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Test your knowledge
Quiz: How well do you know the Leaving Cert subjects?
Apologies if this quiz has a retraumatising effect.
THE LEAVING CERT results came out this week and, as always, it had us thinking about how we might fare if we had to sit the dreaded exams again.
So today we want to put your knowledge to the test.
How well do you know the Leaving Cert subjects?
Geography: On which tectonic plate is Ireland located?
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The Nazca Plate
The Eurasian Plate
The North American Plate
The African Plate
English: "Neither a borrower nor a lender be" is a piece of fatherly advice from Polonius to Laertes in which Shakespeare play?
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Julius Caesar
Macbeth
Othello
Hamlet
Maths: What kind of angle is this?
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Acute
Obtuse
Right
Reflex
History: In what year did the Protestant Reformation begin in Germany?
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1417
1517
1617
1717
French: What does this mean in English? "Quelle soirée horrible!"
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What a horrible place!
What a horrible sister!
What a horrible view!
What a horrible evening!
Physics: Which of these definitions applies to conduction?
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The movement of heat energy through a substance by the passing on of molecular vibration from molecule to molecule.
The transfer of heat through a fluid by means of circulating currents of fluid caused by the heat.
The transfer of heat energy from one place to another in the form of electromagnetic waves.
The bouncing of waves off an obstacle in their path.
Spanish: What does this mean in English? "Lo siento, no entiendo la pregunta."
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Sorry, I didn't understand the question.
Sorry, I didn't hear the question.
Sorry, I don't like pomegranate.
Sorry, I didn't know you were pregnant.
Biology: Which kind of cells have cell walls?
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Plant cells
Animal cells
Both
Neither
Irish: What does this phrase mean in English? "Mar sin féin..."
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However
Nevertheless
Personally
According to
Chemistry: In the periodic table, what is the chemical element for the symbol Ra?
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Radon
Radium
Rhenium
Kryptonite
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You scored out of !
Turtley Awful
Shell of a bad effort
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What are ewe doing?
Baaaaad
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Fin-tastic
Flippin good
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You scored out of !
Clever cat
Almost purrfect
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Top dog
Pawsitively perfect
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