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

How closely were you paying attention?
12.50pm, 31 Jan 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…

Michael Lowry admitted passing a note to the Taoiseach that called a former advisor "not bad looking". What board was Lowry asking for Valerie O'Reilly to be appointed to?
CIE
National Transport Authority

National Roads Authority
Road Safety Authority
Michelle Mulherin admitted to making €2,000 worth of phone calls from the Dáil to Kenya. Which one is she?

Ireland's oldest man died this week. What age was he when he passed?
104
105

106
107
Under new rules, first-time buyers will be able to borrow 90% of a property's value up to what value?
€220k
€190k

€250k
€275k
Footage emerged of President Michael D Higgins being heckled emerged this week. What term WASN'T directed at him by anti-water charge campaigners?
Parasite
Maggot

Midget
Traitor
What sparked the row that led to the opposition walking out of the Dáil on Wednesday?
The sale of Aer Lingus
The mortgage rules

The Garda malpractice inquiry
The Magdalene redress scheme
The search for what was officially declared an accident this week?
Shergar
Amelia Earhart

The Crown Jewels
MH370
The CEO of which food giant this week stood down, sending share prices back up?
Burger King
McDonald's

Subway
KFC
The SuperBowl is this weekend and we asked some folks in the office about it. Now your turn: How many points is a touchdown worth? (All answers were given by TheJournal.ie and DailyEdge.ie staff)
3
6

50
12
Irish people have the highest mortgage debt in the Euro zone. Who's next?
France
The Netherlands

Spain
Portugal
Answer all the questions to see your result!
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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, was it?
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Turtle-y awful
Have you been living inside your shell all week?
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