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Quiz: How much do you know about the Dublin v Kerry rivalry?

The old foes will do battle in the All-Ireland final this weekend.
6.46am, 31 Aug 2019
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Let's start with an easy one. Which Kerry player kicked this iconic free in the 1978 All-Ireland final against Dublin?
Pat Spillane
Ger Power

Mikey Sheehy
Ogie Moran
Who described Dublin as 'startled earwigs' after losing to the Kingdom in the 2009 All-Ireland quarter-final?
©INPHO/Tommy Dickson
Stephen Cluxton
©INPHO/Lorraine O\'Sullivan
Pat Gilroy

©INPHO/Presseye/Lorcan Doherty
Joe Brolly
©INPHO/James Crombie
Alan Brogan
How many points did Kerry win that game by?
©INPHO/James Crombie
13
14

20
17
Stephen Cluxton kicked a last-minute free to beat Kerry in the 2011 All-Ireland final. But which Dublin player was fouled?
©INPHO/Morgan Treacy
Kevin McManamon
©INPHO/James Crombie
Diarmuid Connolly

©INPHO/Cathal Noonan
Bernard Brogan
©INPHO/Cathal Noonan
Paul Flynn
What did captain Bryan Cullen famously say in his acceptance speech that day?
©INPHO/Morgan Treacy
'Welcome back Sam, we missed you a lot'
'We'll see ye all in Coppers'

'People of Dublin, we love you'
'We've been known as the bridesmaids but today we got married'
True or false - Philly McMahon outscored his opponent Colm Cooper in the 2015 All-Ireland final?
©INPHO/Cathal Noonan
True
False
Who scored a penalty in the 1985 decider to send Kerry on their way to victory over their old foes?
©INPHO/Lorraine O\'Sullivan
Eoin Liston
©INPHO/Billy Stickland
Ambrose O'Donovan

©INPHO/Billy Stickland
Jack O'Shea
©INPHO/Billy Stickland
Páidí Ó Sé
Kerry shocked the Dubs in the '75 final. But why was their captain Mickey 'Ned' O'Sullivan unable to lift the Sam Maguire?
©INPHO/Lorraine O\'Sullivan
He was hospitalised after a collision
He suffered a bad injury to his back

He twisted his ankle and couldn't walk up the steps to collect the trophy
He had to get the train home to Kerry for work in the morning
Diarmuid Connolly and which other player got the winning points for Dublin in the 2016 All-Ireland semi-final?
©INPHO/Laszlo Geczo
Paul Mannion
©INPHO/Ryan Byrne
Cormac Costello

©INPHO/Donall Farmer
Eoghan O'Gara
©INPHO/Ryan Byrne
Dean Rock
And finally, at which venue did Maurice Fitzgerald kick a famous sideline point against Dublin in 2001?
©INPHO/Patrick Bolger
Fitzgerald Stadium
Semple Stadium

Croke Park
Parnell Park
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