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QOD Wednesday 12-26 "BOXING DAY"

#1 Post by fantine33 » Wed Dec 26, 2007 7:36 am

Psych!

I don't really follow boxing that much anymore but, back in the day, I enjoyed watching the fights. It seems like the 70's and 80's were kind of a Golden Age for boxing (the purists are cringing, ha!). Or is it just that the 70's and 80's were kind of a Golden Age all together, everything seemed bigger and brighter and more exciting. Or is it just me and an obvious clue that I'm too effing old?

12/26 Boxing Day

1. This former heavyweight champ obviously has no self-image problems. He names everything on earth after himself, including his five sons (and one of his daughters).

2. This Great White Hope really grabbed the limelight in 1981 when he knocked out Ken Norton in the first round of a nationally televised match. A year later, he was crunched in a championship bout by Larry Holmes.

3. Roberto Duran’s nickname was the “Hands of Stone“. At least until 1980, when a controversial match against Sugar Ray Leonard inspired this new one.

4. Trainer Cus D’Amato took this kid out of a reform school and even became his legal guardian, but died a year before he became the youngest heavyweight champion in the history of the sport.

5. Okay, ladies, you say you don’t like boxing and this category sucks. But you like Paul Newman, don’t you? Isn’t he dreamy? Who played his wife in the movie Somebody Up There Likes Me (the story of Rocky Graziano)?

QOD: My favourite boxer was always Marvelous Marvin Hagler. Because he was cool, he was sexy and he was left handed. I loved a pizza commercial that aired right after he had scored a knockout in a championship fight that was a really big deal (a war, even).

"I wonder what that other guy’s eating tonight?" (shrugs) "Probably soup." (Takes a big old bite of pie.)

I'm paraphrasing (I only saw it once and it was 22 years ago), but how funny is that? Oh, the question… (ha!) Who was the soup eating fellow who was knocked out in the third round?

5 Point Bonus: What was the nickname of the defeated boxer mentioned in the QOD?

5 Point Bonus Bonus: Concerning the actress in question #5: Who was the great love of her life that her mother forbade her to marry?

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#2 Post by littlebeast13 » Wed Dec 26, 2007 7:41 am

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12/26 Boxing Day

1. This former heavyweight champ obviously has no self-image problems. He names everything on earth after himself, including his five sons (and one of his daughters). - George Foreman (A Department 15 regular at work.... 15 being the department # for small appliances....)

2. This Great White Hope really grabbed the limelight in 1981 when he knocked out Ken Norton in the first round of a nationally televised match. A year later, he was crunched in a championship bout by Larry Holmes.

3. Roberto Duran’s nickname was the “Hands of Stone“. At least until 1980, when a controversial match against Sugar Ray Leonard inspired this new one.

4. Trainer Cus D’Amato took this kid out of a reform school and even became his legal guardian, but died a year before he became the youngest heavyweight champion in the history of the sport. - Mike Tyson

5. Okay, ladies, you say you don’t like boxing and this category sucks. But you like Paul Newman, don’t you? Isn’t he dreamy? Who played his wife in the movie Somebody Up There Likes Me (the story of Rocky Graziano)?

QOD: My favourite boxer was always Marvelous Marvin Hagler. Because he was cool, he was sexy and he was left handed. I loved a pizza commercial that aired right after he had scored a knockout in a championship fight that was a really big deal (a war, even).

"I wonder what that other guy’s eating tonight?" (shrugs) "Probably soup." (Takes a big old bite of pie.)

I'm paraphrasing (I only saw it once and it was 22 years ago), but how funny is that? Oh, the question… (ha!) Who was the soup eating fellow who was knocked out in the third round?

5 Point Bonus: What was the nickname of the defeated boxer mentioned in the QOD?

5 Point Bonus Bonus: Concerning the actress in question #5: Who was the great love of her life that her mother forbade her to marry?

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#3 Post by themanintheseersuckersuit » Wed Dec 26, 2007 7:58 am

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1. This former heavyweight champ obviously has no self-image problems. He names everything on earth after himself, including his five sons (and one of his daughters). George Foreman

2. This Great White Hope really grabbed the limelight in 1981 when he knocked out Ken Norton in the first round of a nationally televised match. A year later, he was crunched in a championship bout by Larry Holmes.

