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Quiz: How much do you know about coming home?

Is it really coming home?

IF YOU’RE EVEN the tiniest bit exposed to British media or have the most fleeting of interests in sports, you’ll be aware that they’re all very excited about something over in England.

‘It’ is allegedly, possibly, coming home shortly. Italians are among those who would disagree that it actually will.

Many say that the “it” in question is football. It’s hard to say for sure if that’s what they mean, if that’s what is happening, if it will, if it will not, and just how the whole ‘coming home’ business will pan out.

While we wait to see, let’s test your knowledge.

Driving Home For Christmas is one of the most famous songs about coming home, and the most famous song about coming home for Christmas by car. Who sings it?
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Peter Gabriel
Chris Rea

Paul McCartney
Madonna
What was the name of the actor who played Lassie in Lassie Come Home?
Lassie (it was a documentary)
Pal

Mr Destroyer
Bella
Where does Beyoncé perform in her Homecoming documentary?
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Glastonbury
SXSW

Coachella
Cavan
In what is considered by many to be the finest song written by an Irish band on the topic of coming home quickly or immediately, what does the letter referenced in Boyzone's Coming Home Now say?
Boyzone/YouTube
I'm doing fine
I'm doing awful

I'm doing great (without you)
I'm doing absolutely shite, if I'm being honest with you
How do homing pigeons find their way home?
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The sun
The Earth's magnetic field

By sight
No one really knows, but all of the above seem to be factors
Boomerangs love to come home - but is a boomerang still a boomerang if it doesn't return when thrown correctly?
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Yes, boomerangs used for hunting are not designed to return.
No, there are boomerang-like devices that don't return but they're not boomerangs.
Coming Home is a 1978 film that comes up on Google when you search "coming home". It is allegedly quite racy. Who stars in it?
Lorraine Gary
Jane Fonda

Olivia Newton-John
Pal
Those of a certain vintage will remember this ESB ad about a young man coming home. Who is the man?
Pal
Pierce Brosnan

You never see his face (spooky)
Alan Hughes
In which of these sports is coming home most important?
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Tennis
Baseball

Soccer
Badminton
Finally, where is football coming home to?
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Italy
England

You all know what I wanted to set as the correct answer here but I don't want to cause some type of low-level diplomatic incident, so look, just click this option and you'll get it right.
Answer all the questions to see your result!
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You scored out of !
You are Christian Eriksen
Share your result:
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You scored out of !
You are Italy's Euro 2020 squad
Share your result:
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You scored out of !
You are this homing pigeon
Share your result:
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You scored out of !
You are Chris Rea
Share your result:
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You scored out of !
You are the English fan who shone a laser at the Danish goalkeeper
Share your result:

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    Mute Shelly Levine
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    Jul 10th 2021, 10:05 PM

    I love Italy. The art, the architecture, the people and hmmm the cooking. Come on Italy!

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    Mute murt de murty
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    Jul 10th 2021, 10:46 PM

    Please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please let Italy win- an own goal by Rice would be brilliant too but just an Italian win

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    Mute Padraic McDonagh
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    Jul 10th 2021, 10:20 PM

    Home to Rome methinks,

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    Mute D. Memery
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    Jul 11th 2021, 8:01 AM

    @Padraic McDonagh: apparently a form of soccer was played in Rome long before it was ‘invented’ in England, so….. I’m going to agree with many an English fan on this one.

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    Jul 10th 2021, 10:23 PM

    The game of football was invented by Sicilian Allesandro del Soccero in 1821 when his wife accidentally dropped a large Arancini ball and he kicked it towards the open fireplace.

    So football really is going home.

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    Mute Hugh Morris
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    Jul 10th 2021, 10:39 PM

    Football’s coming home if you live in Italy

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    Jul 10th 2021, 10:32 PM

    Its coming home to Rome, viva Italia

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    Mute Declan McArdle
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    Jul 11th 2021, 12:31 AM

    “What do you call a boomerang that doesn’t come back?”

    “A stick.”

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    Mute Franny Ando
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    Jul 11th 2021, 12:31 AM

    It’s going to Rome Its going to Rome Footballs going to Rome

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    Mute Donal Desmond
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    Jul 11th 2021, 1:47 AM

    5 out of ten… This game of football is turning into the Olympic games in Berlin in 1936. Still listening to 66. Hopefully another few decades before reality dawns on them .. Gwan Italy.

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    Jul 11th 2021, 5:44 AM

    Come on England! Can’t help but like this bunch of players and Southgate has been fantastic in how he has dealt with the usual press nonsense. It’s a minority of the fans I have an issue with but most of us will be back to cheering on some of these players week in and week out next month.

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    Jul 10th 2021, 11:31 PM

    Another Italian will be defending his colours tomorrow, more specifically in SW19. Forza Matteo.

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    Jul 11th 2021, 7:55 AM

    They think its fall over…

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    Jul 11th 2021, 1:31 PM

    Comment of the week :-D

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    Jul 10th 2021, 10:54 PM

    Only enough that’s it’s never been home the Euro Trophy that is..

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    Jul 10th 2021, 10:24 PM

    I’ll have what you’re having Nicky Ryan Pal

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    Mute Richarddoherty
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    Jul 10th 2021, 10:02 PM

    It’s coming home
    Don’t know what it is
    Ha ha ha ha ha ha

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    Mute Eoghan Pollard
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    Jul 11th 2021, 2:32 AM

    F-all at the moment as im stuck in Perth, Western Australia and cant get home.

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    Mute Vincent Bickerstaffe
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    Jul 10th 2021, 10:27 PM

    I know that it’s not…

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    Jul 11th 2021, 12:36 AM

    Skipped all the questions, what happened ?

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    Jul 11th 2021, 12:56 PM

    Boyzone?
    W+T+F is going on?

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    Jul 11th 2021, 1:01 AM

    According to David Baddiel the ‘it’ refers to football itself. They were on The Last Leg last night on Channel 4.

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    Mute Paul MacNamara
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    Jul 11th 2021, 5:32 PM

    Left out the harp ad with Sally McGuigre. The gt remembering home from the desert .

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