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The Journal Friday Newshound Quiz

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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.

You may have missed it, but there are fuel protests ongoing throughout the country today.

It’s made for a lot of heavy reading, so it’s time to distract yourself with a quiz all about the other news this week.

Golf fans have gathered in the US state of Georgia for this week’s Masters tournament, where spectators must follow some of the strictest rules in sport. Which of the following IS allowed for attendees?
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Use your phone on the course
Run

Shout after each golfer's shot
Buy more than one Masters-branded garden gnome
NASA’s Artemis team named a lunar crater “Carroll” as they orbited the Moon this week - who was Carroll?
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An early Apollo-era astronaut
The late wife of astronaut Reid Wiseman

A NASA engineer who worked on the Artemis programme
Author Lewis Carroll
The UK's Wireless music festival was cancelled after its headliner was blocked from entering the UK. Who was the headliner?
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Kanye West
Kneecap

Azealia Banks
Marilyn Manson
How many drivers were caught speeding by gardaí during the Easter weekend?
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2,750
3,250

3,500
4,000
Staff at Dublin Airport found a lost pet in Terminal One this week, and reunited it with its owners. What was the animal?
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Lizard
Parrot

Mouse
Dog
The Green Party has called for Ireland to get another bank holiday. How many bank holidays does Ireland currently have?
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9
10

11
12
How many jobs could be taken by AI in Ireland in the coming years, according to a new ESRI report?
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79,000
130,000

200,000
All of them
Planning permission has been granted for the long-awaited Galway City Ring Road. How long will the billion-euro road be?
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18 kilometres
27 kilometres

32 kilometres
41 kilometres
Which animal was declared an endangered species this week? (It's not the giant panda - they were downgraded to 'vulnerable' ten years ago)
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Sumatran orangutan
Black rhino

Emperor penguin
Mountain gorilla
Who won the Allianz Hurling League Division 1B Final on Sunday?
INPHO
Clare
Dublin
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