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Newshound Quiz 30

The Journal Friday Newshound Quiz

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1.33pm, 17 Nov 2023
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SOME SAY THE news is the first draft of history. Others might think of it as watching pub quiz questions unfold in real-time.

How are we already on 30 of these? How can there possibly be that much news? Fortunately, we have once again distilled the week’s news into quiz form, all for your enjoyment. 

The state of New York announced this week that it is suing which major company over plastic pollution in the water supply?
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Coca Cola
PepsiCo

Nestlé
McDonald's
David Cameron made a shock return to UK politics this week when he was appointed to which Cabinet position?
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Deputy Prime Minister
Home Secretary

Chancellor of the Exchequer
Foreign Secretary
Which world leader did Joe Biden refer to as a 'dictator' this week?
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Xi Jinping
Benjamin Netanyahu

Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Abdel Fattah El-Sisi
Ryan Tubridy announced his return to the airwaves this week. Which of these Irish stations is among the four that will broadcast his new show?
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Newstalk
Today FM

Q102
RTÉ Radio One
Which Irish MEP became the second in as many weeks to confirm that they would not seek re-election?
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Grace O'Sullivan
Clare Daly

Deirdre Clune
Barry Andrews
According to a plan published by RTÉ this week, the national broadcaster plans to reduce its workforce by how many people over the next five years?
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200
400

600
800
David Norris announced this week that he would be retiring from the Seanad. When did he become a Senator?
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1979
1983

1987
1991
Which of these people was NOT announced as a contestant in this year's edition of I'm A Celebrity?
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Nicky Byrne
Nigel Farage

Jamie-Lynn Spears
Josie Gibson
What was the name of the storm that hit Ireland this week?
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Storm Debbie
Storm Deborah

Storm Deb
Storm Debi
Which Republican candidate for the presidential nomination dropped out of the primary race this week?
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Tim Scott
Nikki Haley

Vivek Ramaswamy
Chris Christie
Answer all the questions to see your result!
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You're on the right track, kid.
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