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O'Connor passed away one year ago this week. Alamy Stock Photo
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Quiz: How much do you know about Sinéad O'Connor?
O’Connor is remembered as one of the greats of Irish music.
FAMED IRISH SINGER Sinéad O’Connor’s first anniversary took place yesterday, marking one year since she passed away unexpectedly in London.
She was 56 years old, and had a varied and vibrant career since she rose to fame in the late 1980s.
So: How much do you know about Sinéad O’Connor?
O'Connor was propelled to a new level of fame after single Nothing Compares 2 U became a global hit in 1990. But who wrote the song?
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Prince
Freddie Mercury
Elton John
David Bowie
On Saturday Night Live in 1992, O'Connor controversially tore up a picture of the Pope after performing which song?
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Amhrán na bhFiann
War
Drink Before the War
The Woman in The Wall
In 2014, Sinead had a hit with a song that shares a title with a track by Hozier - what was it?
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Why Would You Be Loved
All Things End
Empire Now
Take Me to Church
Which of these songs is not O'Connor's?
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Zombie
I Want Your
In This Heart
The Emperor's New Clothes
In 1999, O'Connor shocked the world by doing which?
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Announcing she was running for President
Saying she was converting to Islam
She was suing the Church
Becoming ordained as a priest
What was the name of O'Connor's 2021 memoir?
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Dwellings
Rememberings
Nothing Compares
Reminiscences
O'Connor is one of how many artists to not to accept a Grammy award upon winning?
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One
Two
Four
Eight
In 1990, O'Connor's music was banned by several New York radio stations. Why was this?
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She swore through her songs
She would only sing in Irish
She refused to have the American national anthem played before her concert
She heavily criticised then-president, George H. W. Bush
O'Connor had a row with which former Disney star after penning an open letter?
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Miley Cyrus
Zendaya
Bella Thorne
Demi Lovato
What was the name of her debut album?
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Soul Mining
I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Universal Mother
The Lion and The Cobra
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You scored out of !
Nothing Compares 2 U
The creme-de-la-creme of Sinead O'Connor fans.
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You scored out of !
Heroine
A true O'Connor fan.
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You scored out of !
I Believe in You
You're on the right track...
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You scored out of !
Success Has Made a Failure of Our Home
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