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St Patrick's Day Quiz

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the colors of the Irish flag?

a)

White, Red and Green

b)

White, Orange and Green

c)

White, Pink and Green

d)

White, Blue and Red

2.

What is the capital of the Republic of Ireland?

a)

Galway

b)

Cork

c)

Belfast

d)

Dublin

3.

What is the capital of Northern Ireland?

a)

Belfast

b)

Bangor

c)

Newcastle

d)

Londonderry

4.

Who is the primary patron saint of Ireland?

a)

Saint Brigid

b)

Saint Patrick

c)

Saint Claus

d)

Saint Columba

5.

In which century did St. Patrick live?

a)

III

b)

IV

c)

V

d)

Vi

6.

Which picture shows a shamrock?

a)
b)
7.

What did St. Patrick use the shamrock for?

a)

to treat headaches

b)

to eat

c)

to explain Holy Trinity

d)

to bless children

8.

What is a leprechaun?

a)

a little bearded man

b)

a little fairy with wings

c)

a little woman wearing a hat

d)

a little dwarf

9.

What is hidden at the end of the rainbow?

a)

shamrock

b)

money

c)

sweets

d)

pot of gold

10.

Why do Irish people wear green things on St. Patrick’s Day?

a)

Because Ireland is a very green island.

b)

Because green was St Patrick's favorite color.

c)

Because the shamrock is green.

d)

Because green is a beautiful color.

11.

What is Ireland called?

a)

The Green Isle

b)

The Irish Isle

c)

The Emerald Isle

d)

The turquoise Isle

12.

Enya is

a)

a writer

b)

a painter

c)

a singer

d)

a politician

13.

Which picture shows the Celtic cross?

a)
b)
c)

d)
14.

Which answer gives names of plants?

a)

Gorse, Blackthorn, Sheep's bit, Primrose, Colt's-foot

b)

Blackthorn, Sheep's bit, Primrose, Irish Moiled

c)

Sheep's bit, Blackthorn,

Primrose, Irish Hare

15.

What is this flower called?

a)

Gorse

b)

Easter Lily

c)

Primrose

d)

Sheep's bit

16.

What is this flower called?

a)

Gorse

b)

Easter Lily

c)

Sheep's bit

d)

Primrose

17.

What is this?

a)

Shamrock

b)

Sheep's bit

c)

Gorse

d)

Irish Hare

18.

What can you see in the picture?

a)

Gorse

b)

Easter Lily

c)

Bog Rosemary

d)

Sheep's Bit

19.

What is this?

a)

Blackthorn

b)

Sheep's bit

c)

Gorse

d)

Irish Eyebright

20.

When was Niall Horan born?

a)

1983

b)

1988

c)

1993

d)

1998

21.

Which person is NOT an Irish singer?

a)

Dolores O'Riordan

b)

Enya

c)

Bono

d)

Elton John

22.

What did Oscar Wilde write?

a)

The Picture of Dorian Grey

b)

Little Women

c)

The Wuthering Hights

d)

Oscar Wilde

23.

Who is in the picture?

a)

Niall Horan

b)

Bono

c)

Jonathan Swift

d)

James Joyce

24.

Samuel Beckett did not write:

a)

Watt

b)

Dream of Fair to Middling Women

c)

Little Women

d)

Murphy

25.

Mary Robinson was the _________ president of Ireland.

a)

first

b)

third

c)

fifth

d)

seventh

26.

This dog is called:

a)

the Imaal Terrier

b)

the Irish Water Spaniel

c)

the Irish Setter

d)

the Blue Terrier

27.

This dog is called:

a)

the Imaal Terrier

b)

the Irish Water Spaniel

c)

the Irish Setter

d)

the Blue Terrier

28.

This dog is called:

a)

the Glen of Imaal Terrier

b)

the Irish Water Spaniel

c)

the Irish Setter

d)

the Blue Terrier

29.

Which animal cannot have 'Irish' added to its name?

a)

Setter

b)

Hare

c)

Moiled

d)

Blackthorn

30.

What's the name of this tourist attraction?

a)

Cliffs of Dublin

b)

Cliffs of Patrick

c)

Cliffs of Moher

d)

Cliffs of Galway

31.

Where can you find The Little Museum?

a)

Galway

b)

Cork

c)

Dublin

d)

Londonderry

32.

What can you learn about in the Little Museum?

a)

antiques

b)

stamps

c)

Irish people

d)

local history

33.

The Cliffs of Moher are _____ km long and _____meters high.

a)

10, 215

b)

11, 216

c)

15, 214

d)

14, 214

34.

The Aran Islands are ________ of Galway.

a)

north

b)

east

c)

west

d)

south

35.

How many islands do the Aran Islands have?

a)

two

b)

three

c)

four

d)

five

36.

What's the Irish name of Dublin?

a)

Baile Átha Goliath

b)

Baile Átha Cloth

c)

Baile Átha Cliath

d)

Baile Áthens Cliath

37.

How many people live in Dublin?

a)

more than 200,000

b)

more than 300,000

c)

more than 500,000

d)

more than 600,000

38.

Where can you find the Book of Kells?

a)

In the Little Museum

b)

In the Trinity College

c)

In the St Stephen's Green Park

d)

In the Spire

39.

Cork is located in the _______ of Ireland.

a)

North

b)

East

c)

South

d)

West

40.

What is the third largest city in Ireland?

a)

Dublin

b)

Cork

c)

Galway

d)

Limerick

41.

Londonderry AKA Derry is in

a)

Republic of Ireland

b)

Northern Ireland

42.

This picture has been taken in

a)

Dublin

b)

Londonderry

c)

Limerick

d)

Galway

43.

Which Irish city appears in one of Ed Sheeran's songs?

a)

Dublin

b)

Galway

c)

Derry

d)

Cork

44.

What's the most famous Irish dance?

a)

Irish waltz

b)

Irish flamenco

c)

Irish stepdance

d)

Irish tango

45.

Irish step dancers wear curly wigs. Why?

a)

The wigs make them look better.

b)

The wigs make them look taller.

c)

The wigs give the illusion that they are jumping higher.