IE Quiz 07/08

Sabina Coyne Higgins (pictured with husband President Michael D. Higgins) issued an open letter to much ado this week on which topic?

Which top-flight soccer competition kicks its 30th season off later this month?

Irish-language film An Cailín Ciúin added to its long list of accolades this past week by being Ireland's nomination for Best International Film at the Oscars - but what does its title mean?

Which e-business giant this week opened a distribution centre in Dublin - much to the chagrin of the Irish union movement?

Above is a look at the new standard sliotar for use in hurling, as ratified by GAA Central Council this week - what colour are they presently?

US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi this week visited which country, amid its ongoing tensions with China?

Killary Harbour - An Caoláire Rua - is Ireland's only fjord, forming a partially border between which two counties?

Which Hollywood actor this week stoked controversy upon his visit to Ireland, by wasting fuel and emissions on a 12-minute plane journey between Shannon and Kerry?

Scientist and inventor, James Lovelock (pictured above working at his holiday home in West Cork), who passed last week, was instrumental in which climate-related discovery?

Voice actor Charles Martinet has this weekend been a marquee attraction at Dublin Comic Con - but which videogame hero has he voiced for over 30 years?