3. Roberto Duran’s nickname was the “Hands of Stone“. At least until 1980, when a controversial match against Sugar Ray Leonard inspired this new one. Chin of Glasss

4. Trainer Cus D’Amato took this kid out of a reform school and even became his legal guardian, but died a year before he became the youngest heavyweight champion in the history of the sport. Mike Tyson

5. Okay, ladies, you say you don’t like boxing and this category sucks. But you like Paul Newman, don’t you? Isn’t he dreamy? Who played his wife in the movie Somebody Up There Likes Me (the story of Rocky Graziano)? Joanne Woddard.

QOD: My favourite boxer was always Marvelous Marvin Hagler. Because he was cool, he was sexy and he was left handed. I loved a pizza commercial that aired right after he had scored a knockout in a championship fight that was a really big deal (a war, even).

"I wonder what that other guy’s eating tonight?" (shrugs) "Probably soup." (Takes a big old bite of pie.)

I'm paraphrasing (I only saw it once and it was 22 years ago), but how funny is that? Oh, the question… (ha!) Who was the soup eating fellow who was knocked out in the third round?

5 Point Bonus: What was the nickname of the defeated boxer mentioned in the QOD?

5 Point Bonus Bonus: Concerning the actress in question #5: Who was the great love of her life that her mother forbade her to marry? Paul Newman
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#4 Post by ne1410s » Wed Dec 26, 2007 8:00 am

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12/26 Boxing Day

1. This former heavyweight champ obviously has no self-image problems. He names everything on earth after himself, including his five sons (and one of his daughters). GEORGE FORMAN

2. This Great White Hope really grabbed the limelight in 1981 when he knocked out Ken Norton in the first round of a nationally televised match. A year later, he was crunched in a championship bout by Larry Holmes. JERRY QUARRY

3. Roberto Duran’s nickname was the “Hands of Stone“. At least until 1980, when a controversial match against Sugar Ray Leonard inspired this new one. "NO MAS"

4. Trainer Cus D’Amato took this kid out of a reform school and even became his legal guardian, but died a year before he became the youngest heavyweight champion in the history of the sport. MIKE TYSON

5. Okay, ladies, you say you don’t like boxing and this category sucks. But you like Paul Newman, don’t you? Isn’t he dreamy? Who played his wife in the movie Somebody Up There Likes Me (the story of Rocky Graziano)? LEONA HELMSLY

QOD: My favourite boxer was always Marvelous Marvin Hagler. Because he was cool, he was sexy and he was left handed. I loved a pizza commercial that aired right after he had scored a knockout in a championship fight that was a really big deal (a war, even).

"I wonder what that other guy’s eating tonight?" (shrugs) "Probably soup." (Takes a big old bite of pie.)

I'm paraphrasing (I only saw it once and it was 22 years ago), but how funny is that? Oh, the question… (ha!) Who was the soup eating fellow who was knocked out in the third round? THOMAS HEARNS

5 Point Bonus: What was the nickname of the defeated boxer mentioned in the QOD? HITMAN

5 Point Bonus Bonus: Concerning the actress in question #5: Who was the great love of her life that her mother forbade her to marry?
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Re: QOD Wednesday 12-26 "BOXING DAY"

#5 Post by mrkelley23 » Wed Dec 26, 2007 8:02 am

fantine33 wrote:Psych!

I don't really follow boxing that much anymore but, back in the day, I enjoyed watching the fights. It seems like the 70's and 80's were kind of a Golden Age for boxing (the purists are cringing, ha!). Or is it just that the 70's and 80's were kind of a Golden Age all together, everything seemed bigger and brighter and more exciting. Or is it just me and an obvious clue that I'm too effing old?

12/26 Boxing Day

1. This former heavyweight champ obviously has no self-image problems. He names everything on earth after himself, including his five sons (and one of his daughters).

2. This Great White Hope really grabbed the limelight in 1981 when he knocked out Ken Norton in the first round of a nationally televised match. A year later, he was crunched in a championship bout by Larry Holmes.

3. Roberto Duran’s nickname was the “Hands of Stone“. At least until 1980, when a controversial match against Sugar Ray Leonard inspired this new one.

4. Trainer Cus D’Amato took this kid out of a reform school and even became his legal guardian, but died a year before he became the youngest heavyweight champion in the history of the sport.

5. Okay, ladies, you say you don’t like boxing and this category sucks. But you like Paul Newman, don’t you? Isn’t he dreamy? Who played his wife in the movie Somebody Up There Likes Me (the story of Rocky Graziano)?

