Morning Ireland News Quiz

Q.1

Americans went to the polls on Tuesday and re-elected Barack Obama to another term as President. A hamlet in New Hampshire was the first place to count its votes and, for the first time ever, produced a dead heat, with five votes for each candidate. What is the name of the hamlet?

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Hart's Location
Dixville Notch
Sugar Hill

Q.2

The Government has chosen St James's Hospital as the site for the new National Children's Hospital. If a child was born in the year that the Mater site, now scrapped, was first selected, how old would he be when the new hospital is due to be completed?

childrenshospital

9 years old
12 years old
15 years old

Q.3

Which one of these statements about the Taoiseach is false?

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Enda Kenny was named 'European of the Year' by the association of German magazine publishers
Enda Kenny, interviewed by the German tabloid newspaper BILD, said Irish people have to solve their problems
Enda Kenny has met Angela Merkel five times in the past seven weeks

Q.4

Celtic beat Barcelona this week 2-1 in what sounded like a close game. But Barcelona had 89% possession, 23 shots and a total of 955 completed passes. How many passes did Celtic complete?

celticvbarcelona

166
266
366

Q.5

The Melbourne Cup, known as the race that stops a nation, was won this week by which horse?

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Blue Moon
Green Moon
Half Moon