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Quiz: Which of these activities takes longer?

Time is quiz answers.
6.00pm, 20 Nov 2016
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IT SEEMS LIKE we never have time in this modern world.

Do you know how long these activities take?

(All questions are based on approximate average times)

Which takes longer: falling asleep (for the average person) or cooking a steak medium?
Falling Asleep
Cooking Steak
Running the New York Marathon (on average) or flying to New York?
Running in NYC
Flying to NYC
The average poo or boiling an egg?
Poo
Egg
A Bruce Springsteen gig or driving Dublin to Cork?
The Boss
The M8
Watching a football match or an Irish woman getting ready to go out?
Football
Getting Ready
Looking at social media or looking at TV?
Social media
TV
Waiting for a passport or driver's licence?
Passport
Driver's licence
A train from Dublin to Galway or a boat to Holyhead?
Galway
Holyhead
Watching an episode of Game of Thrones or driving to Dublin city centre from the airport at rush hour?
Game of Thrones
Getting to Dame Street
Watching Meat Loaf's I Would Do Anything For Love video or make the perfect cup of tea (according to Twinings)?
Meat Loaf
Tea
Answer all the questions to see your result!
You scored out of !
Top Dog!
Pawsitively perfect.
Share your result:
You scored out of !
Clever Cat!
Almost purrfect.
Share your result:
You scored out of !
Fintastic!
A flippin' good effort
Share your result:
You scored out of !
What are ewe doing?
Couldn't ram the info home?
Share your result:
You scored out of !
Turtley awful!
Shell of a bad effort.
Share your result:

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