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.

Have you been keeping up with the World Cup so far? It’s the perfect distraction from the goings-on of the world.

If you can get past the countless Fifa controversies, global conflicts spilling over into the tournament, and even the slim possibility of England winning, it has been very entertaining.

Anyway, on to the quiz.

On the World Cup - Dubliner Pico Lopes and his Cape Verde side pulled off a stellar draw against which major team on Monday?

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France

Spain

Portugal

Germany

Canadian prime minister Mark Carney visited Ireland over the weekend. Which county did he visit, to which he traces his heritage?

Co Leitrim

Co Clare

Co Mayo

Co Kerry

In the latest World University Rankings, Trinity College Dublin and UCD are the highest-ranked universities in Ireland. Which university is ranked third nationally?

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Dublin City University

University of Limerick

University College Cork

University of Galway

Which Irish singer performed during the opening of the Barack Obama Presidential Centre in Chicago on Thursday?

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Bono

Hozier

Enya

Christy Moore

Trump's ballroom project at the White House is expected to cost how much, according to a report this week?

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$150 million

$400 million

$500 million

$600 million

Which music band partnered with the Irish Blood Transfusion Service this week for a donation drive?

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Metallica

Bon Jovi

Oasis

The Lumineers

One of England's most famous trees, the Major Oak in Sherwood Forest, died this week after standing for more than a millennium. Which folklore figure is associated with the tree?

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King Arthur

Robin Hood

Saint George

Lady Godiva

The New York Knicks won the NBA Championship on Sunday. How many people were arrested in New York City during the celebrations that followed that night?