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How closely were you paying attention?
7.00pm, 17 Apr 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…

Dunnes staff vowed on Monday to step up their industrial action. Who is the main trade union behind the strikes?
Siptu
Mandate

Unite
ASTI
Swedish police used these maggots to warn about what?
Poor diets
Fake meat

Irish builders
Leaving your bin out too long
This coffee kiosk sold for €250,000 this week. Where is it?
Ballsbridge
Donnybrook

Foxrock
Blackrock
It took just how long for Irish people to snap up almost 4,000 Canadian visas?
10 minutes
11 minutes

12 minutes
13 minutes
Who is this woman throwing confetti at?
Jean Claude Juncker
Jeroen Dijssellbloem

Mario Draghi
Martin Schultz
What was shocking about 150 Irish Water customers' bills?
They had the wrong address
They had the wrong bank details

They were for €0
The were for €1,000
What was a fishing boat off the Down coast "dragged" by?
A pod of dolphins
A submarine

A group of protesters
A strong wave
This picture sparked outrage because which animal was shown killed?
Panda
Giraffe

Elephant
Rhino
Russia banned the new Tom Hardy film because it makes the country look like what?
Mordor
America

Narnia
China
Willie O'Dea is going on the dole for a TV show. Which TD is NOT joining him?
Joanna Tuffy
John Halligan

Catherine Byrne
Bernard Durkan
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Top Dog!
You've remembered all of this week. Fair play!
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Clever Cat!
You did really well. Take a well earned break and bask in your cleverness.
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What are ewe doing?!
Not great.
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Fintastic
A decent display.
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