Take our St. Patrick’s Day quiz

Which of the following statements are true?

1. St. Patrick wasn't born in Ireland, and first set foot there as an abducted slave.

2. St. Patrick's real birth name was Seamus Flanigan.

3. March 17 is the day St. Patrick supposedly died.

4. Ireland never had any snakes for St. Patrick to drive out.

5. The first St. Patrick's Day parade was celebrated by Irish soldiers in Boston in 1762.

6. Kissing the Blarney Stone at Blarney Castle is supposed to confer the gift of gab.

7. The area best known for the confections called Irish potatoes is the Philadelphia area.

8. A shillelagh is a long-stemmed pipe.

9. Irish poet W.B. Yeats said, "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."

10. Scientists using slow-motion video have proven that bubbles can flow downward in a glass of Guinness.

11. "Erin go Bragh" is the name of Ireland's version of Victoria's Secret.

12. Irish whiskey is the ingredient that supposedly helps cream float on Irish coffee.

13. "Skirts and Kidneys" is the name of a popular Dublin casino.

14. Notre Dame's nickname, the Fighting Irish, goes back to Irish soldiers in the Civil War.

15. Qantas is the Irish airline.

For answers, go to www.philly.com/philly/news/stpatanswers.html.