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

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7.30pm, 31 Jul 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…

Which Fine Gael TD said he got sent this death threat on Monday?
Paudie Coffey
Frank Feighan

Sean Conlan
Noel Coonan
Which Irish paper suffered a loss in the High Court this week?
The Irish Times
The Irish Independent

The Examiner
The Mirror
An app company announced 300 jobs in Limerick on Tuesday. Which one?
Hailo
Lyft

Uber
Facebook
Irish Water can't be kept off the government balance sheet. So says which branch of the EU?
The ECB
Eurostat

The European Parliament
The European Commission
A riot at which prison left prisoners injured this week?
Wheatfield
Cloverhill

Mountjoy
The Dochas Centre
The killing of a lion caused a storm this week. What was his name?
Humphrey
Cecil

Leo
Dave
Tubs is moving to a new radio slot. Who's he taking over from?
John Murray
Joe Duffy

Pat Kenny
Sean O'Rourke
Why did an AP report alarm Olympians heading to Rio next year?
It said the city is to get more violent
It said there is a bedbug outbreak

It said the airport may not be ready
It said the water is full of poo
What word caused uproar in an Eastenders scene?
Bitch
Bastard

Tart
Shit
What was in this truck that shut down the Cork-Dublin road?
Cooking oil
Fish

Thumb tacks
Banana Peels
Answer all the questions to see your result!
You scored out of !
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
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Turtle-y awful
Terrible.
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