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Quiz: Can you guess which famous person's signature this is?

These famous signatures haven’t been ruined by technology…yet.
9.00pm, 17 Aug 2019
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NEXT WEEK IS National Heritage Week, and among the events taking place are workshops in handwriting and calligraphy.

These days, technology seems to be slowly ruining everyone’s handwriting, so it might be a good excuse to brush up on your own or to perfect your signature.

For inspiration, we’ve compiled a quiz containing the marks of famous people around the world: can you guess which signature belongs to whom?

First up, this signature belongs to which former Irish politician?
Mary Coughlan
Mary Hanafin
Mary McAleese
Mary Robinson
Which world leader's signature is this?
Tayyip Recep Erdogan
Scott Morrison
Justin Trudeau
Donald Trump
This signature belongs to which Oscar-winning actor?
Daniel Day-Lewis
Mel Gibson
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Anthony Hopkins
Which 'May' does this signature belong to?
Brian May
David May
Imelda May
Theresa May
Who is the owner of this signature?
Anne Frank
Ian Paisley
Nicola Tesla
WB Yeats
And this one?
Lance Armstrong
TS Eliot
JK Rowling
Joseph Stalin
This signature belongs to another world leader: which one?
Angela Merkel
Charles Michel
Scott Morrison
George Weah
Which actor's signature is this?
Micheal Fassbender
Michael J Fox
Martin Freeman
Morgan Freeman
Which Irish celebrity's signature is this?
Daniel Day-Lewis
Dolores O'Riordan
Domhnall Gleeson
Deirdre O'Kane
And finally...whose signature is this?
Zinedine Zidane
Adam Sandler
Emmanuel Macron
Zorro
Answer all the questions to see your result!
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Turtley awful
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What are ewe doing?
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Fintastic
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Clever cat
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Top dog
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    CAPITAINE ADEBAYO
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    Sep 19th 2014, 3:59 PM

    I love *France too much

    *power

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    winding_down
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    Sep 19th 2014, 6:26 PM

    The guy who wouldn’t shut the **** up about Ireland’s Corporate Tax rates.

    This man is no friend of Ireland, and had no friends in Ireland.

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    CAPITAINE ADEBAYO
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    Sep 19th 2014, 6:57 PM

    He has one friend. Didn’t he give our great leader a fu(k1n head rub! Hahahahha somebody please post the pic URL my phone is actin up. What a buffoon.

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    Liberté et Egalité
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    Sep 19th 2014, 8:14 PM

    Here you go Capitaine!

    http://files.broadsheet.ie/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Picture-2101.jpeg

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    CAPITAINE ADEBAYO
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    Sep 20th 2014, 11:32 AM

    Thats the one! Cheers Lib!

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    Sheik Yahbouti
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    Sep 19th 2014, 4:01 PM

    Every time I see this guy I am reminded of the wit and wisdom of the great Sir Terry Wogan. He used to describe the unfortunate Charlene Tilton of “Dallas” fame, as “a poisoned dwarf”. In this respect he was wrong – Sarkozy is the orginal, and only, poisoned dwarf. It will be a long time before I forgive this arrogant little bubble on a pisspot his attitude to my country, nor his ruffling of the hair of our favour golden retriever, Enda. God rot him.

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    Cathal Leonard
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    Sep 19th 2014, 4:39 PM

    I thought he was going to prison.. um must be a different pompous self rigorous little gob site

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    JakeTheMuss7
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    Sep 19th 2014, 6:52 PM

    That was his Italian counterpart.

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    JPS
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    Sep 19th 2014, 4:20 PM

    The little French shyster!

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    Marguerite Hoiby
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    Sep 19th 2014, 4:50 PM

    the wife must be getting on his nerves being at home with no job!!!

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    Brendan Julian
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    Sep 19th 2014, 5:03 PM

    Nah she Will start singing again if not already

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    John Deegan
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    Sep 19th 2014, 4:01 PM

    He should be ok on the Ghadaffi front. Dead men tell no tales.

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    Sep 19th 2014, 4:59 PM

    Le malheureux Français, ayant à choisir entre François Hollande et Nicolas Sarkozy !!

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    Liberté et Egalité
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    Sep 19th 2014, 8:58 PM

    Plus ça change…

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    Brendan Redmond
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    Sep 19th 2014, 5:50 PM

    Politicians are like nappies,they need to be disposed of for the same reason!!!

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    Ian Walsh
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    Sep 19th 2014, 5:22 PM

    Politicians are the same the world over… I hope the French don’t re-elect this pompous little man.

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    Joseph O'Regan
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    Sep 19th 2014, 4:40 PM

    He should join the Labour Party.

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    Sep 19th 2014, 9:00 PM

    yet another demonstration of how obnoxious abnormally short people tend to be.

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    Duncan Paul
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    Sep 19th 2014, 10:13 PM

    What’s the French for Bertie?

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    Donal Vaughan
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    Sep 19th 2014, 6:59 PM

    The little Shnat

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    Patrick Meehan
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    Sep 19th 2014, 5:10 PM

    Ah stop

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    David Harrington
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    Sep 19th 2014, 8:38 PM

    “long-awaited political comeback”

    By who?

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    Sep 19th 2014, 8:53 PM

    Him, David, only him – the rancid little runt.

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