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The Journal Friday Newshound Quiz

Are you a true newshound?

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

Another week of news has gone by, but how well have you been paying attention? Have you spent the required five daily hours perusing The Journal? Because that’s what you’ll need to get full marks on this quiz. Five hours minimum.

Which 90s rapper was found guilty of involvement in 'multimillion-dollar political conspiracies spanning two presidencies' this week?
Method Man
Wyclef Jean

Lauryn Hill
Pras Michel
Trinity College announced this week that it would strip whose name from its library?
William H Lecky
James Ussher

George Berkeley
George Salmon
Disney announced this week that it would launch legal proceedings against which political figure?
Marjorie Taylor Greene
Donald Trump

Joe Biden
Ron DeSantis
This week, Paul Murphy called on landlord TDs to abstain from a vote on rent cuts, naming each of them in Dáil Éireann. How many landlord TDs are there?
23
33

43
53
A 'mass die-off' of what species was discovered in Wicklow this week?
Bees
Trout

Frogspawn
Starling
Who made headlines in Ireland this week for the quote: "My gang is bigger than their gang"?
Simon Harris
Drew Harris

Gerard Hutch
Leo Varadkar
Which Irish landmark was named most visited paid attraction operated by the OPW in 2022?
Dublin Castle
Kilkenny Castle

Kilmainham Gaol
John F Kennedy Arboretum
Which country this week executed a man for transporting 1kg of cannabis?
Saudi Arabia
Syria

South Korea
Singapore
This week, a lawsuit saw Ed Sheeran accused of copying a song by which singer?
Marvin Gaye
Van Morrison

Steve Earle
Stevie Wonder
What announcement did the Pope make this week about the upcoming Synod of Bishops council meeting?
That he would not attend
That Protestants would have a vote

That women would have a vote
That it would take place in Ukraine
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    Mute Liam Meade
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    Apr 5th 2019, 3:22 PM

    The monkey knows everything!

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    Mute Brian Kelleher
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    Apr 5th 2019, 3:33 PM

    @Liam Meade: LoL the monkey is the mastermind behind the operation, monkey see monkey do!!!

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    Mute Patabake Kennedy
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    Apr 5th 2019, 3:45 PM

    @Brian Kelleher: Maybe the Monkey could be trained to do the bidding of the Apes. No window too high that a Monkey can’t get to.

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    Mute Arya
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    Apr 5th 2019, 4:16 PM

    @Brian Kelleher: some monkey business

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    Apr 5th 2019, 4:37 PM

    @Liam Meade: the monkey is the courier, teens in North face tracksuits doing wheelies were becoming a liability

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    Mute rowan hill
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    Apr 5th 2019, 5:16 PM

    @Liam Meade: cope on its cruel ffs

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    Mute Gus Sheridan
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    Apr 5th 2019, 6:07 PM

    @Liam Meade: wise monkey…see no evil

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    Apr 5th 2019, 6:48 PM

    @Liam Meade: Was the monkeys uncle rescued as well

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    Apr 5th 2019, 7:06 PM

    @rowan hill: So are sulkies.

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    Mute Honeybee
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    Apr 5th 2019, 10:07 PM

    @Brian Kelleher: I am delighted the monkey was seized as it is illegal to import a primate, the importation of primates is restricted solely to a body, institute or centre approved by the competent authorities of EU member states. I hope the marmoset will have a good life now and can enjoy living outside of the tiny cruel cage.

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    Mute Alan Murphy
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    Apr 5th 2019, 6:15 PM

    Did pavee point request that it wasn’t reported here that it was a halting site that these were found in. RTÉ news mentioned it.

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    Mute John Mc Donagh
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    Apr 5th 2019, 6:56 PM

    @Alan Murphy: “Settled people do that all the time and there’s no word about it”!

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    Apr 5th 2019, 9:25 PM

    @John Mc Donagh: To be fair I found one for sale in Clare for €50. My brother was mad to get it but his wife was having none of it (he’d just bought chickens without telling her the week before, so he was in the dog house, or chicken coop!)

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    Apr 6th 2019, 12:01 PM

    @ThatGuy: gas…

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    Mute Sledro
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    Apr 5th 2019, 3:39 PM

    I came here for the monkey comments

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    Mute Quentin Moriarty
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    Apr 5th 2019, 4:16 PM

    @Sledro: World War Z -2 props?

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    Apr 5th 2019, 6:18 PM

    In any other society people would inform the authorities that a monkey is being kept in a small cage in horrible conditions. But not the travelers just as they shot horses last week and one in foul, bad feeling towards them are brought about by their own actions

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    Apr 5th 2019, 7:12 PM

    @DavidOReilly: foal even…

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    Apr 5th 2019, 4:22 PM

    They’ll be glad to get that off their back.

