The all new, revised and easier quiz! (mod note posts 1 and 2042)

feargale

Quazzie wrote: »

Do you mean youngest person, as in their age when it was named after them?

I mean youngest living person, as in their age at present.

Quazzie

feargale wrote: »

I mean youngest living person, as in their age at present.

Ronaldo maybe?

Apart from that I'd assume it's somewhere in the middle easy named after a baby prince or something.

ironwalk

feargale wrote: »

And now, given the trouble I had researching this I feel entitled to post two questions.

1. Who is the youngest person after whom an international airport is named?

2. Translate the Irish word Seamair to English,

I would have to rely on Google for the first one, but for the day that's in it, Seamair is Clover.

Professor Moriarty

ironwalk wrote: »

I would have to rely on Google for the first one, but for the day that's in it, Seamair is Clover.

Seamróg is the Irish word for shamrock.

looksee

Ok, lets see how many Patrick's day questions and answers we can get into today (the weekend?) Feel free to post a question if you have one, don't mind how many questions we have going simultaneously. Bit of chaos might be entertaining

looksee

Quick and easy one - what is the official Irish national colour?

New Home

Blue?

What Canadian flag features a shamrock?

New Home

Also, what's the origin of the name Patrick and what does it mean?

looksee

Yes, blue. I don't know either of yours!

looksee

I have a vague notion the name may have Roman connections.

New Home

It does.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Patrick from patrician or high birth.

New Home

Correct.

feargale

Quazzie wrote: »

Ronaldo maybe?

Apart from that I'd assume it's somewhere in the middle easy named after a baby prince or something.

I do believe Ronaldo is the correct answer. There are so many things named after him in Madeira now that some cynical wags there are speculating that the island itself might soon be named after him. If I had my way the only thing that would be named after him would be a diving platform.

looksee

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

Patrick from patrician or high birth.

doh!

looksee

Who was responsible for the harp being the emblem of Ireland / on the Irish arms?

(I am not 'entitled' to a question, I am just chucking it in for enthusiasm purposes )

feargale

looksee wrote: »

Who was responsible for the harp being the emblem of Ireland / on the Irish arms?

(I am not 'entitled' to a question, I am just chucking it in for enthusiasm purposes )

Henry VIII

feargale

Name the only two significant places, one an island, the other a large part of a country, where St. Patrick's Day is a public holiday.

I say significant because I think there are a few one-horse towns in USA and maybe elsewhere that observe a public holiday on Pat's Day,

Ted_YNWA

Montserrat is ringing a bell as the island.

New Home

It's bank holiday in India, but not for "Patrician" reasons.

feargale

New Home wrote: »

It's bank holiday in India, but not for "Patrician" reasons.

Ok, Montserrat is one, though, like India there's a slight tail ( tale? ) to it.

The other?

Corkgirl18

feargale wrote: »

Ok, Montserrat is one, though, like India there's a slight tail ( tale? ) to it.

The other?

Newfoundland?

Was there something about Montserrat celebrating a slave rebellion that took place on 17/03 rather than actually celebrating Paddy's Day?

feargale

Corkgirl18 wrote: »

Newfoundland?

Was there something about Montserrat celebrating a slave rebellion that took place on 17/03 rather than actually celebrating Paddy's Day?

Newfoundland and Montserrat are correct.

The Irish presence in Montserrat dates back to the 1630s, when the first pioneers sailed over from St. Kitts because of friction with English settlers there.

The Irish planters brought African slaves to work their sugar cane fields. Soon the slaves outnumbered them 3-to-1 and began rebelling. In 1768, the slaves planned an island-wide attack on St. Patrick's Day, when the Irish planters would be celebrating. The rebellion was brutally put down and nine slaves were executed. This is what is primarily commemorated on Montserrat on 17th March, though it seems , according to Howard Fergus, the island's principal chronicler, to have merged to some extent with jigs and reels etc.

The Irish reputedly brought the Irish language to Montserrat where it survived for generations, but the evidence is conflicting. There is a story about a Galwayman who arrived at Montserrat to be greeted in Irish by a black slave: "Tà fàilte rómhat" etc.. The Galwayman asked (in Irish): "How long are you here? "Twelve months" replied the slave. "Blessed Jesus" said the Galwaymen, "I'll not stay here another day. You're here twelve months and you're black already."

Corkgirl18

After The Beatles, who is the 2nd biggest best selling artist of all time?

*Based on total units sold across an artists repertoire.

New Home

Michael Jackson?

Mozart?

Professor Moriarty

Elvis?

Corkgirl18

Elvis is #3 and Michael Jackson is #7

feargale

Corkgirl18 wrote: »

Elvis is #3 and Michael Jackson is #7

Frank Sinatra?

Professor Moriarty

Dylan?

New Home

New Home wrote: »

What Canadian flag features a shamrock?

Anyone?