QOD: My favourite boxer was always Marvelous Marvin Hagler. Because he was cool, he was sexy and he was left handed. I loved a pizza commercial that aired right after he had scored a knockout in a championship fight that was a really big deal (a war, even).

"I wonder what that other guy’s eating tonight?" (shrugs) "Probably soup." (Takes a big old bite of pie.)

I'm paraphrasing (I only saw it once and it was 22 years ago), but how funny is that? Oh, the question… (ha!) Who was the soup eating fellow who was knocked out in the third round?

5 Point Bonus: What was the nickname of the defeated boxer mentioned in the QOD?

5 Point Bonus Bonus: Concerning the actress in question #5: Who was the great love of her life that her mother forbade her to marry?
Spoiler
1. George Foreman
2. Jerry Quarry?
3. No Mas
4. Mike Tyson?
5. No clue. How about Joanne Woodward?

QoD: Thomas Hearns

Bonus: "Hit Man"

BonusBonus: I'm going to stick with my guess of Joanne Woodward, but this clue makes it probably wrong. still, I"m going to go for the trick question and say Paul Newman.
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Re: QOD Wednesday 12-26 "BOXING DAY"

#6 Post by andrewjackson » Wed Dec 26, 2007 8:09 am

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1. George Foreman

2. Gerry Cooney

3. "No Mas"

4. Mike Tyson

5. Natalie Wood

QOD: Thomas Hearns

5 Point Bonus: The Hitman

5 Point Bonus Bonus: Elvis Presley
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#7 Post by kayrharris » Wed Dec 26, 2007 8:45 am

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Psych!

I don't really follow boxing that much anymore but, back in the day, I enjoyed watching the fights. It seems like the 70's and 80's were kind of a Golden Age for boxing (the purists are cringing, ha!). Or is it just that the 70's and 80's were kind of a Golden Age all together, everything seemed bigger and brighter and more exciting. Or is it just me and an obvious clue that I'm too effing old?

12/26 Boxing Day

1. This former heavyweight champ obviously has no self-image problems. He names everything on earth after himself, including his five sons (and one of his daughters). GEORGE FOREMAN (thanks for one easy one)

2. This Great White Hope really grabbed the limelight in 1981 when he knocked out Ken Norton in the first round of a nationally televised match. A year later, he was crunched in a championship bout by Larry Holmes.

NOPE

3. Roberto Duran’s nickname was the “Hands of Stone“. At least until 1980, when a controversial match against Sugar Ray Leonard inspired this new one. NOPE

4. Trainer Cus D’Amato took this kid out of a reform school and even became his legal guardian, but died a year before he became the youngest heavyweight champion in the history of the sport.

MIKE TYSON? (NO CLUE, JUST A WILD GUESS)

5. Okay, ladies, you say you don’t like boxing and this category sucks. But you like Paul Newman, don’t you? Isn’t he dreamy? Who played his wife in the movie Somebody Up There Likes Me (the story of Rocky Graziano)? I CAN ALMOST SAY BEFORE MY TIME, BUT NO WAY I KNOW THIS

QOD: My favourite boxer was always Marvelous Marvin Hagler. Because he was cool, he was sexy and he was left handed. I loved a pizza commercial that aired right after he had scored a knockout in a championship fight that was a really big deal (a war, even).

"I wonder what that other guy’s eating tonight?" (shrugs) "Probably soup." (Takes a big old bite of pie.)

I'm paraphrasing (I only saw it once and it was 22 years ago), but how funny is that? Oh, the question… (ha!) Who was the soup eating fellow who was knocked out in the third round? MY KNOWLEDGE OF BOXING IS PRETTY SLIM. WHERE ARE THE CASSIUS CLAY QUESTIONS??

5 Point Bonus: What was the nickname of the defeated boxer mentioned in the QOD? ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

5 Point Bonus Bonus: Concerning the actress in question #5: Who was the great love of her life that her mother forbade her to marry?NOPE NOPE NOPE

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#8 Post by starfish1113 » Wed Dec 26, 2007 9:05 am

