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7.30pm, 10 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 language did Fidelma Healy-Eames say she was speaking in when she said "wiffy" in the Seanad chamber?
French
Spanish

Italian
German
Public servants too 2.13 million sick days last year. How many is that each?
10.3
8.7

5.8
6.9
This car was clamped on Tuesday. Who does it belong to?
The Taoiseach
The Tánaiste

The Minister for Transport
The Lord Mayor of Dublin
These gardaí awaited a protest at Leinster House. But where was the REAL protest?
Clondalkin
Blanchardstown

Tallaght
Lucan
Which New York institution suffered a technical glitch that shut it down for hours on Wednesday?
MTV
The Empire State Building

Broadway
The Stock Exchange
Irish people are living longer. But who's got the longer life expectancy?
Women
Men
This "go home Irish" ad was on the streets of which city?
Toronto
New York

Sydney
London
Which Labour TD was accused of “appalling duplicity” over cuts to lone parents allowances?
Jack Wall
Arthur Spring

Emmet Stagg
Ged Nash
Roy Keane is sueing Paddy Power over a billboard that depicted as who?
Braveheart
Mary Poppins

One of the blue lads from Avatar
Mickey Mouse
Greece asked for a bailout. How much do they want?
€45 billion
€48 billion

€53 billion
€59 billion
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Top Dog!
You've remembered all of this week. Fair play!
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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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