100+ St. Patrick's Day Trivia Questions & Answers

Question: When is St Patrick's Day celebrated?

Answer: March 17

Question: Who is St. Patrick?

Answer: The patron saint of Ireland

Question: Where was St Patrick born?

Answer: Britain

Question: What year did Saint Patrick die?

Answer: 461 AD

Question: What did St. Patrick use to explain the Holy Trinity?

Answer: A shamrock

Question: What was St. Patrick's birth name?

Answer: Maewyn Succat

Question: How old was St. Patrick when he was captured by Irish raiders?

Answer: 16

Question: How many years was St. Patrick held as a slave in Ireland?

Answer: 6 years

Question: Which Irish city holds the oldest St. Patrick's Day parade?

Answer: Waterford

Question: When was the first St. Patrick's Day parade held in Dublin?

Answer: 1931

Question: What year was the first St. Patrick's Day parade in New York City?

Answer: 1762

Question: Which American city dyes its river green for St. Patrick's Day?

Answer: Chicago

Question: When did Chicago start dyeing its river green?

Answer: 1962

Question: Who started the tradition of dyeing the Chicago River green?

Answer: Stephen Bailey

Question: What country made St. Patrick's Day an official holiday in 1903?

Answer: Ireland

Question: Who was the first U.S. president to attend a St. Patrick's Day parade?

Answer: Harry S. Truman

Question: When did the first St. Patrick's Day celebration take place in the United States?

Answer: 1737

Question: Where was the first St. Patrick's Day celebration in the United States?

Answer: Boston

Question: When was St. Patrick's Day declared a public holiday in Ireland?

Answer: 1903

Question: When did Ireland start celebrating St. Patrick's Day with parades?

Answer: 1931

Question: Which American president began the tradition of receiving shamrocks from Ireland?

Answer: Harry S. Truman

Question: When did the tradition of sending shamrocks to the U.S. president begin?

Answer: 1952

Question: What U.S. city has the longest-running St. Patrick's Day parade?

Answer: New York City

Question: How many years did St. Patrick live in Ireland after escaping slavery?

Answer: 30 years

Question: Which empire was ruling Britain when St. Patrick was born?

Answer: The Roman Empire

Question: What color is traditionally associated with St. Patrick's Day?

Answer: Green

Question: In Irish tradition, what plant is a symbol of St. Patrick's Day?

Answer: Shamrock

Question: What mythical creature is associated with St. Patrick's Day?

Answer: Leprechaun

Question: What is the leprechaun's profession?

Answer: Shoemaker

Question: What do leprechauns hide at the end of a rainbow?

Answer: A pot of gold

Question: What dish is commonly eaten on St. Patrick's Day in the U.S.?

Answer: Corned beef and cabbage

Question: What beverage is famously consumed on St. Patrick's Day?

Answer: Beer

Question: What type of beer is commonly dyed green for St. Patrick's Day?

Answer: Lager

Question: What phrase is often used to celebrate St. Patrick's Day?

Answer: Erin go Bragh

Question: What does "Erin go Bragh" mean?

Answer: Ireland forever

Question: What kind of hat is commonly associated with leprechauns?

Answer: Top hat

Question: What type of music is often played on St. Patrick's Day?

Answer: Irish folk music

Question: What instrument is commonly associated with Irish music?

Answer: Bagpipes

Question: What flower is worn on St. Patrick's Day in Ireland?

Answer: Shamrock

Question: What activity involves searching for hidden gold or treasure on St. Patrick's Day?

Answer: Treasure hunt

Question: What are the Irish flag's colors?

Answer: Green, white, and orange

Question: What is a common greeting on St. Patrick's Day?

Answer: Happy St. Patrick's Day

Question: What traditional Irish dance is performed on St. Patrick's Day?

Answer: Riverdance

Question: What is the term for a group of Irish dancers?

Answer: A céilí

Question: What is the significance of wearing green on St. Patrick's Day?

Answer: It makes you invisible to leprechauns

Question: What food item is often decorated with green icing for St. Patrick's Day?

Answer: Cookies

Question: What type of bread is commonly eaten in Ireland?

Answer: Soda bread

Question: What is the traditional Irish stew made of?

Answer: Lamb, potatoes, and vegetables

Question: What type of fish is traditionally eaten in Ireland on St. Patrick's Day?

