| 1. How many kingdoms was early Celtic Ireland | | | | D. Follow the trail of Lucky Charms |
| divided into? | | | | C. Follow the sound of his shoemaker's hammer |
| A. 150 | | | | TRIVIA: A leprechaun looks like a very small, old |
| B. 15 | | | | man (about 2 feet tall). According to legend, |
| C. 5 | | | | leprechauns are aloof and unfriendly, live alone, |
| D. 1 | | | | and pass the time making shoes...they also |
| A. 150 | | | | possess a hidden pot of gold. If caught, he can be |
| TRIVIA: Early Celtic Ireland was divided into 150 | | | | forced (with the threat of bodily violence) to |
| local kingdoms ruled by 5 provincial kings and one | | | | reveal the whereabouts of his treasure, but the |
| High King. So in a way all the answers were | | | | captor must keep their eyes on him. If the |
| correct except "15" of course! | | | | captor's eyes leave the leprechaun (and he often |
| 2. What lies on top of an Irish Coffee? | | | | tricks them into looking away), he vanishes and all |
| A. Coffee | | | | hopes of finding the treasure are lost. |
| B. Whiskey | | | | 7. Which Irish Saint is said to have discovered |
| C. Cream | | | | America a thousand years before Columbus? |
| D. Liqueur | | | | A. Saint Brendan |
| C. Cream | | | | B. Saint Patrick |
| TRIVIA: That was a tricky one, wasn't it! Except | | | | C. Saint Angela |
| for the fanatics of course... | | | | D. Saint Christopher |
| 3. Where did the "white" potato, otherwise known | | | | A. Saint Brendan |
| as the Irish potato, first originate? | | | | TRIVIA: An Irish monk(486?-578?), he was |
| A. Ireland | | | | educated under monastic influences and became a |
| B. Spain | | | | priest, but was filled with a great desire to travel. |
| C. South America | | | | His traditional feast day is May 16. |
| D. North America | | | | 8. What is the official emblem of Ireland? |
| C. South America | | | | A. Shamrock |
| TRIVIA: It originated in the Andean Mountains. In | | | | B. Leprechaun |
| 1532 the Spanish arrived in north Peru and it is | | | | C. Harp |
| speculated that they brought the potato to | | | | D. Emerald |
| Europe in the second half of the 16th century. | | | | C. Harp |
| 4. What is the Capital of Ireland? | | | | TRIVIA: The harp is the official Emblem of |
| A. Cork | | | | Ireland, not the Shamrock. The handheld harp was |
| B. Dublin | | | | played by ancient Celts. |
| C. Galway | | | | 9. What does the circle in the centre of the celtic |
| D. Limerick | | | | cross represent? |
| B. Dublin | | | | A. The Sun |
| TRIVIA: It is not only the capital but also the | | | | B. The circle of life |
| largest city with a population (1996) of 953,000. | | | | C. The Island of Ireland |
| Cork is the second largest city and a major port, | | | | D. A snake swallowing its tail |
| with a population of 180,000. Other cities and | | | | A. The Sun |
| towns include Limerick (79,000) and Galway | | | | TRIVIA: How many Lion King fans said the circle |
| (57,000). | | | | of life? |
| 5. What is hurling? | | | | 10. Legend has it that Saint Patrick drove what |
| A. A traditional Irish dance | | | | out of Ireland? |
| B. Hurling is a major Irish port | | | | A. Frogs |
| C. A traditional Irish sport | | | | B. Turtles |
| D. What happens after a traditional Irish pastime. | | | | C. Snakes |
| C. A traditional Irish sport | | | | D. Fish |
| TRIVIA: In hurling a ball, called a sliotar, is caught | | | | C. Snakes |
| on a hurley, or stick, and carried, or hurled into | | | | TRIVIA: Legend has it that he gave a sermon |
| the opponent's goal. Irish mythology has tales of | | | | from a hilltop that drove all the snakes from |
| the warrior Cú Chulainn and other legendary | | | | Ireland -- supposedly they all went into the sea |
| heroes who were expert hurlers. | | | | and drowned. Of course, no snakes were ever |
| 6. Everyone knows that leprechauns are Irish | | | | native to Ireland, and some people think this is a |
| fairies, but do you know how to track one down? | | | | metaphor for the conversion of the pagans. The |
| A. Follow the rainbow | | | | snake was a revered pagan symbol, and perhaps |
| B. Follow the yellow brick road | | | | this was a figurative tale alluding to the fact that |
| C. Follow the sound of his shoemaker's hammer | | | | he drove paganism out of Ireland. |