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

How closely were you paying attention?
7.00pm, 20 Feb 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…

RTÉ received complaints about last week's Late Late Show. Who was NOT a guest on the night?
Katie Hopkins
Katie Price

Ronan O'Gara
Dickie Rock
Armed gardaí surrounded the funeral of Barney McGinley on Monday. What Westmeath town was it in?
Mullingar
Athlone

Delvin
Kilbeggan
Sinn Féin's Brian Stanley said that water metering would be stopped in Dublin. Which one is he?

Derek Brockwell escaped from custody while on a visit to which hospital?
Beaumont
The Mater

St Vincent's
Tallaght
Tesco recalled some products over fears nuts had been used instead of which spice?
Tumeric
Cayenne Pepper

Star Anise
Cumin
Coppers is taking customers skiing. Where?
Andorra
France

Finland
Switzerland
UPC is announced job losses in Ireland. Where is it moving operations to?
Singapore
India

Poland
Philippines
The Daily Mail caused anger by printing a picture of Kate Middleton that showed what?
Her in a bikini
Grey hairs

Her topless
Which oil company is still fighting penalties over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill?
Exxon
Shell

BP
Chevron
The makers of which bar announced it will be going Fairtrade this year?
Mars

Dairy Milk
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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You scored out of !
Clever Cat!
You did really well. Take a well earned break and bask in your cleverness.
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You scored out of !
Fintastic!
A decent display.
Share your result:
You scored out of !
What are ewe doing?!
Not great, was it?
Share your result:
You scored out of !
Turtle-y awful
Have you been inside your shell all week?
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