They dropped pearls of wisdom, planted tongues firmly in cheek, and jammed their feet in their mouths. But how much of what 2015's big newsmakers said do you actually remember?
Take our quiz and try to match the quote with the person who said it. Click on the video below each one to see if you were right.
“This isn’t ISIS. No one’s dying.”
FIFA President Sepp Blatter
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady
Ex-Subway pitchman Jared Fogle
“Clock kid” Ahmed Mohamed
“I had a little work done.”
Transgender Olympian Caitlyn Jenner
“Modern Family” star Reid Ewing
Presidential candidate Donald Trump
Former Illinois Rep. Aaron Schock
"As a teenager, I would go after people with rocks, and bricks, and baseball bats, and hammers. And, of course, many people know the story when I was 14 and I tried to stab someone."
Presidential candidate Ben Carson
Reality star Josh Duggar
UFC fighter Ronda Rousey
Ex-Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO Martin Shkreli
“I think I release myself from this prison today.”
New York escapee David Sweat
Actor Charlie Sheen
Former House Speaker John Boehner
Former “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart
“Love is love.”
Vatican priest Krzysztof Charamsa
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert
President Barack Obama
“We don’t have any room for racists and bigots at this university.”
Yale University President Peter Salovey
University of Oklahoma President David Boren
University of Missouri football coach Gary Pinkel
Oklahoma Wesleyan University President Everett Piper
“What the hell did I do? Killed them all, of course.”
Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
Cecil the Lion killer Walter Palmer
Charleston church gunman Dylann Roof
Real-estate scion (and "Jinx" star) Robert Durst
“Hate won’t win.”
French President Francois Hollande
Alana Simmons, granddaughter of Charleston massacre victim
San Bernardino Mayor Carey Davis
Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby
"You may have seen that I recently launched a Snapchat account. I love it. Those messages disappear all by themselves."
Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton
Ashley Madison CEO Noel Biderman
Rapper 50 Cent
Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane
“Touch my hair. It’s real.”
Race-controversy figure Rachel Dolezal
Presidential candidate Donald Trump
Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton
Football player Odell Beckham