I know most of these!
Spoiler
1. Big George Foreman
2. Gerry Cooney. I remember the Holmes-Cooney fight like it was yesterday (ok, I didn't watch it live but my family and I followed it closely on the talk radio - "Round 4 is complete and Holmes again is dominant"). I was born in Larry Holmes's hometown, so I have always followed him and rooted for him. I think my family and I were the only Irish Catholics in the world who were rooting for Holmes against Cooney. I've seen recent interviews with the two men and they have become close, which is great considering the tension and animosity that arose during the lead up to this fight.
3. No Mas
4. Mike Tyson. I've had the fortune of meeting three heavyweight champions in my life. I met Holmes outside a movie theater in Easton just before the Muhammed Ali fight. I met Ali a few years before that when he visited my school in Berlin, Germany. And I met Mike Tyson a few days before a fight he had in Atlantic City. My friends and I had gone there to gamble and one of them was fortunate enough to win $500 on the slots. To celebrate, he treated us to lunch in the mall that was shaped like a boat that jutted out into the water. Anyway, we went to a cookie store afterwards and, as we waited in line, I looked at the guy in line directly in front of us. It was Mike Tyson. He was arguing with the cashier, saying "I gave you the right amount of money. Why would I try to rip you off?" He wasn't intimidating, just perplexed. My friend interrupts by saying "Mike?!?" Tyson turns around. Pregnant pause. My friend says "Are you Mike Tyson?" Another pregnant pause. Friend: "Uh, can I have your autograph?" Tyson's handler steps in and says, "No, Mike just had lunch and he doesn't sign after a meal." Huh??? They leave and I notice a dad and his kid coming up to Tyson and (presumably) also asking for an autograph. He blows the kid off. I've disliked Tyson since that day. End of story.
5. Nope

QoD - Tommy Hearns. Greatest fight I ever saw, btw.

Bonus - Hit Man

Bonus #2 - Nope

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#9 Post by mikehardware » Wed Dec 26, 2007 9:47 am

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12/26 Boxing Day

1. George Forman
2. Chuck Wepner?
3. No Mas
4. Mike Tyson?
5.

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Re: QOD Wednesday 12-26 "BOXING DAY"

#10 Post by ToLiveIsToFly » Wed Dec 26, 2007 9:51 am

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12/26 Boxing Day

1. This former heavyweight champ obviously has no self-image problems. He names everything on earth after himself, including his five sons (and one of his daughters).
GEORGE FOREMAN

2. This Great White Hope really grabbed the limelight in 1981 when he knocked out Ken Norton in the first round of a nationally televised match. A year later, he was crunched in a championship bout by Larry Holmes.
GERRY COONEY

3. Roberto Duran’s nickname was the “Hands of Stone“. At least until 1980, when a controversial match against Sugar Ray Leonard inspired this new one.
NO MAS

4. Trainer Cus D’Amato took this kid out of a reform school and even became his legal guardian, but died a year before he became the youngest heavyweight champion in the history of the sport.
MIKE TYSON

5. Okay, ladies, you say you don’t like boxing and this category sucks. But you like Paul Newman, don’t you? Isn’t he dreamy? Who played his wife in the movie Somebody Up There Likes Me (the story of Rocky Graziano)?
JOANNE WOODWARD?

QOD: My favourite boxer was always Marvelous Marvin Hagler. Because he was cool, he was sexy and he was left handed. I loved a pizza commercial that aired right after he had scored a knockout in a championship fight that was a really big deal (a war, even).

"I wonder what that other guy’s eating tonight?" (shrugs) "Probably soup." (Takes a big old bite of pie.)

I'm paraphrasing (I only saw it once and it was 22 years ago), but how funny is that? Oh, the question… (ha!) Who was the soup eating fellow who was knocked out in the third round?

5 Point Bonus: What was the nickname of the defeated boxer mentioned in the QOD?
THOMAS HIT MAN HEARNS

5 Point Bonus Bonus: Concerning the actress in question #5: Who was the great love of her life that her mother forbade her to marry?
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#11 Post by NellyLunatic1980 » Wed Dec 26, 2007 9:58 am

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1. This former heavyweight champ obviously has no self-image problems. He names everything on earth after himself, including his five sons (and one of his daughters).
George Foreman

2. This Great White Hope really grabbed the limelight in 1981 when he knocked out Ken Norton in the first round of a nationally televised match. A year later, he was crunched in a championship bout by Larry Holmes.
Gerry Cooney

3. Roberto Duran’s nickname was the “Hands of Stone“. At least until 1980, when a controversial match against Sugar Ray Leonard inspired this new one.
"No Mas"

4. Trainer Cus D’Amato took this kid out of a reform school and even became his legal guardian, but died a year before he became the youngest heavyweight champion in the history of the sport.
obviously, reform school didn't work... Mike Tyson

5. Okay, ladies, you say you don’t like boxing and this category sucks. But you like Paul Newman, don’t you? Isn’t he dreamy? Who played his wife in the movie Somebody Up There Likes Me (the story of Rocky Graziano)?
pass

QOD: My favourite boxer was always Marvelous Marvin Hagler. Because he was cool, he was sexy and he was left handed. I loved a pizza commercial that aired right after he had scored a knockout in a championship fight that was a really big deal (a war, even).

