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QUIZ: Do you remember who said this?

Some of these people might prefer for us to forget what they said…
9.30pm, 31 Dec 2016
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THE WORLD’S politicians, sportspeople and general celebrities are always good for a juicy quote.

There may be some quotes over the last year that they would like people to forget – but we haven’t.

Let’s see how many you can remember…

"She was giving me a right doing. The last thing I remember is her actually standing on my face."
RTE
Blindboy Boatclub
Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews.ie
Neil Delamere

RollingNews.ie
Michael Healy-Rae
RollingNews.ie
Domhnall Gleeson
"Get that baby out of here."
Manu Fernandez/PA
Bruce Springsteen
Charles Rex Arbogast/PA
Donald Trump

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A Monaghan priest during mass
Martin Mejia/PA
Vladamir Putin
"To be honest, I must say he’s an incredibly obedient employee."
Andrew Harnik/PA
Hillary Clinton, speaking about Bill.
John Stillwell PA
Queen Elizabeth, speaking about then Prime Minister David Cameron.

Andrew Milligan/PA
Donald Trump, speaking about his son Donald Jnr.
Niall Carson/PA Wire
Joan Burton, speaking about Alan Kelly.
"I am not pregnant. What I am is fed up."
Francis Specker/Empics Entertainment
Jennifer Aniston
Daniel Leal-Olivas/PA
Lily Allen

Jordan Strauss/PA
Emma Stone
Matt Crossick Matt Crossick/Empics Entertainment
Cheryl Cole
"They’re f*****g cheats. It’s simple as that."
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I'm A Celeb contestant Jordan Banjo
John Locher/PA
MMA fighter Nate Diaz

Dan Sheridan/INPHO
Irish boxer Michael Conlan
Alan D West/Empics Entertainment
Strictly Come Dancing contestant Daisy Lowe
"I think if The Donald wins, he’ll be a pussycat."
Sam Boal/RollingNews.ie
Eamon Dunphy
Laura Hutton/RollingNews.ie
Bertie Ahern

RollingNews.ie
Gay Byrne
Sam Boal/RollingNews.ie
David Norris
"I made a decision in a moment of madness."
Morgan Treacy /Inpho
Roy Keane
RTÉ News
Michaelle McCollum Connolly

Sam Boal/RollingNews.ie
Mattie McGrath
Chris Pizzello/PA
Amy Schumer
"I am truly sorry Pistol and Boo were not declared."
Kamil Zihnioglu/PA
Paris Hilton
Lionel Cironneau/PA
Kim Kardashian

Doug Peters /Empics Entertainment
Amber Heard
Shuji Kajiyama/PA
Lady Gaga
"This is a man who has to take his shoes off to help him count to 20."
Cliff Owen/PA
Joe Biden about Donald Trump
Sam Boal/RollingNews.ie
Ged Nash about Gerry Adams

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Micheál Martin about Enda Kenny
Stefan Rousseau/PA
Nicola Sturgeon about Nigel Farage
"I did what Kilkenny couldn’t do – five in a row."
Empics Entertainment
Hugh Hefner
RollingNews.ie
George Hook

Laura Hutton/RollingNews.ie
Michael O'Leary
RollingNews.ie
Michael Lowry
"He said, ‘you’ll sell less Prosecco.’ I said, ‘OK, you’ll sell less fish and chips'.."
Olivier Matthys/PA
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi
Giannis Papanikos/PA
Italian minister for economic development Carlo Calenda

Markus Schreiber/PA
Italian minister of economy and finance Pier Carlo Padoan
Antonio Calanni/PA
Italian minister for health Beatrice Lorenzin
"You don't wash your car with Ballygowan, because if you do you pay for it."
Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie
Simon Coveney
RollingNews.ie
Enda Kenny

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Eamon Ryan
Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie
Alan Kelly
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You're an elephant!
You don't forget a thing. You must be an asset at a table quiz - and a nightmare in an argument.
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You're a pig!
Often misunderstood, you actually have a better memory than people give you credit for. Not bad.
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You're a goldfish!
Oh dear. You either weren't paying too much attention to what was going on in the last year or you've just forgotten entirely. Nevermind, you'll probably forget this quiz too.
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