Answer: Salmon

Question: What is the name of the Irish festival celebrated for St. Patrick's Day?

Answer: St. Patrick's Festival

Question: What is the capital of Ireland?

Answer: Dublin

Question: What is the official language of Ireland?

Answer: Irish (Gaelic)

Question: What is Ireland's national symbol?

Answer: Harp

Question: What is the largest city in Ireland?

Answer: Dublin

Question: What is the currency of Ireland?

Answer: Euro

Question: What sport is commonly associated with St. Patrick's Day?

Answer: Hurling

Question: What traditional Irish sport is similar to field hockey?

Answer: Hurling

Question: What is the Irish word for whiskey?

Answer: Uisce beatha

Question: What does "uisce beatha" mean?

Answer: Water of life

Question: What is the traditional Irish dance music called?

Answer: Céilí music

Question: What Irish drum is used in traditional music?

Answer: Bodhrán

Question: What is the highest mountain in Ireland?

Answer: Carrauntoohil

Question: What is the longest river in Ireland?

Answer: River Shannon

Question: What is the name of the famous Irish castle in County Cork?

Answer: Blarney Castle

Question: What is the famous stone at Blarney Castle called?

Answer: Blarney Stone

Question: What is the legend of the Blarney Stone?

Answer: Kissing it gives the gift of eloquence

Question: What is the name of the ancient Irish manuscript with beautiful illustrations?

Answer: Book of Kells

Question: Where does St. Patrick's Festival occur?

Answer: Dublin

Question: What is the Irish name for St. Patrick's Day?

Answer: Lá Fhéile Pádraig

Question: What is the famous Irish cream liqueur?

Answer: Baileys

Question: What is the traditional Irish potato dish called?

Answer: Colcannon

Question: What is the Irish name for the Gaelic Athletic Association?

Answer: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael

Question: What is the name of the famous Irish sea cliffs?

Answer: Cliffs of Moher

Question: What is the Irish holiday celebrating the harvest?

Answer: Lughnasa

Question: Which Irish poet and playwright wrote “The Happy Prince”?

Answer: Oscar Wilde

Question: Where was U2 frontman Bono born?

Answer: Dublin, Ireland

Question: What is the traditional Irish New Year's Eve celebration called?

Answer: Oíche na Cada Moire

Question: What are the three most popular St. Patrick's Day destinations in the U.S.?

Answer: New York, Boston, Chicago

Question: What city claims to have the oldest St. Patrick's Day parade in the world?

Answer: New York City

Question: What does the Irish word "craic" mean?

Answer: Fun and enjoyment

Question: What is the traditional Irish fairy called?

Answer: Sidhe

Question: What is the name of the famous Irish festival of arts and music?

Answer: Electric Picnic

Question: What is the traditional Irish funeral song?

Answer: Danny Boy

Question: Which famous Irish actor played James Bond?

Answer: Pierce Brosnan

Question: Which Irish actor is known for his role in "Taken"?

Answer: Liam Neeson

Question: What is the traditional Irish blessing?

Answer: May the road rise up to meet you

Question: What is the Irish term for a mischievous fairy?

Answer: Pooka

Question: What is the name of the famous Irish ship that sank in 1912?

Answer: RMS Titanic

Question: What’s the famous Irish novel by James Joyce?

Answer: Ulysses

Question: What’s the National Theatre of Ireland?

Answer: Abbey Theatre

Question: What does St. Patrick's Day celebrate?

Answer: The arrival of Christianity in Ireland

Question: What year was Leinster Rugby founded?

Answer: 1879

Question: What city is the club Shamrock Rovers based?

Answer: Tallaght

Question: Which Irish musician is known for "Galway Girl"?

Answer: Ed Sheeran

Question: What were The Dubliners’ original band name in the 1960s?

Answer: The Ronnie Drew Ballad Group

Question: What is the name of the famous Irish beer festival?

Answer: Irish Craft Beer Festival 

Question: What famous Irish whiskey distillery is known for the World’s Leading Distillery Tour?

Answer: Jameson Distillery

Question: What city started serving green beer on St. Patrick's Day?

Answer: New York

Question: What year did the color green start to get associated with St. Patrick's Day?

Answer: 1798

Question: What are the odds of finding a four-leaf clover?

Answer: 1 in 10,000