1. St. Patrick was born in:

1. Britain


2. Ireland


3. Fishtown


4. Italy

2. The term “Pog Mo Thoin” means:

1. God bless you


2. Gesundheit


3. Kiss my arse


4. Another Guinness please

3. The Easter Rising of 1916 occurred:

1. In 1921


2. On St. Patrick’s Day


3. At a bakery


4. On Easter Sunday

4. In 1014, he led the Irish to victory over the Danes:

1. Brian Westbrook


2. Brian Boru


3. Brian Piccolo


4. Pat O’Brien

5. Philadelphia area band, that played Irish music prior to 2004:

1. The Thornbirds


2. Blackthorn


3. Whitethorn


4. Mickey and The Harps

6. Which of these towns in not in Ireland:

1. Cong


2. Mullingar


3. Letterkenny


4. North Wildwood

7. What was former Irish president McAleese first name?

A.    Mary

B.     Seamus

C.     St. Patrick

D.    Sligo

8. Michael Collins was:

A.    That original star of Riverdance

B.     The brother of Tom Collins, who named a cocktail after himself.

C.     Brokered the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921

D.    One of the Boondock Saints

9. Which of these authors is not Irish?

A.    Bram Stoker

B.     Oscar Wilde

C.     Samuel Beckett

D.    Alexander Solzhenitsyn

10. Complete this Lyric…Shillelagh law was all the rage...

A.    The Garda stuck me in a cage

B.     Red-haired Mary got engaged

C.     And a row and a ruction soon began

D.    Another Guinness please, barman.

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

Bonus. Try this one only if you scored perfectly on 1-10.

Match the correct answer:

1. Bushmills, Jameson, Killbeggan		A. Whiskey
2. Uisege beatha		B. Butter
3. Sometimes found “In the Jar.”		C. Ulysses
4. Aquae vitae		D. Phoenix Park
5. Occasionally served as a “wee dram.”		E. Bob Geldof

Answers: 1=A, 2=A, 3=A, 4=A, 5=A