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

How much did you take in?
8.15am, 27 Sep 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…

Age Action called for the pension to be increased by how much per week?
€5
€10

€15
€20
Joe Duffy called Dublin "an unadulterated kip" that's being over-run by what?
Hipsters
Pound Shops

German supermarkets
Young people
The Dart Underground plan was shelved. It would have gone from Inchicore to where?
Pearse
Connolly

Busaras
Docklands
This man wanted to raise the price of a drug from $13.50 to $750. What's it called?
Trazonodil
Diazepam

Daraprim
Dimoxonil
This man stepped down as CEO of which company this week?
Porsche
Skoda

Volvo
Volkswagen
The Web Summit is off to sunnier shores. Where to?
Porto
Lisbon

Madrid
Barcelona
A child was pricked by a needle on a Dublin Bus during the week. What bus route was it?
11
12

13
14
Johnny Ronan used a slogan most associated with whom in his Banking Inquiry testimony?
Hannibal
The Nazis

Genghis Khan
Julius Caesar
This junior minister took a lift off gardaí from Cork to Dublin. What's his name?
Darragh Calleary
Daragh O'Reilly

Dara Murphy
Daragh Brophy
Donald Trump was violently killed off in which animated TV show this week?
Family Guy
South Park

The Simpsons
Bob's Burgers
Answer all the questions to see your result!
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 !
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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