which ethnicity is responsible for shifting St. Patrick’s day from a religious holiday to a secular holiday in America?
Answer: Irish-Americans
43. How old was Saint Patrick when he was kidnapped and moved to Ireland?
Answer: 16 years old!
44. Which country hosts the largest St. Patrick’s Day celebrations in South America?
Answer: Argentina
45. Which pagan holiday did Patrick’s day replace?
Answer: Spring Equinox or Ostrara!
46. Which breakfast cereal has “Lucky the Leprechaun” as its mascot?
Answer: Lucky Charms
47. Who was the first Irish Catholic person to become the President of The United States?
Answer: John F. Kennedy
48. What do leprechauns do for a living according to Irish folklore?
Answers: They are cobblers and earn their living mending and making shoes.
49. Which iconic American skyscraper turns green to mark St. Patrick’s Day?
Answer: Empire State Building
50. Where was the first St. Patrick’s Day parade in Ireland held in 1903?
Answer: Waterford, Ireland
51. How many days does the St. Patrick’s Day Festival of Dublin last?
Answer: 5 days!
52. How long St. Patrick is believed to have taught in Ireland?
Answer: Nearly 40 years!
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FAQ
1. What was St. Patrick’s real name? Maewyn Succat
2. What is Boxty? Boxty is the name given to Irish potato cake.
3. Which river in the US is dyed green on St. Patrick’s Day? Chicago river.
4. Where do Leprechauns hide their pots of gold? At the end of rainbows!
5. How do Leprechauns earn their gold? By mending and making shoes.
