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newshound quiz 71
The Journal Friday Newshound Quiz
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SOME SAY THE news is the first draft of history. Others might think of it as watching pub quiz questions unfold in real-time.
Look, there’s no getting around it: we’re going to be asking you about the controversial Office of Public Works project that cost a lot of money. If you weren’t paying attention during the week, you won’t be getting ten out of ten.
Good luck!
Irish author Sally Rooney published her fourth novel this week. What is it called?
Alamy
Allegro
Crescendo
Intermezzo
Abnormal People
Which actress addressed the UN General Assembly in New York about women’s rights under the Taliban in Afghanistan?
Alamy
Julia Roberts
Meryl Streep
Nicole Kidman
Angelina Jolie
President Michael D Higgins accused the Israeli embassy of circulating a letter he wrote to the president of which country?
Alamy
United States
Lebanon
Iran
Egypt
What is the name of the powerful hurricane that has struck the US?
Alamy
Helene
Celine
Elaine
Josephine
The mayor of which US city was indicted on charges of conspiracy, wire fraud and bribery?
Alamy
Los Angeles
New York
Washington DC
Chicago
Which boxer did Daniel Dubois defeat in a fifth-round knockout to retain his IBF world heavyweight title?
Alamy
Tyson Fury
Oleksandr Usyk
Anthony Joshua
Deontay Wilder
Iwao Hakamada, the world's longest-serving death row prisoner, was acquitted by a Japanese court after a retrial. How long did he spend in prison?
Alamy
41 years
48 years
56 years
62 years
The Oireachtas Health Committee heard that the completion date for the long-overdue National Children's Hospital has been pushed back (again) from February 2025 to when?
Q4PR
June 2025
October 2025
May 2026
January 2027
How much did the OPW say this security hut at Government Buildings cost?
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€1.429 million
€1.924 million
€2.149 million
€9.241 million
The body that runs Leinster House is set to spend nearly €190,000 on which of these?
Alamy
Refurbishing the Dáil chamber
A solar-powered electricity system
Another bike shed
Fitness instruction for TDs, Senators and staff
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Paperboy
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Glasses bunny
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