Q 01/05

Before the 20th century, Irish tradition generally dressed the leprechaun in a coat of which colour?

A) Green

B) Red

C) Blue

D) Brown

Answer · why

B) Red

Red was the leprechaun's colour in older accounts. An 1831 description by Samuel Lover gives him a square-cut coat richly laced with gold.

Q 02/05

Which future sitcom star had her first major film role in the 1993 horror comedy Leprechaun?

A) Jennifer Aniston

B) Courteney Cox

C) Lisa Kudrow

D) Sarah Jessica Parker

Answer · why

A) Jennifer Aniston

Jennifer Aniston played a teenager spending the summer at her father's farmhouse, a year before Friends made her famous.

Q 03/05

Which General Mills cereal, the first to include marshmallows, has a cartoon leprechaun as its mascot?

A) Count Chocula

B) Cocoa Puffs

C) Lucky Charms

D) Franken Berry

Answer · why

C) Lucky Charms

Lucky Charms began when a developer mixed Cheerios with bits of circus peanuts. Its mascot was originally called L.C. Leprechaun.

Q 04/05

In Irish folklore, what must a captor never do after seizing a leprechaun, or the creature will escape?

A) Speak his name aloud

B) Carry him indoors

C) Cross running water

D) Look away from him

Answer · why

D) Look away from him

Look away from him for an instant and he is gone. In one classic tale the captor keeps his eyes fixed on his captive across hedges, ditches and bog.

Q 05/05

Which US university made a leprechaun its official mascot in 1965, replacing a succession of Irish terrier dogs?

A) Fordham

B) Notre Dame

C) Villanova

D) Georgetown

Answer · why

B) Notre Dame

Notre Dame had been represented by terriers usually named Clashmore Mike. The fists-up leprechaun logo was drawn in 1964 for a fee of $50.