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Quiz: How much do you remember about 2012?

You may remember it as the year the earth didn’t end.
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IT WAS THE last time we were at a European Championships, but can you remember what was going on around that?

In January, which Irish businessman was declared bankrupt at the High Court?
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Dermot Desmond
Sean Quinn

Johnny Ronan
JP McManus
An earthquake of 2.2 magnitude hit which county?
Donegal
Mayo

Dublin
Galway
President Michael D Higgins went abroad for the first time since taking office. Where did he go?
New York
London

Paris
Rome
The France v Ireland Six Nations match in Paris was postponed. Why?
INPHO/Dan Sheridan
The team bus broke down
A flooded pitch

A frozen pitch
Foot and mouth disease
Nike offended some people with the name of their new runner. What was it?
The Fenian
The Irish Car Bomb

The Black and Tan
The Bloody Sunday
Which Irish comedian made history by being the first professional English-speaking comedian to perform in Russia?
Dylan Moran
Des Bishop

Tommy Tiernan
Dara O Briain
Ireland voted in a referendum in June. What was it called?
The Lisbon Treaty
The Nice Treaty

The Fiscal Compact Treaty
The Fisheries Regions Treaty
Junior Minister Roisín Shortall quit government. What was her row with Health Minister James Reilly over?
The Smoking Ban
Medical card cuts

Special needs funding
Primary care centres
Maeve Binchy dies in August. Her last novel is published posthumously in November. What is it called?
Minding Frankie
A Week In Winter

Heart and Soul
Whitethorn Woods
Ireland go to the Euros in Poland and the Ukraine but lose every match, scoring just once. Who got it?
INPHO/Donall Farmer
Kevin Doyle
Damien Duff

Sean St Ledger
Richard Dunne
Answer all the questions to see your result!
©INPHO/Dan Sheridan
You scored out of !
You're Katie Taylor!
It was your year.
Share your result:
You scored out of !
You're Jim McGuinness!
Winning matches, and quizzes.
Share your result:
You scored out of !
You're Alan Shatter!
Told household charge protesters to "get a life", had his house burgled and angered people by saying "Londonderry" in the Dáil. Not great.
Share your result:
You scored out of !
You're Giovanni Trapattoni!
It should have been so beautiful. But it wasn't.
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