Test your memory of some of the year's most prominent newsmakers by matching each quote below with the person who said it.
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1. “While I'm grateful for the freedom to express one's self, I've learned there are limits to what language is appropriate, and I'm deeply sorry for how these lyrics could be interpreted.”
a) Lady Gaga
b) Psy
c) Chris Brown
2. "I tripped and found myself inside the lifeboat with a number of passengers."
a) Silvio Berlusconi
b) Antonin Scalia
c) Francesco Schettino
3. "After being married for over 37 years, I showed extremely poor judgment by engaging in an extramarital affair. Such behavior is unacceptable, both as a husband and as the leader of an organization such as ours."
a) David Petraeus
b) Arnold Schwarzenegger
c) Rupert Sanders
4. "There comes a point in every man's life when he has to say, ‘Enough is enough.’ For me, that time is now."
a) Lance Armstrong
b) Paul Ryan
c) Tiger Woods
5. “We screwed up, and we are putting the weight of the company behind correcting it.”
a) Rupert Murdoch
b) Tim Cook
c) Donald Trump
6. “While I do not believe I did anything illegal or ever thought I was doing anything illegal, I did an awful, awful lot that was wrong, and there is no one else responsible for my sins.”
a) John Edwards
b) Peter Madoff
c) Roger Clemens
7. “If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.”
a) Richard Mourdock
b) Todd Akin
c) Michelle Bachmann
8. “We want to keep matters affecting our family private and express our respect for each other's commitment to each of our respective beliefs and support each other’s roles as parents.”
a) Katy Perry and Russell Brand
b) Heidi Klum and Seal
c) Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes
9. “Gold medals are made out of your sweat, blood and tears, and effort in the gym every day, and sacrificing a lot that you have to do.”
a) Gabby Douglas
b) Ryan Lochte
c) Sanya Richards-Ross
10. "My maternity leave will be a few weeks long, and I'll work throughout it."
a) Reese Witherspoon
b) Kate Middleton
c) Marissa Mayer
11. “The fact is, I'm gay, always have been, always will be, and I couldn’t be any more happy, comfortable with myself and proud.”
a) Ellen DeGeneres
b) Anderson Cooper
c) Chely Wright
12. “Sometimes we have to get really high to see how small we are.”
a) Sir Richard Branson
b) Felix Baumgartner
c) Bill Maher
13. “I was born in Harper Hospital. No one’s ever asked to see my birth certificate.”
a) Mitt Romney
b) Vice President Joe Biden
c) Paul Ryan
14. “The performance of the stock has obviously been disappointing.”
a) Tim Cook
b) Brian Dunn
c) Mark Zuckerberg
15. “Under current law, on January 1, 2013, there's going to be a massive fiscal cliff of large spending cuts and tax increases.”
a) Barack Obama
b) John Boehner
c) Ben Bernanke
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Question 1: B, “Gangnam Style” star Psy in a December apology for a 2004 song that called for killing Americans.
Question 2: C, Francesco Schettino, captain of the sunken Costa Concordia, explaining in court why he didn’t go down with his ship in January.
Question 3: A, David Petraeus in a statement announcing his resignation as CIA director in November.
Question 4: A, Cyclist Lance Armstrong, announcing in August that he was ending his fight against doping allegations.
Question 5: B, Apple CEO Tim Cook, talking about the iPhone 5's glitchy maps application on “Rock Center” in December.
Question 6: A, Former Sen. John Edwards after learning he would not be convicted of corruption charges in May.
Question 7: B, Rep. Todd Akin, R-Mo., in an August interview on his opposition to abortion in rape cases.
Question 8: C, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes announcing their divorce agreement in July.
Question 9: A, Olympic gymnast Gabby Douglas after her win in the individual all-around in August.
Question 10: C, Marissa Mayer, revealing her pregnancy soon after being named Yahoo CEO in July.
Question 11: B, CNN anchor Anderson Cooper in a coming-out email, in July.
Question 12: B, Daredevil Felix Baumgartner after his 24-mile fall to earth in October.
Question 13: A, Mitt Romney at an August rally in Michigan.
Question 14: C, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at a September conference, discussing his company’s May IPO.
Question 15: C, Ben Bernanke at a House Financial Services Committee hearing in February.