"I wonder what that other guy’s eating tonight?" (shrugs) "Probably soup." (Takes a big old bite of pie.)

I'm paraphrasing (I only saw it once and it was 22 years ago), but how funny is that? Oh, the question… (ha!) Who was the soup eating fellow who was knocked out in the third round?

pass

5 Point Bonus: What was the nickname of the defeated boxer mentioned in the QOD?
pass

5 Point Bonus Bonus: Concerning the actress in question #5: Who was the great love of her life that her mother forbade her to marry?
pass

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#12 Post by wintergreen48 » Wed Dec 26, 2007 10:38 am

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1. George Foreman (the daughter should have been Georgette Foreperson, or Foregirl, or something...)

2. Bobick?

3. This was the 'No Mas' fight... Hands of Cotton?

4. Mike 'Cannibal' Tyson

5. Beats me. Go with Joanne Woodward, she makes a good wife for Paul Newman.

QOD: Pass (I remember the fight, I remember the commercial, I don't remember the fighter...)


5 Point Bonus: Beats me.

5 Point Bonus Bonus: Concerning the actress in question #5: Beats me
Edited just to do the spoiler thingie. I'm positive I spoiled this, but it does not show up thusly, for some reason.

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#13 Post by AnnieCamaro » Wed Dec 26, 2007 10:53 am

Spoiler

1. Mr. George Foreman
2. The Frost Miser?
3. No Mas
4. Mr. Mike Tyson
5. I haven't met Mr. Paul
QoD: I haven't met Mr. Marvin
Bonus: or him
Bonus Bonus: or her.
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#14 Post by earendel » Wed Dec 26, 2007 11:00 am

fantine33 wrote:Psych!

I don't really follow boxing that much anymore but, back in the day, I enjoyed watching the fights. It seems like the 70's and 80's were kind of a Golden Age for boxing (the purists are cringing, ha!). Or is it just that the 70's and 80's were kind of a Golden Age all together, everything seemed bigger and brighter and more exciting. Or is it just me and an obvious clue that I'm too effing old?
Boxing may be known as "the sweet science" but it's brutality to me (sorry, fannie).
fantine33 wrote:
12/26 Boxing Day

1. This former heavyweight champ obviously has no self-image problems. He names everything on earth after himself, including his five sons (and one of his daughters).

2. This Great White Hope really grabbed the limelight in 1981 when he knocked out Ken Norton in the first round of a nationally televised match. A year later, he was crunched in a championship bout by Larry Holmes.

3. Roberto Duran’s nickname was the “Hands of Stone“. At least until 1980, when a controversial match against Sugar Ray Leonard inspired this new one.

4. Trainer Cus D’Amato took this kid out of a reform school and even became his legal guardian, but died a year before he became the youngest heavyweight champion in the history of the sport.

5. Okay, ladies, you say you don’t like boxing and this category sucks. But you like Paul Newman, don’t you? Isn’t he dreamy? Who played his wife in the movie Somebody Up There Likes Me (the story of Rocky Graziano)?

QOD: My favourite boxer was always Marvelous Marvin Hagler. Because he was cool, he was sexy and he was left handed. I loved a pizza commercial that aired right after he had scored a knockout in a championship fight that was a really big deal (a war, even).

"I wonder what that other guy’s eating tonight?" (shrugs) "Probably soup." (Takes a big old bite of pie.)

I'm paraphrasing (I only saw it once and it was 22 years ago), but how funny is that? Oh, the question… (ha!) Who was the soup eating fellow who was knocked out in the third round?

5 Point Bonus: What was the nickname of the defeated boxer mentioned in the QOD?

5 Point Bonus Bonus: Concerning the actress in question #5: Who was the great love of her life that her mother forbade her to marry?
Spoiler
1. George Foreman (elwing uses his grill a lot)
2. nope
3. "No mas"
4. Mike Tyson
5. Joanne Woodward (WAG)

QoD - nope
5 point bonus #1 - nope
5 point bonus #2 - nope
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#15 Post by tanstaafl2 » Wed Dec 26, 2007 11:16 am

fantine33 wrote: Psych!

