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

How closely were you paying attention?
8.35pm, 12 Oct 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 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle scale of intelligence.

Deep breath, here goes…

On Monday, husband and wife team Edvard and May-Britt Moser won the Nobel Prize for Medicine. Why didn't Edvard find out until later that evening?
Twitter/Nobel Prize
He's in a coma
He was napping

He was performing brain surgery
He was on a plane
What's unusual about a new cafe due to open in Dublin?
Dave Shea/Flickr
The staff are all nude
Shutterstock
It's a trust shop

Shutterstock
There are cats in it
Kelby Carr/Flickr
It doesn't sell coffee
Which Labour backbencher crashed their car into a barrier at Leinster House on Tuesday?
Robert Dowds
Eamonn Maloney

Eric Byrne
Michael Conaghan
What did Dublin City Council vote against this week?
The Israeli blockade of Gaza
Photocall Ireland
More Dublin Bikes

Shutterstock
Fluoridation of water
Photocall Ireland
A seagull cull
How far from the Irish coast is Hinkley Point, the British nuclear reactor that was approved by the EU on Wednesday?
PA Images
120km
150km

220km
240km
Which Beach Boys song did a star-studded cast release a cover of this week for the BBC?
BBC
God Only Knows
Sloop John B

Good Vibrations
California Girls
Joan Burton was interested in knowing where water charge protesters got which items on Thursday?
Photocall Ireland
Nice cars
Fancy clothes

Expensive phones
New runners
You may have noticed that Roy Keane has a new book out. Keane is assistant manager with Ireland and which Premier League club?
Photocall Ireland
Aston Villa
Southampton

Manchester United
Hull City
17-year-old Malala Yousafzai won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. She was shot by the Taliban in her home country. Where is that?
Photocall Ireland
Afghanistan
Bangladesh

Iraq
Pakistan
Which web giant announced it was opening its first physical store this week?
PA Images
Facebook
PA Images
eBay

PA Images
Amazon
Etsy
Etsy
Answer all the questions to see your result!
Nathan Rupert
You scored out of !
You're Donatello
You're a genius. You're smarter than your friends. And you know it.
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Soren Karstensen
You scored out of !
You're Leonardo
Not the smartest in your group, but you make up for it. Don't you?
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Jeremy G
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You're Raphael
You're a different type of smart...
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Paull Young
You scored out of !
You're Michaelangelo
At least you're fun, eh?
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