Top of the morning to you! Okay, so maybe it’s the afternoon already, but it’s St. Patrick’s Day and it’s Tuesday, which can only mean one thing, it’s time for Tuesday Trivia with Lindsey: The St. Patrick’s Day edition! I’ll avoid kissing the blarney stone and get straight to the point. Here is your trivia question for the day:

 

While the American version of St. Patrick’s Day is for green-wearing, parade-going, Guinness-drinking “Irish,” the traditional celebration is in honor of St. Patrick, a patron Saint of Ireland. However, the holiday and its traditions have all become a bit Americanized in the past few decades. And while it is said “everyone is Irish on St. Patrick’s Day”, it is estimated that a large portion of the American population can claim legitimate Irish blood heritage. In fact, National Geographic figures the American Irish population is “nearly ten times the entire population of Ireland today.”

 

How many pints of blood could the American Red Cross Blood Services collect if every American claiming Irish Ancestry donated blood on St. Patrick’s Day?

 

I’ll wish you the luck of the Irish in answering this trivia question. If you need a hint (or a good laugh), check out this video or article.