#1:  When was the earliest recorded St. Patrick's Day celebration held in Boston?  Choose One1777173718371887

#2:  Where is the most Irish church on the continent?   Choose OneSan FranciscoNew YorkBostonBute, Montana

#3:  How many Dublins are in the United States?  Choose oneTenThreeTwenty TwoThirteen

#4:  What famous director was born Sean O'Feeney in Maine in 1895? Choose oneJohn HustonGeorge CukorJohn FordGeorge Stevens

#5:  What Prime Minister and President of Ireland was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1882? Choose oneErskine ChildersMichael CollinsEamon De ValeraPadraig Pearse

#6:  In 1884 what emigrant from county Antrim launched America's first newspaper syndicate service? Choose oneMark TwainAndrew JacksonSamuel McClureBartley Hubbard

#7:  Who declared that his favorite part of The Last Harrah by Edwin O'Connor was "the part where I die"? Choose oneEdwin O'ConnorWilliam KennedyHoney Fitz FitzgeraldJames Michael Curley

#8:  What famous Irish tenor became a U.S. citizen in 1917? Choose oneJohn McDermottJohn McCormackBartley D'ArcyGabriel Conroy

#9:  What famous actor was born in Mexico in 1915 to a Mexican mother and an Irish father? Choose oneJohn WayneAnthony QuinnBarry FitzgeraldDion Boucicault

#10:  The maternal grandfather of what famous writer emigrated from country Fermanagh to St. Paul, Minnesota? Choose oneGarrison KeillorErnest HemingwaySamuel BeckettF. Scott Fitzgerald  

#11:  The hand of what Irish-born man wrote the Declaration of Independence?  Choose OneGeorge WashingtonCharles ThomsonHenry AdamsJohn Dunlap

#12:  The Founder of the American Navy was born in Wexford?   Choose OneJohn O'LearyJohn BarryJohn Paul JonesJohn Bull

#13:  What county Tyrone person has been the only member of the U.S. Senate ever to have represented three different states?  Choose oneJames ShieldsBurton k. WheelerEdward KennedyP.T. O'Neal

#14:  Who in 1880 became the first Roman Catholic mayor of New York (born in county Cork in 1832)? Choose oneWilliam Russell GraceAl SmithJames Michael CurleyJohn Fitzgerald

#15:  What Ulsterman became the first American cardinal? Choose oneCardinal McCloskyCardinal LawCardinal HughesCardinal Cushing

#16:  What Irish-American composer's life was celebrated in the movie Yankee Doodle Dandy? Choose oneNed HarriganLaurence LernerTim RiceGeorge M. Cohan

#17:  What native of Kilkenny designed the White House? Choose oneFrank Lloyd WrightJames HobanJames KellyLouis Sullivan

#18:  What Irish-American boxer held the world heavyweight title from 1919 to 1926? Choose oneJack DempseyJohn L. SullivanJack DoyleBarry McGuigan

#19:  What film version of a classic American novel, starring Gregory Peck, was filmed in Ireland? Choose oneRyan's DaughterThe Great GatsbyMoby DickThe Quiet Man

#20:  Where is the Town of St. Patrick? Choose oneCaliforniaNew YorkMissouriTennessee

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