Did you do the Diffney quiz? Here are the solutions...
WE received almost 500 entries to our special lockdown Diffney Quiz in The Echo.
The winner of the €100 prize was Finbarr Murphy, of Cork.
Solutions are below.
Remember, you can grapple with the Diffney Quiz every Christmas in the Cork Holly Bough!
1. 100 Cent in a Euro
2. All for 1 and 1 for All
3. 15 Players on a Gaelic Football Team
4. Nothing Compares 2 U
5. an t-Aon Spéireata
6. Knockmealdown is 794 Metres High
7. 7 Drunken Nights by The Dubliners
8. 1 of a Kind
9. 12/12/1920 the Burning of Cork
10. the 7 Wonders of the World
11. Back to Square 1
12. the 40 Shades of Green
13. Taurus (April 20th-May 20th)
14. 1798 the Battle of Vinegar Hill
15. December ‘63 (Oh What A Night)
16. the 2 Pope
17. Beaufort Scale 12 is a Hurricane
18. Yes Sir, Yes Sir, 3 Bags Full
19. The Dance of the 7 Veils
20. N25 Cork to Waterford
21. 1984 by George Orwell
22. 6 Feet in a Fathom
23. Brendan Bowyer and the Big 8
24. an t-Aon Triuf
25. 2 Towers on the Cork Coat of Arms
26. the River Rhine is 1233 Kilometres Long
27. Lock, Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels
28. Covid-19, the Coronavirus
29. Charlotte, Emily and Anne, the 3 Bronte Sisters
30. 01/01/1892 Annie Moore Arrived on Ellis Island
31. Buzz Aldrin, the 2nd Man on the Moon
32. 26 Letters of the Alphabet
33. Shandon Clock, the 4 Faced Liar
34. Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves
35. 13 Players on a Rugby League Team
36. Star Trek: Deep Space 9
37. 12 Members of a Jury
38. 1/2 in Jest, Whole in Earnest
39. Novak Djokovic, Wimbledon Men’s Champion, 2019
40. City of Angels by 24kGoldn
41. an t-Aon Muileata
42. University College Cork, Founded 1845
43. the 6 Nations Championship
44. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
45. the American War of Independence, 1775-1783
46. St Finbarr’s GAA Club, Founded 1876
47. 221b, Baker Street, Sherlock Holmes’s House
48. 2 Shakes of a Lamb’s Tail
49. Bus Route 223, Cork to Haulbowline
50. 1001 Arabian Nights
51. That Makes 2 of Us
52. Memories by Maroon 5
53. 5 Points for Potting a Blue Ball in Snooker
54. the 12 Apostles
55. a Tale of 2 Cities by Charles Dickens
56. the River Lee is 90 Kilometres Long
57. 3 Blind Mice, See How they Run
58. an t-Aon Hairt
59. 7 Brides for 7 Brothers
60. Knockboy is 706 Metres High, the Highest Mountain in Cork
