How well will you do on The Sun quiz of 2017?

IT has been a year of ups and downs, ins and outs, scandals, triumphs and catastrophes, as well as the odd laugh – but have you been paying attention?

As 2017 draws to a close, here GIULIA CROUCH and NICK PRITCHARD test your knowledge with our bumper quiz of the year.

Who said it?

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❶ “Why would Kim Jong- un insult me by calling me old when I would never call him short and fat? I try so hard to be his friend, and maybe some day that will happen!”

❷ “If we recruit the 10,000 policemen and women over four years we believe it’ll be about £300,000.”

❸ “It is the first time a woman’s played it, but in a way it’s not a woman playing the part — it’s a brand new body, and it happens to be female.”

❹ “I could have died or at least been disabled at the end of it. I could have been legless. Legless!”

❺ “Balls have zero to me to me to me to me . . . ”

Showbiz

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❶ Cheryl and Liam Payne celebrated the birth of their first child in March. What did they call him — Koala, Bear or Bunny?

❷ At the Oscars in February the wrong film was announced as Best Picture instead of Moonlight. What was it?

❸ Ed Sheeran’s hit Shape Of You made No1 in 44 countries after its release in January. Who was it ­originally written for — Rihanna, Harry Styles or Beyonce?

❹ Mel B and Stephen Belafonte recently reached a divorce settlement costing the ­former Spice Girl millions — but what have they both agreed to destroy as part of the deal?

❺ Which snubbed celeb said: “Katherine Jenkins OBE for what? Singing at the rugby and going to see the troops plus taking coke. F***ing joke.”

News

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❶ IN September it was reported that the fire brigade in Bristol had to be called out to rescue a woman who had become trapped in a window while trying to retrieve something she had thrown from the building when a Tinder date went disastrously wrong. What was she trying to grab?

❷ Prince Harry and                      his girlfriend Meghan Markle announced their engagement in November. What is the actress’s real first name?

❸ Daniella Hirst and Craig Smith were caught having sex in a Domino’s takeaway in Scarborough in February — but what pizza had they ordered?

❹ Which A-list actor stopped a moped thief in April, yelling: “I caught the c***”?

❺ London Bridge terror attack survivor Roy Larner yelled at his attackers as they struck in June: “F*** you — I’m ********.” Which ­football team was he shouting about?

Birthdays

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HOW many candles would these ­famous faces have blown out on their birthday cakes this year?

❶ Labour leader and MP for ­Islington North, Jeremy Corbyn

❷ Actress and model Millie Bobby Brown, otherwise known as Eleven in TV’s Stranger Things

❸ Prince Philip, The Duke of ­Edinburgh

❹ Actress Daisy Ridley, alias Rey in Star Wars films The Force ­Awakens and The Last Jedi.

❺ Telly hosting legends Ant and Dec.

Telly

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❶ Which two politicians did I’m A Celeb winner Georgia Toffolo say she would sleep with?

❷ Which Love Island contestant who finished as a runner-up had ­previously dated Prince Harry?

❸ BBC1 drama Doctor Foster, played by Suranne Jones, is set in a fictional UK town. Is it called ­Summerisle, Sandford or Parminster?

❹ Bake Off judge      Prue Leith accidentally reveal- ed the winner’s name more than 11 hours before the final aired in October. What was her excuse?

❺ Blue Planet II featured a love-cheat sea creature that ditched its long- term partner for a younger one. What was it?

Sport

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❶ Goalie Wayne Shaw was axed from Sutton FC in February for tucking into a snack on the touchline during his side’s FA Cup clash with Arsenal. What was he eating?

❷ Jo Konta reached the semi-finals at Wimbledon this year, playing for Great Britain. She moved to the UK when she was 14. What is her country of birth?

❸ Olympic legend Usain Bolt was beaten in his last solo race in the 100metres final at the World Athletics Championships in London in August. Who won?

❹ Which horse won the Grand National at Aintree in April?

❺ Which England cricketing all-rounder was ditched from the Ashes squad after being arrested on suspicion of causing actual bodily harm outside a Bristol nightclub in September?

Politics

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❶ DURING Theresa May’s speech at the Tory Party Conference in October the letters fell off the sign behind her that read: “Building a country that works for everyone”.
Which two letters disappeared from the backdrop — was it W and O,   F  and  E or  B and  C?

❷ Jeremy Corbyn supporters chanted his name to the tune of a 2003 rock song at Glastonbury in June. What is the name of the track?

❸ Theresa May said that Jean-Claude Juncker would find her a “bloody difficult woman” during Brexit talks in May, but which MP originally called her that?

❹ At the June General Election, Nick Clegg lost his Sheffield Hallam seat to which Labour candidate?

❺ French ­President Emmanuel Macron admitted spending a fortune on a make-up artist in his first three months in office.      How much was it — €1,600 (£1,420), €12,500 (£11,100) or €26,000 (£23,100)?

Picture Round

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