A Quiz for You

I am going to throw together a short quiz about Irish dance.  See how much you know!
The answers are at the bottom.


1. Before going onstage at a competition, Irish dancers usually:
             a. Suck on ice cubes
             b. Glue their socks to their legs
             c. Drink a whole ton of soda
             d. Tell each other to "break a leg"

2."Oireachtas" (pronounced o-ROCK-tis) is an Irish word meaning:
            a. "dancers", specifically "Irish dancers"
            b. "Championships" and is used to refer to our Regional Championships
            c. "The nervous feeling that Irish dancers get if the forget their dance steps when they walk onstage"
            d. "Oireachtas" is just a word that Savana made up

3. Which of the following is not an Irish dance move?
            a. bunny
            b. bird
            c. bicycle
            d. back click

4. A "traditional set" is a certain dance done to a specific piece of music.  There are seven of them and they all have names.  Which of the following is not a traditional set dance?
            a.  King of the Fairies 
            b. Saint Patrick's Day
            c. Emerald Isle
            d. Three Sea Captains










The Answers:
     1. - b.  Irish dance judges can actually take points off if your socks fall down, so we use sock glue to prevent that.  No one wants to look sloppy!:)

     2. - b.  I did not make this word up!  Our Oireachtas is in Philidelphia over Thanksgiving weekend.  Spellcheck doesn't seem to think "Oireachtas" is a word.  Humph.  They're wrong. :) 

     3. - a. I have never done "the bunny".

     4. - c.  "Emerald Isle" is a nickname of Ireland, but it isn't a traditional set.