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Newshound Quiz 34

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.

We’re almost at the end of the year! 34 Friday Newshound Quizzes to date and we bet you haven’t gotten a single answer wrong yet. Keep the streak going with today’s edition. Enjoy!

A Noteworthy investigation found this week that hospital admissions had increased by 50% over the last 10 years for what kind of injury?
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Tick bites
Dog bites

Cat scratches
Horse kicks
Which Irish city is set to be named European City of Christmas 2024 by the Christmas Cities Network?
Waterford
Galway

Cork
Limerick
Irish businessman JP McManus announced this week that he would give how much money to every GAA county board in the country?
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€250,000
€500,000

€1,000,000
€2,000,000
A bust of whom was unveiled at Leinster House this week?
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John Hume
David Trimble

Mo Mowlam
Bill Clinton
Which car company was forced to recall over 2,000,000 vehicles in the US this week?
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Mercedes
BMW

Toyota
Tesla
Andre Braugher passed away this week at the age of 61. Which of these sitcoms did he star in?
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Parks and Recreation
The Office (US)

Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Community
Donald Tusk was elected as prime minister of which EU state this week?
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Poland
Slovenia

Slovakia
Hungary
Which high street fashion retailer pulled an ad campaign this week over similarities to images emerging from Gaza?
H&M
Pull & Bear

Bershka
Zara
Diageo received permission this week to build a new €200 million brewery in what county?
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Kilkenny
Kildare

Westmeath
Louth
Which of these Irish actors was NOT nominated for Best Actor at the Golden Globes?
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Paul Mescal
Barry Keoghan

Andrew Scott
Cillian Murphy
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    Dec 15th 2023, 4:34 PM

    7/10 was full sure Paul Meskall was nominated.

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    Dec 15th 2023, 5:33 PM

    @Willie Marty: 9/10 myself. The polish prime minister tripped me up. Those poles lol

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    Dec 15th 2023, 7:30 PM

    @Willie Marty: are you gay?

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    Dec 16th 2023, 9:54 AM

    Amazeballs… 10 out of 10 this week. There’s a first time for everything…

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    Dec 15th 2023, 6:38 PM

    6/10, I’ll take it. Be useful if we could see which articles we missed, Journal – I’ve skipped a few this fortnight meaning to get back to red them and my bookmarks don’t work anymore.

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