IE Quiz 12/9

Blighted by poor electoral performances, leading a government dealing with successive scandals amid the pandemic, and still reckoning with the legacy of the bailout and austerity, the Fianna Fáil party this week organised a think-in in Co Cavan - with leader and Taoiseach Mícheál Martin (above) in line for criticism. But what does the party's name mean as Béarla?

Social-media colossus Facebook and sunglasses specialist Ray-Ban are currently developing a special pair of frames to allow users to do what?

Alva's World, a new kids' series that premiered on RTÉ Jr television and RTÉ Player this week, discusses which important topic for modern families?

"Eggplant" is the North American and Australian name for which relatively-recently-popular ingredient?

Tyrone's senior Gaelic football team defeated sentimental favourites Mayo for the All-Ireland honours yesterday - prolonging an over-seven-decade All-Ireland football drought for the latter. But for whom is the football All-Ireland championship named?

Author and Irish Examiner columnist/agony aunt Louise O'Neill this week announced her upcoming book 'Idol' - and the hype is real following prior critical and commercial successes. But which publishing company won a five-way bidding war for publishing rights?

Which of these Irish pop music acts hasn't found themselves on The Blacklist, a huge tribute album released this week covering the songs on US metallers Metallica's self-titled 1991 long-player, otherwise known as the 'black album'?

The UK's first doggy cafe opened across the water this week, with tonnes of specially-made treats for your four-legged family members. But what precisely is a "puppuccino", as commonly ordered in human establishments for doggy friends?

Whereabouts in Ireland did this weekend's round of the Red Bull Cliff-Diving World Series take place, featuring some of the world's greatest high divers jumping 21 meters into the sea?

Greek music legend Mikis Theodorakis was buried this week at age of 96, having lived through dictatorship, democracy and the Troika - including jail time and the outlawing of his music. But what film has his most famous composition and scoring?