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Quiz: What can you remember from your Leaving Cert?

Test yourself.
8.30pm, 10 Jun 2017
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THIS WEEK WILL have brought back memories for a lot of people.

Whether they’re good or bad depends on your experiences. But how much of your Leaving Cert can you recall?

What is this?
A differential equation
A quadratic equation

A theorem
A longitudinal experiment
What job did Peig's husband do?
Garda
Farmer

Fisherman
Horse breeder
In Hamlet, how does Claudius murder King Hamlet?
Stabs him
Strangles him

Pushes him out a window
Poisons him
When two species live in a relationship where at least one benefits, what is that called?
Mitosis
Symbiosis

Eutrophication
Condensation
The asthenosphere is...
The upper layer of the earth's mantle
The layer above the lithosphere

The layer below the core
The centre of the earth
Which of these bases would you have home?
Oven cleaner
Vinegar

Lemon juice
Bleach
In business, what term is used for a boss who consults staff before taking action?
Autocratic
Democratic

Charismatic
Laissez-Faire
De Valera didn't travel to England to negotiate the Treaty. Who did NOT represent the British side?
Lloyd George
Neville Chamberlain

Herbert Asquith
Winston Churchill
What is the French for "I like"?
J'adore
J'aime

Je vai
Je jeu
What is the German for Tuesday?
Dienstag
Mittwoch

Samstag
Donnerstag
Answer all the questions to see your result!
You scored out of !
Top Dog!
Pawsitively perfect!
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Clever Cat!
Almost purrfect
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Fintastic!
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You scored out of !
What are ewe doing?
Baaaaaaad.
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You scored out of !
Turtle-y awful!
Shell of a bad effort.
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