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How much did you take in?
8.00pm, 21 Aug 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…

Dublin was named the second friendliest city in the world by Condé Nast Traveler. Who came first?
Queenstown
Krakow

Sydney
Bruges
This man said his company is not a ‘soulless, dystopian workplace’ on Monday. Where does he work?
Facebook
Twitter

Amazon
Netflix
This man wants to scrap what, infuriating Irish people?
The J-1
Pre-clearance in Ireland

Duty Free
The Boston Celtics name
Which US TV host posted this picture saying that their daughter was missing?
Rosie O'Donnell
Conan O'Brien

Jon Stewart
Katie Couric
Alan Shatter and the Irish Daily Star got in a row over a €12 expense claim for what?
Hair gel
Passport photos

Petrol
Coffee
Chelsea Manning was found guilty of having contraband in military prison. What wasn't she found with?
Vanity Fair
Malala Yousafzai's autobiography

Crisps
Toothpaste
Daniel O'Donnell is going on which TV show?
The Voice
Strictly Come Dancing

Dancing on Ice
I'm A Celebrity
This man stepped down as Greek PM. What's the correct spelling of his name?
Alexis Tsipras
Alexes Tsiprias

Alexis Siprias
Alexis Tsipros
Jennifer Lawrence was named as the highest-paid actress in Hollywood. How much did she make last year?
$58 million
$52 million

$56 million
$54 million
What makes these monkeys who just landed in Fota Wildlife Park uniquely Cork?
They're name Roy and Keane
They were born in Cork

They're Langurs
They have Cork accents
Answer all the questions to see your result!
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Top Dog!
You've remembered all of this week. Fair play!
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Clever Cat!
You did really well. Take a well earned break and bask in your cleverness.
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Fintastic!
A decent display.
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What are ewe doing?!
Not great.
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Turtle-y awful
Terrible.
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