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How much do you know about this week’s news? Take our quiz

How closely were you paying attention?
7.00pm, 13 Feb 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…

TD Paul Murphy was arrested this week in connection with a protest in Jobstown. How many gardaí arrived to arrest him?
4
5

6
7
Which Irish export went on sale in the US on Monday after a 17 year ban?
Eggs
Potatoes

Beef
Milk
Anne Ferris defied Labour in a vote on Clare Daly's fatal foetal abnormality bill on Tuesday. Which one is she?

Topless women threw themselves at the car of Dominique Strauss-Kahn as he arrived for trial. What organisation was he the head of?
EU
ECB

IMF
World Bank
A report said that human error caused this tallship to crash. What was it called?
Ingrid
Elphaba

Saoirse
Astrid
What weight was this unusually large baby, born in Florida this week?
13lbs
14lbs

15lbs
16lbs
A US politician wants to ban which items that he believes are indecent?
Vaccines
Birthdays

Leggings
Guns
What did gardaí say the street value of these drugs seized during the week was?
€1 million
€3 million

€5 million
€7 million
This former Fianna Fáil minister revealed he is this week. What's his name?
Pat Gallagher
Pat Carey

Noel Ahern
Noel Dempsey
The tweeting of this picture saw the gardaí accused of what?
Breaching data protection
Racism

Sexism
Reckless driving
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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, was it?
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Turtle-y awful
Have you been inside your shell all week?
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