SOME SAY THE news is the first draft of history. Others might think of it as watching pub quiz questions unfold in real-time.

How are we already on 30 of these? How can there possibly be that much news? Fortunately, we have once again distilled the week’s news into quiz form, all for your enjoyment.

The state of New York announced this week that it is suing which major company over plastic pollution in the water supply?

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Coca Cola

PepsiCo

Nestlé

McDonald's

David Cameron made a shock return to UK politics this week when he was appointed to which Cabinet position?

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Deputy Prime Minister

Home Secretary

Chancellor of the Exchequer

Foreign Secretary

Which world leader did Joe Biden refer to as a 'dictator' this week?

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Xi Jinping

Benjamin Netanyahu

Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Abdel Fattah El-Sisi

Ryan Tubridy announced his return to the airwaves this week. Which of these Irish stations is among the four that will broadcast his new show?

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Newstalk

Today FM

Q102

RTÉ Radio One

Which Irish MEP became the second in as many weeks to confirm that they would not seek re-election?

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Grace O'Sullivan

Clare Daly

Deirdre Clune

Barry Andrews

According to a plan published by RTÉ this week, the national broadcaster plans to reduce its workforce by how many people over the next five years?

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200

400

600

800

David Norris announced this week that he would be retiring from the Seanad. When did he become a Senator?

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1979

1983

1987

1991

Which of these people was NOT announced as a contestant in this year's edition of I'm A Celebrity?

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Nicky Byrne

Nigel Farage

Jamie-Lynn Spears

Josie Gibson

What was the name of the storm that hit Ireland this week?

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Storm Debbie

Storm Deborah

Storm Deb

Storm Debi

Which Republican candidate for the presidential nomination dropped out of the primary race this week?

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Tim Scott

Nikki Haley

Vivek Ramaswamy

Chris Christie

Answer all the questions to see your result!

You scored out of !

Newshound

You're a bona fide newshound.

You scored out of !

Paperboy

You're on the right track, kid.

You scored out of !

Glasses bunny

Just a bunny with glasses.

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