I don't really follow boxing that much anymore but, back in the day, I enjoyed watching the fights. It seems like the 70's and 80's were kind of a Golden Age for boxing (the purists are cringing, ha!). Or is it just that the 70's and 80's were kind of a Golden Age all together, everything seemed bigger and brighter and more exciting. Or is it just me and an obvious clue that I'm too effing old?
Umm, no comment...
fantine33 wrote:
12/26 Boxing Day
Spoiler

1. This former heavyweight champ obviously has no self-image problems. He names everything on earth after himself, including his five sons (and one of his daughters).
George Foreman

2. This Great White Hope really grabbed the limelight in 1981 when he knocked out Ken Norton in the first round of a nationally televised match. A year later, he was crunched in a championship bout by Larry Holmes.
Jerry Cooney

3. Roberto Duran’s nickname was the “Hands of Stone“. At least until 1980, when a controversial match against Sugar Ray Leonard inspired this new one.
No Mas

4. Trainer Cus D’Amato took this kid out of a reform school and even became his legal guardian, but died a year before he became the youngest heavyweight champion in the history of the sport.
Mike Tyson?

5. Okay, ladies, you say you don’t like boxing and this category sucks. But you like Paul Newman, don’t you? Isn’t he dreamy? Who played his wife in the movie Somebody Up There Likes Me (the story of Rocky Graziano)?
No mas

QOD: My favourite boxer was always Marvelous Marvin Hagler. Because he was cool, he was sexy and he was left handed. I loved a pizza commercial that aired right after he had scored a knockout in a championship fight that was a really big deal (a war, even).

"I wonder what that other guy’s eating tonight?" (shrugs) "Probably soup." (Takes a big old bite of pie.)

I'm paraphrasing (I only saw it once and it was 22 years ago), but how funny is that? Oh, the question… (ha!) Who was the soup eating fellow who was knocked out in the third round?
No mas

5 Point Bonus: What was the nickname of the defeated boxer mentioned in the QOD?
No mas

5 Point Bonus Bonus: Concerning the actress in question #5: Who was the great love of her life that her mother forbade her to marry?
No mas
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#16 Post by tlynn78 » Wed Dec 26, 2007 12:11 pm

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1. (and his grills) George Foreman
2. nope
3. No Mas
4. Mike Tyson
5. nope

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#17 Post by a1mamacat » Wed Dec 26, 2007 1:56 pm

fantine33 wrote:Psych!

I don't really follow boxing that much anymore but, back in the day, I enjoyed watching the fights. It seems like the 70's and 80's were kind of a Golden Age for boxing (the purists are cringing, ha!). Or is it just that the 70's and 80's were kind of a Golden Age all together, everything seemed bigger and brighter and more exciting. Or is it just me and an obvious clue that I'm too effing old?

12/26 Boxing Day
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1. This former heavyweight champ obviously has no self-image problems. He names everything on earth after himself, including his five sons (and one of his daughters). george Forman

2. This Great White Hope really grabbed the limelight in 1981 when he knocked out Ken Norton in the first round of a nationally televised match. A year later, he was crunched in a championship bout by Larry Holmes. nope

3. Roberto Duran’s nickname was the “Hands of Stone“. At least until 1980, when a controversial match against Sugar Ray Leonard inspired this new one. nope

4. Trainer Cus D’Amato took this kid out of a reform school and even became his legal guardian, but died a year before he became the youngest heavyweight champion in the history of the sport. nope

5. Okay, ladies, you say you don’t like boxing and this category sucks. But you like Paul Newman, don’t you? Isn’t he dreamy? Who played his wife in the movie Somebody Up There Likes Me (the story of Rocky Graziano)? guessing Grace Kelly based on the wording of the bonus bonus.

QOD: My favourite boxer was always Marvelous Marvin Hagler. Because he was cool, he was sexy and he was left handed. I loved a pizza commercial that aired right after he had scored a knockout in a championship fight that was a really big deal (a war, even).

"I wonder what that other guy’s eating tonight?" (shrugs) "Probably soup." (Takes a big old bite of pie.)

