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How closely have you been paying attention to this week’s sporting headlines?

1. Cristiano Ronaldo won another Ballon d’Or this week. How many does he have to his name now?
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3
4

5
6
2. Cora Staunton captained her club to a sixth All-Ireland senior title on Sunday, but what are they called?
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Charlestown
Carnacon

Moy Davitts
Kilmovee
3. Leinster announced this week that Jordi Murphy was leaving the province next summer. Where is he off to?
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Munster
Ulster

Toulouse
Racing 92
4. Georges St-Pierre vacated his UFC middleweight title this week. Who is the new undisputed champion?
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Robert Whittaker
Yoel Romero

Luke Rockhold
Chris Weidman
5. What did the Irish public choose as Ireland's Greatest Sporting Moment this week?
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Munster’s victory over the All Blacks in 1978
Ray Houghton’s goal against England at Euro ’88

Ireland’s penalty shootout win over Romania at Italia ’90
Padraig Harrington claiming the British Open in 2008
6. Robbie Keane finally made his Indian Super League debut this week for what club?
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Kerala Blasters
Chennaiyin FC

Delhi Dynamos
Atlético de Kolkata
7. Dublin and Cuala star Con O'Callaghan had a phenomenal year in front of the posts, but how many goals did he bag for club and county?
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11
13

15
17
8. Who scored a hat-trick for Leinster as they got their defence of their Women’s Interprovincial title under way last weekend?
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Lindsay Peat
Aimee Clarke

Michelle Claffey
Susan Vaughan
9. The New York Giants re-instated Eli Manning at quarterback this week. How many Super Bowls has he won?
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0
2

4
6
10. It was announced this week that Ireland will play a group game in what Spanish city if they qualify for Euro 2020?
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Bilbao
Barcelona

Madrid
Seville
Answer all the questions to see your result!
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Gold
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Silver
Not too bad at all. If you'd paid a little more attention you could have won the gold.
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Bronze
The questions just didn't suit you this time. Try again next week.
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Wooden Spoon
Well now. There's not much we can say about that. Do you even like sport?
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