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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, 23 Jan 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…

Conor McGregor won again early on Monday morning. Who did he beat?
Cathal Pendred
Dennis Siver

Jose Aldo
Dustin Poirier
Christine Lagarde was in town on Monday. Who did she say were the heroes of the Irish recession?
The IMF
The government

The Irish people
The ECB
This Fine Gael councillor was apologising for a tweet which contained what word?
Feminazi
Shinnerbot

Idiot
Troll
This Irishman made headlines in Australia trying to sneak into a nightclub. Where did he get stuck?
In a toilet
Out the back

In the cloakroom
In an air vent
Klaus Regling of the ECB said Ireland was obsessed with what?
The weather
The UK

Property
Europe
How many pints of Guinness were sold on the Dáil's busiest night of 2014?
169
301

344
256
This man announced a massive money-printing programme this week. What's his name?
Jean-Claude Juncker
Klaus Welle

Olli Rehn
Mario Draghi
This is a club sandwich at the World Economic Forum in Davos. How much did it cost a Bloomberg writer?
€15
€27

€38
€43
€2,000 worth of mobile phone calls have been made from the Dáil to which country?
South Africa
Djibouti

Kenya
Zaire
King Abdullah died this week. Where was he king of?
Lebanon
Saudi Arabia

Jordan
Yemen
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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You scored out of !
Clever Cat!
You did really well. Take a well earned break and bask in your cleverness.
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You scored out of !
Fintastic!
A decent display.
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You scored out of !
What are ewe doing?!
Not great, was it?
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You scored out of !
Turtle-y awful
Have you been living inside your shell all week?
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