I'm paraphrasing (I only saw it once and it was 22 years ago), but how funny is that? Oh, the question… (ha!) Who was the soup eating fellow who was knocked out in the third round? nope

5 Point Bonus: What was the nickname of the defeated boxer mentioned in the QOD? nope

5 Point Bonus Bonus: Concerning the actress in question #5: Who was the great love of her life that her mother forbade her to marry? Okay, this wording now allows me to guess for number 5, so that makes this guess here Oleg Casini
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Re: QOD Wednesday 12-26 "BOXING DAY"

#18 Post by T_Bone0806 » Wed Dec 26, 2007 5:10 pm

fantine33 wrote:Psych!

I don't really follow boxing that much anymore but, back in the day, I enjoyed watching the fights. It seems like the 70's and 80's were kind of a Golden Age for boxing (the purists are cringing, ha!). Or is it just that the 70's and 80's were kind of a Golden Age all together, everything seemed bigger and brighter and more exciting. Or is it just me and an obvious clue that I'm too effing old?

12/26 Boxing Day

1. This former heavyweight champ obviously has no self-image problems. He names everything on earth after himself, including his five sons (and one of his daughters).

2. This Great White Hope really grabbed the limelight in 1981 when he knocked out Ken Norton in the first round of a nationally televised match. A year later, he was crunched in a championship bout by Larry Holmes.

3. Roberto Duran’s nickname was the “Hands of Stone“. At least until 1980, when a controversial match against Sugar Ray Leonard inspired this new one.

4. Trainer Cus D’Amato took this kid out of a reform school and even became his legal guardian, but died a year before he became the youngest heavyweight champion in the history of the sport.

5. Okay, ladies, you say you don’t like boxing and this category sucks. But you like Paul Newman, don’t you? Isn’t he dreamy? Who played his wife in the movie Somebody Up There Likes Me (the story of Rocky Graziano)?

QOD: My favourite boxer was always Marvelous Marvin Hagler. Because he was cool, he was sexy and he was left handed. I loved a pizza commercial that aired right after he had scored a knockout in a championship fight that was a really big deal (a war, even).

"I wonder what that other guy’s eating tonight?" (shrugs) "Probably soup." (Takes a big old bite of pie.)

I'm paraphrasing (I only saw it once and it was 22 years ago), but how funny is that? Oh, the question… (ha!) Who was the soup eating fellow who was knocked out in the third round?

5 Point Bonus: What was the nickname of the defeated boxer mentioned in the QOD?

5 Point Bonus Bonus: Concerning the actress in question #5: Who was the great love of her life that her mother forbade her to marry?
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1-George Foreman
2-Gerry Cooney
3-"No mas" is all I can think of..don't know if that became a nickname
4-Mike Tyson
5-Dunno

QOD:Gotta be Thomas Hearns
5PB: Hitman
5PBB: Dunno
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#19 Post by KillerTomato » Wed Dec 26, 2007 6:03 pm

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A word of explanation:

Back in the day, when my family actually allowed me to play "Trivial Pursuit" with them (I've subsequently been banned, or forced to only play the Sports Edition), we had a running joke that just about every boxing question in the original Genus edition would be answered by either Max Schmelling or Ingomar Johansson. Every time a boxing question came up that someone didn't know (there were a couple about Ali and Jake LaMotta -- the latter of which I knew because I've seen "Raging Bull" about a billion times), the stock answer was always Ingomar Johansson.

1. George Forman

2. Ingomar Johansson

3. "Ingomar the Johansson"

4. Ingomar Johansson

5. Ingrid Johansson

QOD: Since it's probably not Ingomar Johansson, I'll pass.

Bonus: Never saw the movie, so Ingrid Johansson again.

Bonus Bonus: Ingomar Johansson
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Re: QOD Wednesday 12-26 "BOXING DAY"

#20 Post by JBillyGirl » Thu Dec 27, 2007 10:49 am

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1. This former heavyweight champ obviously has no self-image problems. He names everything on earth after himself, including his five sons (and one of his daughters). -- George Foreman

That's all I got for this one. :roll:

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#21 Post by peacock2121 » Thu Dec 27, 2007 11:18 am

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1. This former heavyweight champ obviously has no self-image problems. He names everything on earth after himself, including his five sons (and one of his daughters). George Foreman

2. This Great White Hope really grabbed the limelight in 1981 when he knocked out Ken Norton in the first round of a nationally televised match. A year later, he was crunched in a championship bout by Larry Holmes. I can't think of one white boxer - sorry

3. Roberto Duran’s nickname was the “Hands of Stone“. At least until 1980, when a controversial match against Sugar Ray Leonard inspired this new one. No Mas Man - I don't think that's him - but that's all I got.

