Whether it was people at home isolating or recovering from the virus, the consensus from a lot of people was ‘it was a quiet Christmas’, meaning there were a lot of families entering our Christmas quiz.

The post box was even more full than usual and our three winners are delighted with their prizes.

Well done to Patsy Cunniffe from Claregalway, Gerard Reynolds from Mountmellick in Co Laois and Triona Condron from Kilbeggan, Co Westmeath.

As always, anyone that scored above 90 was entered into the prize draw and the answers are:

1 Newsbrands Newspaper Magazine of the Year 2021.

2 Duloc.

3 Swedish krona.

4 His watch.

5 Blackgrass.

6 Green Bay Packers.

7 b) 16th Century.

8 Almonds.

9 Three A blonde, a brunette and a redhead.

10 25.

11 Gordon Elliott.

12 Benito Mussolini.

13 Germany.

14 Red.

15 Donegal.

16 George Best.

17 Wonderful Christmastime.

18 Naples.

19 1877.

20 The government granted women the right to vote.

21 Indian Pale Ale.

22 The Netherlands (Holland also accepted).

23 Treat every day like Christmas.

24 All Kinds of Everything.

25 Yuri Gagarin.

26 The Sahara Desert.

27 Nine – two parents, six sons, and one daughter.

28 Glasgow, Scotland.

29 Lagan.

30 Alexander the Great.

31 The Complementary Redistributive Income Support for Sustainability.

32 Megan Connolly

33 Surname.

34 Austria.

35 A fox.

36 Mbwana Samatta.

37 Aphrodite.

38 Hawaii, United States.

39 Galway.

40 Rome.

41 Your identity.

42 Donegal.

43 Jim Bolger.

44 Paris.

45 Storm Barra.

46 3rd.

47 Mercury.

48 Krone.

49 Amanda Gorman.

50 The Cuban Missile Crisis.

51 321,400.

52 Helen McEntee.

53 Traditionally made with a pound of each ingredient.

54 Indian Ocean.

55 Chestnuts.

56 The Shelbourne.

57 Parseltongue.

58 Organic farming.

59 Central Perk.

60 Glass.

61 Sandy Claws.

62 Octopus.

63 Antoine Dupont.

64 Dublin.

65 Your breath.

66 Nitrogen.

67 The Handmade Soap Company.

68 Stir from east to west in honour of wise men or clockwise.

69 World Wrestling Entertainment.

70 Fencing.

71 585.

72 Cinnamon.

73 Hugh Grant.

74 1920s.

75 Tim Cullinan.

76 Folsom Prison.

77 Echo.

78 Davy Fitzgerald.

79 Omagh, Co Tyrone.

80 False.

81 The Printing Press.

82 Christmas Tree.

83 Tomatoes.

84 The Rock of Cashel.

85 Templegall from Hegarty Cheese.

86 A cello.

87 A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.

88 Gold Cup.

89 Mayo.

90 Robin.

91 His son.

92 Slovenia.

93 Red.

94 ‘Ain’t no sunshine when she’s gone.’

95 Bob Geldof.

96 The Iron Age.

97 Voyage.

98 Platinum Jubilee.

99 Fastnet.

100 One of the first inhabited places to ring in the new year.