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How closely were you paying attention to the sports headlines this week?
5.01pm, 22 Jan 2021
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Ireland international Jason Knight was named Derby County captain in Wayne Rooney's first game as permanent manager. What age is the young Dubliner?
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17
18

19
20
Cork's Bríd Stack is recovering after sustaining an injury in her first AFLW game. For which club does she play?
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Adelaide Crows
Gold Coast Suns

North Melbourne Kangaroos
Greater Western Sydney Giants
Can you name the Leinster man who won the Guinness Rugby Writers of Ireland Men’s Player of the Year award?
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Jonathan Sexton
James Ryan

Garry Ringrose
Caelan Doris
Do you know the name of the third-tier club who eliminated Real Madrid from the Copa del Rey?
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Cornella
Navalcarnero

Alcoyano
Cordoba
Defending champions the Kansas City Chiefs saw off the Cleveland Browns to close in on a return to the Super Bowl, despite an injury to their talismanic quarterback. What's his name?
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Patrick Mahomes
Tom Brady

Drew Brees
Josh Allen
Andy Moran is taking his first steps into management with Ballaghaderreen. After which championship season was the former Mayo star named Footballer of the Year?
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2015
2016

2017
2018
Which Guinness Pro14 club signed Irish out-half Ian Keatley?
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Zebre
Glasgow Warriors

Edinburgh
Scarlets
Irish athletics legend Jerry Kiernan passed away this week at the age of 67. In what year did he achieve a ninth-placed finish in the Olympic men's marathon?
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1976
1980

1984
1988
Diane Caldwell has left which Bundesliga club to link up with Ireland team-mate Denise O'Sullivan at North Carolina Courage?
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SC Freiburg
MSV Duisburg

Eintracht Frankfurt
SC Sand
Dublin's Michael Darragh Macauley has retired from inter-county football. How many All-Star awards did he win?
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1
2

3
4
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