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How much do you know about this week’s news? Take our quiz

How much did you take in?
7.30pm, 19 Jun 2015
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BEEN PAYING ATTENTION this week?

Let’s see about that. Take our weekly news quiz and see how well the stories of the week registered in your brain.

There are no prizes, so cheating is kind of pointless. You can, however measure where you are on the animal scale of intelligence.

Deep breath, here goes…

A Ray D'Arcy interview on Monday left the subject unimpressed. What was their job?
Sex worker
Garda

Water meter installer
Stripper
How many bikes were stolen in Ireland last year, according to gardaí?
5,600
6,750

7,500
8,250
What did a Dublin man call a judge that resulted in his sentence being extended?
A sh*te bag
A moron

A scumbag
A dirt bird
Donald Trump is running for president of the US. Where did he announce his bid?
Las Vegas
Washington DC

New York
Los Angeles
Irish international footballer Stephanie Roche found a new club this week. Where's she off to?
Liverpool
Sunderland

Aston Villa
Southampton
The EU named the 30 worst non-EU tax havens this week. Who is NOT on the list?
Andorra
Monaco

Jamaica
Bahamas
Jeralean Talley died this week. She was what age?
110
112

114
116
"Unreliable or dangerous" is what these seized pills were called. What are they for treating?
Blood pressure
Erectile dysfunction

Epilepsy
Flu
Denis O'Brien is selling his private jet. For how much?
€50 million
€55 million

€60 million
€65 million
The company which owns Clerys broke their silence about the store. What are they called?
Actrium
Natrium

Stadium
Frenzium
Answer all the questions to see your result!
You scored out of !
Top Dog!
You've remembered all of this week. Fair play!
Share your result:
You scored out of !
Clever Cat!
You did really well. Take a well earned break and bask in your cleverness.
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You scored out of !
Fintastic!
A decent display.
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You scored out of !
What are ewe doing?!
Not great.
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You scored out of !
Turtle-y awful
Terrible.
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