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Newshound Quiz 60

The Journal Friday Newshound Quiz

Woof woof baby!
1.30pm, 5 Jul 2024
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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.

Well, it’s finally July, which means that silly season has begun and it’s time for non-stop coverage of only the most light-hearted news! Except for that messy election situation in France. And the messy election situation in the United Kingdom. And the messy election situation in the US. Okay, maybe it’s still quite a serious season. 

Which of these acts was NOT added to the Electric Picnic line-up this week?
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Maneskin
Lankum

Loreen
CMAT
Runner Rhasidat Adeleke broke the Irish National 100m record with what time this week?
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10.93 seconds
11.33 seconds

11.73 seconds
12.13 seconds
Which of these rock music legends was in the crowd for Taylor Swift's gigs at the Aviva on Sunday?
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Courtney Love
Debbie Harry

Patti Smith
Stevie Nicks
In terms of funding RTÉ, this week the Oireachtas’ media committee recommended that the TV licence fee be replaced by what?
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Advertising revenue
A pay-as-you-watch fee

State funding
RTÉ Player subscription fees
Which of these tennis players pulled out of the Wimbledon Men's Singles this week before the tournament got underway?
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Jannik Sinner
Andy Murray

Carlos Alcaraz
Novak Djokovic
Which European Parliament voting group have Ciarán Mullooly and Michael McNamara joined?
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European People's Party
Renew Europe

Identity and Democracy
European Conservatives and Reformists
True or false: the government announced this week that recession-era 'bad bank' Nama will be dissolved by the end of the year.
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True
False
Which actor joined Coldplay onstage during their headline set at Glastonbury this week?
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Charlie Sheen
Paul Mescal

Michael J Fox
Barry Keoghan
Which of these teams failed to reach the quarter finals of the UEFA European Championships?
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Italy
Spain

England
Turkey
What was the official name of the Category 5 hurricane that tore through the Caribbean this week?
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Gertie
Eustace

Erma
Beryl
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You're on the right track kid.
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