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Political Animals

QUIZ: Who threatened whom with a wedgie? Test your knowledge of the week...

…In which there were Simpsons references in the Dáil and a final, final deadline for Irish Water registration

1. What insult did Mary Lou McDonald direct at Joan Burton in the Dáil?
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"You're a disgrace. You should be ashamed."
"Connolly and Larkin are turning in their graves."

"You're a worse leader than Eamon Gilmore."
"You’re an absolute disgrace. You’re a wimp."
2. When is the actual, actual 'drop dead' date for Irish Water registration?
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23 May
30 June

6 July
Whenever's grand, really
3. Which TDs were reported to gardaí for missing the deadline to declare the financial donations they received last year?
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Tom Hayes and Richard Boyd Barrett
Mattie McGrath and Ruth Coppinger

Clare Daly and Peadar Tóibín
Enda Kenny and Joan Burton
4. Who does Finian McGrath think is 'after' him?
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Enda Kenny
The tobacco industry

Shane Ross
The gun lobby
5. What did Niall Collins ask Frances Fitzgerald to do to see how bad crime and anti-social behaviour is?
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To visit Mountjoy
To take a walk with him through Dublin city centre

To take the Luas to work every day for a week
6. Conservative senator Jim Walsh resigned from the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party. Who is he?
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Oireachtas.ie

FiannaFail.ie
Oireachtas.ie
7. What music video did the Liberal Democrats release a TERRIBLE version of?
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Bad Romance
Uptown Funk

Happy
Bootylicious
8. Which Simpsons character did Paul Murphy compare Alan Kelly to?
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Jimbo Jones
Nelson Muntz

Mr Burns
Maggie
9. What piece of slang did Senator Ronan Mullen explain to us?
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Thruples
Bae

Braux pas
DeRp
10. Which political parties did Geraldine Kennedy say were "great" at complaining about the Irish Times when she was its editor?
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Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael
Fianna Fáil and the PDs

Fine Gael and Labour
Sinn Féin and the Greens
Answer all the questions to see your result!
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You scored out of !
You're Joan Burton
Despite what people make of Labour, you're the most popular party leader - according to the latest opinion poll. Eamon Gilmore is proud of you.
Share your result:
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You scored out of !
You're Enda Kenny
There have been a LOT of bumps along the way, but you're the second most popular party leader, according to the latest opinion poll.
Share your result:
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You scored out of !
You're Gerry Adams
You're the third most popular party leader in the country, according to the latest opinion poll - but you're not far behind Joan and Enda.
Share your result:
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You scored out of !
You're Micheál Martin
You're the least popular party leader in the country, according to the latest opinion poll. Can you turn things around before the general election?
Share your result:

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