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Quiz: How well do you remember these quotes from 2024?

These were some of the more memorable things said this year.
10.01pm, 31 Dec 2024
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WHO SAID IT? Why did they say it? Who did they say it to? 

We’re nearing the end of the year, and we’re asking how well you remember some of the more memorable quotes from 2024.

Who said the following: "To anybody who thinks this party is tired, to anyone who thinks this party lacks energy - you ain't seen nothing yet."
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Micheál Martin
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Ivana Bacik

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Simon Harris
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Mary Lou McDonald
Why did Donald Trump say "They're eating the dogs"?
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He had heard about a pet-eating festival in Springfield
His running mate told him that immigrants were eating pets in Ohio

His advisors told him that dog was a delicacy in parts of the US
What contentious political moment lead Micheál Martin to say the following: "This isn’t Pen Pals International"?
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Leo Varadkar's two visits to the White House during St Patrick's Day celebrations
The summoning of the Irish ambassador to Israel to the Israeli foreign affairs department for a 'reprimand'

Rumours that a Russian spy was in the Oireachtas
The leaking of a letter from the President congratulating the newly elected Iranian president
Which pop star tweeted "kamala IS brat" in an endorsement of the Democratic nominee for US president?
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Taylor Swift
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Olivia Rodrigo

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Charli XCX
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Miley Cyrus
Which Irish politician said that the Green Party had turned Dublin “into a spaghetti junction of cycle lanes that have divided the city like East and West Berlin”?
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Regina Doherty
Peadar Tóibín

Michael Healy-Rae
Seán Canney
Why did a spokesperson for the Pope say the following? : "As he [the Pope] has stated on more than one occasion, ‘In the Church there is room for everyone, everyone! Nobody is useless or superfluous, there is room for everyone, just the way we are.’"
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Reports that the Pope had said only people wholly free from sin would be welcome in the Vatican
Reports that the Pope was using misogynistic terms speaking about women

Reports that the Pope had used derogatory language speaking about gay men
Which candidate in the general election said, "You're like a dying wasp, you are" to an RTÉ journalist outside the count centre?
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Marie Sherlock
Gerard 'The Monk' Hutch

Gary Gannon
Mary Lou McDonald
This councillor, who was the last councillor elected in Ireland in June, received backlash when he said women should "BLANK" more.
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Stay at home
Listen to their husbands

Have sexual relations
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Who said this about meeting King Charles: "I’m Irish, so it’s not on the list of priorities"?
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Paul Mescal
Cillian Murphy

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Simon Harris
Which politician referred to Simon Harris and Micheál Martin as 'Tweedledum' and 'Tweedledee' in the run-up to the general election?
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Jennifer Whitmore
Holly Cairns

Mary Lou McDonald
Alan Kelly
Answer all the questions to see your result!
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You scored out of !
The memory of an elephant
They say an elephant never forgets - and neither do you
Share your result:
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You scored out of !
News junkie
You kept on top of the news this year
Share your result:
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You scored out of !
News enthusiast
You paid a bit of attention to the news this year
Share your result:
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You scored out of !
The memory of a goldfish
While a goldfish's memory may not be as terrible as once said, yours just might be
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