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    Mute DavidOReilly
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    Apr 5th 2019, 6:15 PM

    @Decko Kelly: monkeys glad to have got out of that halting site.

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    Mute Alan Earls
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    Apr 5th 2019, 6:46 PM

    @Decko Kelly: the monkey is turning singing canarie in exchange for no jail time and witness protection

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    Mute Tom Greaney
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    Apr 5th 2019, 4:02 PM

    If the monkey is involved he’ll swing for it

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    Apr 5th 2019, 7:36 PM

    @Tom Greaney: they should bring in someone who can speak monkey. We are rich in that talent here

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    Mute Ted Murray
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    Apr 5th 2019, 3:34 PM

    Take the monkey and run.

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    Mute Declan Carr
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    Apr 5th 2019, 3:36 PM

    Speak to the monkey not the organ grinder.

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    Mute john
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    Apr 5th 2019, 3:32 PM

    Monkey business

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    Mute DavidOReilly
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    Apr 5th 2019, 6:12 PM

    @john: not mention that it was a haulting site that was searched. WHY?

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    Apr 5th 2019, 6:18 PM

    @DavidOReilly: Not a “ culture” issue obviously!

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    Mute Mark Keaty
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    Apr 5th 2019, 4:28 PM

    The monkey is getting 5 years for acting the ape!

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    Apr 5th 2019, 4:42 PM

    @Mark Keaty: If that happens he’ll go bananas and peel against the sentence.

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    Apr 5th 2019, 4:37 PM

    That’s just bananas….

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    Mute Liam Meade
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    Apr 5th 2019, 3:32 PM

    the monkey knows everything

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    Apr 5th 2019, 5:06 PM

    What’s the street value of a monkey?

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    Mute Kev Barnes
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    Apr 5th 2019, 7:00 PM

    @SilexFlint: 500 quid

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    Apr 5th 2019, 5:12 PM

    So four monkeys then?

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    Apr 5th 2019, 4:37 PM

    What calibre was the monkey, and was there a silencer fitted?

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    Mute Patrick FitzGerald
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    Apr 5th 2019, 5:05 PM

    Someone needs to explain to these muppets that the phrase “a chimp with a machine gun” is a satirical description of a dangerous idiot, and *not* a blueprint for how to run an organisation!

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    Mute Liam Meade
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    Apr 5th 2019, 5:16 PM

    @Patrick FitzGerald: reality show “American monkey with a gun” celebs get locked in a maze with a monkey with a loaded gun what could go wrong…

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    Mute Dan public
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    Apr 5th 2019, 5:26 PM

    The organ grinder is in custody

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    Apr 5th 2019, 3:28 PM

    Monkey on the banger whacked out the head!

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    Apr 5th 2019, 7:41 PM

    Good boy Mojo, now throw me down the donuts… and the gear…

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    Apr 5th 2019, 5:39 PM

    Wacko Jacko is alive!

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    Apr 5th 2019, 3:44 PM
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    Apr 5th 2019, 4:50 PM

    The names monkey, drug mule monkey

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    Apr 5th 2019, 6:21 PM

    When you pay peanuts ya know what ya get

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    Mute Paul Freeman
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    Apr 5th 2019, 4:42 PM

    Spanking the monkey.

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    Apr 5th 2019, 4:29 PM

    Bet they don’t lock up these Monkies.

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    Apr 5th 2019, 10:58 PM

    What about the Gorilla that owns him
    Bet he s going nuts

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    Mute Joe
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    Apr 5th 2019, 5:01 PM

    Monkey See, Monkey Do LOOOOL

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    Mute Peter Govan
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    Apr 5th 2019, 11:53 PM

    Free bubbles

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    Mute John Cassin
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    Apr 5th 2019, 5:00 PM

    Maybe they were spanking the monkey.

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    Apr 5th 2019, 5:54 PM

    A ” monkey “

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    Apr 5th 2019, 5:47 PM

    One very serious monkey that.

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    Apr 5th 2019, 6:28 PM
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    Apr 6th 2019, 9:29 AM

    “See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil”

    One monkey doing 3 jobs:

    Delaney comes to mind:

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    Apr 6th 2019, 9:48 AM

    What do you call an angry monkey?
    Furious George

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    Apr 6th 2019, 7:33 AM

    Oh Scooby do I want a be like you you you I want snort like you shoot like you do do do

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    Mute Garreth Byrne
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    Apr 6th 2019, 11:47 AM

    If George the monkey takes a free ride on a train, he’ll be an even bigger media star than Hamish the terrier dog.

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    Apr 6th 2019, 11:08 PM

    Average IQ at the site dropped by 70% after the monkey was removed

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    Apr 5th 2019, 4:55 PM

    I heard they are a Columbian drugs gang, brought the monkey with them to Finglas

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    Apr 5th 2019, 4:59 PM

    The monkey was a member of the bonobo organized crime syndicate

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