4. Trainer Cus D’Amato took this kid out of a reform school and even became his legal guardian, but died a year before he became the youngest heavyweight champion in the history of the sport. Mike Tyson

5. Okay, ladies, you say you don’t like boxing and this category sucks. But you like Paul Newman, don’t you? Isn’t he dreamy? Who played his wife in the movie Somebody Up There Likes Me (the story of Rocky Graziano)? Joanne Woodward

QOD: My favourite boxer was always Marvelous Marvin Hagler. Because he was cool, he was sexy and he was left handed. I loved a pizza commercial that aired right after he had scored a knockout in a championship fight that was a really big deal (a war, even).

"I wonder what that other guy’s eating tonight?" (shrugs) "Probably soup." (Takes a big old bite of pie.)

I'm paraphrasing (I only saw it once and it was 22 years ago), but how funny is that? Oh, the question… (ha!) Who was the soup eating fellow who was knocked out in the third round? no idea

5 Point Bonus: What was the nickname of the defeated boxer mentioned in the QOD? Mean Joe Green

5 Point Bonus Bonus: Concerning the actress in question #5: Who was the great love of her life that her mother forbade her to marry? Paul Newman
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Re: QOD Wednesday 12-26 "BOXING DAY"

#22 Post by fantine33 » Fri Dec 28, 2007 9:49 am

12/26 Boxing Day

No need to apologize for your opinion, earendel. I don't apologize for thinking that Lord of the Rings stuff is stupid and nerdy. Ha!

1. This former heavyweight champ obviously has no self-image problems. He names everything on earth after himself, including his five sons (and one of his daughters).

GEORGE FOREMAN

2. This Great White Hope really grabbed the limelight in 1981 when he knocked out Ken Norton in the first round of a nationally televised match. A year later, he was crunched in a championship bout by Larry Holmes.

GERRY COONEY

You're probably right, Spunky. This Irish Catholic was inconsolable when Cooney lost.

3. Roberto Duran’s nickname was the “Hands of Stone“. At least until 1980, when a controversial match against Sugar Ray Leonard inspired this new one.

NO MAS

4. Trainer Cus D’Amato took this kid out of a reform school and even became his legal guardian, but died a year before he became the youngest heavyweight champion in the history of the sport.

MIKE TYSON

Caro, the new rule is "When in doubt, say Mike Tyson"

5. Okay, ladies, you say you don’t like boxing and this category sucks. But you like Paul Newman, don’t you? Isn’t he dreamy? Who played his wife in the movie Somebody Up There Likes Me (the story of Rocky Graziano)?

PIER ANGELI


I was surprised nobody got this one. So much for trying to give the ladies their own question. But Saucy had a great deduction guess with Grace Kelly and Oleg Cassini.

QOD: My favourite boxer was always Marvelous Marvin Hagler. Because he was cool, he was sexy and he was left handed. I loved a pizza commercial that aired right after he had scored a knockout in a championship fight that was a really big deal (a war, even).

"I wonder what that other guy’s eating tonight?" (shrugs) "Probably soup." (Takes a big old bite of pie.)

I'm paraphrasing (I only saw it once and it was 22 years ago), but how funny is that? Oh, the question… (ha!) Who was the soup eating fellow who was knocked out in the third round?

THOMAS HEARNS


5 Point Bonus: What was the nickname of the defeated boxer mentioned in the QOD?

HIT MAN

5 Point Bonus Bonus: Concerning the actress in question #5: Who was the great love of her life that her mother forbade her to marry?

JAMES DEAN

Quiz QOD Bonus Total
40 40 5 85 andrewjackson
40 40 5 85 starfish
40 40 5 85 tbone
40 40 5 85 ToLiveisToFly
30 30 5 65 mrkelley
30 30 5 65 ne1410s
30 30 5 65 tlynn
40 0 0 40 nelly
40 0 0 40 tanstaafl
30 0 0 30 AnnieCamaro
30 0 0 30 earendel
30 0 0 30 mikehardware
30 0 0 30 peacock
30 0 0 30 wintergreen
20 0 0 20 kayrharris
20 0 0 20 littlebeast
20 0 0 20 seersucker
10 0 0 10 jbillygirl
10 0 0 10 KillerTomato
10 0 0 10 saucy

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#23 Post by VAdame » Fri Dec 28, 2007 10:14 am

1. This former heavyweight champ obviously has no self-image problems. He names everything on earth after himself, including his five sons (and one of his daughters).

GEORGE FOREMAN
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