ST. PATRICK`S DAY CONTEST klasy 7 i 8 Szkoła Podstawowa nr 10 w Rumi 17.03.2021

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Tick the best answer. Only one answer is correct in each sentence: A, B, C or D.

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1. Who was St. Patrick? *

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A resident of Britain who was captured in Ireland and then converted Irish people to Christianity.

An Irish monk who banished snakes from Ireland when they began destroying the potato crops.

A British sailor who converted people to Christianity.

An Irish monk who saved his countrymen by warning them of a British invasion.

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2. Pota Pádraig means ... *

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St. Patrick’s Day

St. Patrick’s Pot

St. Patrick’s Beer

St. Patrick’s Shamrock

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3. Where and when was the first St. Paddy’s Day parade in the United States? *

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Boston in 1809

Boston in 1911

New York in 1762

Providence, R.I., in 1898

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4. Why all the green shamrocks? *

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St. Patrick believed three-leaf clovers had the power to heal and used them to cure the sick.

St. Patrick used the shamrock to explain the Holy Trinity (Father, Son and Holy Ghost).

The shamrock has come to symbolize St. Patrick’s uniting of France, Britain and Ireland in peace under Catholicism.

None of the above

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5. Which city has had a huge St. Patrick’s Day parade and celebration since 1813? *

1 point

Savannah, Ga.

Cleveland, Ohio

San Francisco

New Orleans

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6. What does “Erin go bragh” mean? *

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Celebrate spring

Ireland forever

I am Irish

Bottoms up

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7. Which of the following is an actual St. Patrick’s Day tradition? *

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Green dye is dumped into the Chicago River in the Windy City.

The Statue of Liberty is draped with an Irish flag.

Massachusetts designates the day a state holiday and closes schools.

None of the above

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8. Which instrument represents an Irish state? *

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The Wicklow Pipes

The harp

The fiddle

The flute

Tin Whistle (pennywhistle)

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9. What historic site has been lit up in green on St. Paddy’s Day in recent years? *

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Roman Colosseum

Leaning Tower of Pisa

Sydney Opera House

All of the above

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10. How many pints of Guinness are consumed on St. Patrick’s Day worldwide? *

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5 million

12 million

13 million

15 million

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11. Which city’s name translates from Irish Gaelic into English as ‘dark pool’? *

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Waterford

Dublin

Belfast

Limerick

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12. What are the Twelve Bens? *

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mountains

hills

meadows

valleys

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13. Which saint is supposed to have brought Christianity to Ireland in 453 AD? *

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St Patrick.

St David

St John

St Paul

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14. How many leaves does a shamrock have? *

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15. Name the influential Irish novelist and poet whose works include “The Dubliners”, “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man,” and “Ulysses.” *

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Samuel Beckett

James Joyce.

Oscar Wilde

Seamus Heaney

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16. Ireland officially began celebrating St. Patrick's Day in ... . *

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1901

1902

1903

1904

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17. Patrick was born as ...... *

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Maewyn Succat

Maewyn Succan

Mawyn Succat

Maewyn Sucat

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18. During the Irish Revolution in .... the clover and the colour green became national symbols. *

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1797

1798

1799

1800

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19. There are quite a few legends including one that claimed Patrick was able to drive all the ...........out of Ireland. *

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frogs

snakes

lizards

spiders

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20. Mí na Samhna in Irish means ..... *

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January

Spetember

November

December

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