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

How closely were you paying attention?
7.00pm, 19 Dec 2014
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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…

Some people were offended by the Sunday Independent's Life magazine on Sunday. Who wasn't on the cover?
John Delaney
Mary Mitchell O'Connor

Rosanna Davison
Gay Byrne
Three people died in an armed siege in which Australian city?
Sydney
Canberra

Melbourne
Perth
This is Leigh Gath. She is now the confidential recipient for which body?
An Garda Síochána
The HSE

Nama
The Catholic Church
Fugitive former solicitor Michael Lynn is to be extradited from which country?
Argentina
Colombia

Peru
Brazil
The US and Cuba got talking again after over 50 years. But which President put relations on ice?
Lyndon B Johnson
Dwight D Eisenhower

Richard Nixon
John F Kennedy
Don't panic, but which country has begun rationing McDonald's fries?
America
Britain

China
Japan
Which hotel chain sold for €455 million on Thursday?
Moran's
Bewley's

Jury's
Clarion
Loads of counterfeit dolls from the movie Frozen were seized in Dublin on Thursday. How many?
10,000
2,000

5,000
20,000
Despite the Taoiseach's assurances, Ireland is no longer what?
The best small country in the world in which to do business
The safest place for a woman to give birth

The country with the best drinking water
The most diverse nation in Europe
One in five Irish people use which app according to its makers?
Facebook
TheJournal.ie

Snapchat
Tinder
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.
Share your result:
You scored out of !
Fintastic!
A decent display.
Share your result:
You scored out of !
What are ewe doing?!
Not great, was it?
Share your result:
You scored out of !
Turtle-y awful
Have you been living inside your shell all week?
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