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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, 28 Nov 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…

Part of Leinster House was evacuated on Monday. Why?
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A protest
A fire

A power surge
A flood
Another council voted to abolish water charges at the start of the week. Which one?
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Louth
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Limerick

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Laois
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Longford
Nóirín O'Sullivan is the new Garda Commissioner. Which American law enforcement body is she a graduate of?
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CIA
FBI

NSA
NYPD
Katie Taylor won another world championship on Tuesday. How many is that now for the Bray woman?
Doug McDermott/Inpho
3
4

5
6
This cross has proved controversial. Where is/was it?
Carrauntoohil
Croagh Patrick

Sugarloaf
Howth Head
Fine Gael TD Alan Farrell used which insult to a person on Twitter in a row over this graph?
Fine Gael
Idiot
Moron

Loser
Muppet
Which body was given an extra €115 million on Thursday?
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The HSE
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Bord Na Mona

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Irish Water
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An Garda Síochána
How many times was the Dáil suspended in the space of an hour on Thursday?
1
2

3
4
Which Premier League club did Roy Keane leave on Friday?
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Manchester United
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Sunderland

PA
Southampton
PA
Aston Villa
What item will Ryanair pilots take into the cockpit with them from now on?
Rui Viera
Tasers
Toilet Roll

iPads
Books
Answer all the questions to see your result!
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You scored out of !
Top Dog!
You've remembered all of this week. Fair play!
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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 !
Well done, horse!
A decent display.
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You scored out of !
What are ewe doing?!
Not great, was it?
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You scored out of !
Turtle-y awful
Have you been living inside your shell all week?
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