Answers

• Author: Eoin Butler
• Published date: 19 December 2020
• Date: 19 December 2020

(a) Audio has leaked of a foul-mouthed Keanu Reeves angrily berating the crew on his latest film for breaching Covid-19 regulations.

(b) A French couple have lost a nine-year noise pollution legal battle caused by the croaking of frogs in their garden pond.

(c) Hundreds of Nigerian students were missing after gunmen attacked a secondary school in the north of the country.

(d) The Irish Government has announced plans to provide free contraception for women aged 17 to 25.

2. Chicago's Federation of Labor projected what enormous, three word slogan onto the side of the city's Prudential Building this week?

(a) Black Lives Matter.

(b) Stop the Steal.

(c) Mayo for Sam.

(d) Finger Lickin' Good.

3. Who is this?

4. Prime Minister Ambrose Dlamini of Eswatini this week became the first world leader to do what?

(a) Perform a motorcycle leap over 13 parked double-decker buses.

(b) Introduce free universal healthcare in a sub-Saharan African country.

(c) Memorise Pi to 100,000 places.

(d) Die of Covid-19.

5. According to Brendan O'Carroll, why was shooting this year's two Christmas episodes of Mrs Brown's Boys not an enjoyable experience?

(a) Bad acting.

(b) A turgid script.

(c) Hackneyed characters and situations.

(d) Strict Covid-19 regulations enforced on-set.

6. Re-enactments and the issuing of a commemorative coin are among a raft of plans to commemorate what notable Irish anniversary in 2022?

(a) The foundation of An Garda Siochána.

(b) The shelling of the Four Courts.

(d) The Saipan incident.

(d) Neil Prendeville exposing himself on a London to Cork flight.

7. A Scottish man was arrested for breaching Covid-19 restrictions after using what unusual method of transportation to visit his girlfriend on the Isle of Man?

(a) Hot air balloon.

(b) Gondola.

(c)...