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Quiz about Real Life Tough Guys
Quiz about Real Life Tough Guys

Real Life Tough Guys Trivia Quiz


Some of history's baddest dudes.

A multiple-choice quiz by Pick61. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
Pick61
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
356,939
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
2023
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
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Question 1 of 10
1. This American frontiersman was a famous law man. He was also a gambler, pimp and killer. His main venues were Dodge City, Kansas, Witchita, Kansas and Tombstone, Arizona. Can you name him? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. This stuntman and motorcyclist managed to break 433 bones in his career, jumping over buses, trucks, fountains and, ultimately, the Snake River Canyon in a jet powered contraption which failed when his parachute deployed prematurely. Can you name this real life tough guy? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. This boxer was born in 1966 and won the Heavyweight championship at age 20. He held a unified championship which encompassed the WBA, WBC and IBF titles. His temper was uncontrollable at times, and he was disqualified in a bout when he bit an opponent's ear. Can you name him? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Wrestler Terry Bollea was born in 1953. A former musician, he got the chance to enter the wrestling business, trained diligently, and had his leg broken in his first match. Undaunted, he went on to become an icon in the wrestling entertainment business. He had a famous feud with 'Andre the Giant' and ultimately defeated him. He was better known by what name? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. For about 18 months during the early 1930s, this Indiana born bank robber and his associates made unauthorized withdrawals from financial institutions, borrowed armaments from police arsenals and made life miserable for the Indiana authorities, along with J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI. Oh, and he escaped an Ohio jail using a pistol he had carved from wood. Can you name him? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. This major league ball player from Georgia was a fearsome hitter and baserunner who was not above cutting opposing fielders with his sharpened spikes and even going into the bleachers to attack a fan who was taunting him. He was the best hitter in major league history with a .368 lifetime average. He was also roundly disliked by just about everyone, including his own team mates. He played for Detroit and Philadelphia from 1905 to 1928. Remember him? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. This ex football player played only nine years in the National Football League, but was arguably the best runner to ever play the game. He played from 1957 to 1965 and failed to gain 1,000 yards only once during that period when a 12 game schedule was played and defenses were geared to stop the run. He went on to a career in the movies. Who was he? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. He was known as "The Scourge of God" to the Romans. In the early fifth century, he and his Huns controlled a region from the Black Sea to Central Europe. He was so feared by the Eastern half of the Roman Empire that they happily paid him huge sums of money to let them alone. Who was he? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. This tough guy was an author who won the Nobel prize for literature in 1954. Besides writing such classics as "For Whom the Bell Tolls", he volunteered for ambulance duty with the Italian Army in WWI. Can you name this celebrated author? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. This 'mountain man' lived from 1824 to 1900, and his legend was the basis for the movie "Jeremiah Johnson". He was a sailor who had deserted the U.S. Navy during the Mexican War and opted to go west. Name him. Hint





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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. This American frontiersman was a famous law man. He was also a gambler, pimp and killer. His main venues were Dodge City, Kansas, Witchita, Kansas and Tombstone, Arizona. Can you name him?

Answer: Wyatt Earp

Earp was responsible for bringing law and order to the towns in which he was hired to do so. Police work didn't pay much, though, and he had to turn to alternative ways to make a living. He embarked on a murderous rampage when one of his brothers was killed in Tombstone, tracking down and executing the men he judged guilty of the crime.
2. This stuntman and motorcyclist managed to break 433 bones in his career, jumping over buses, trucks, fountains and, ultimately, the Snake River Canyon in a jet powered contraption which failed when his parachute deployed prematurely. Can you name this real life tough guy?

Answer: Evel Knievel

Knieval dubbed himself "The Last Gladiator". He apparently knew no fear when it came to speed, heights and motorcycles, but campaigned vigorously for helmet safety laws and was involved in anti drug education for young people. Knieval, who passed away in 2007, once said that he had earned 60 million dollars in his lifetime, and had spent 62 million.

A movie based on his life was made in 1971 and starred George Hamilton.
3. This boxer was born in 1966 and won the Heavyweight championship at age 20. He held a unified championship which encompassed the WBA, WBC and IBF titles. His temper was uncontrollable at times, and he was disqualified in a bout when he bit an opponent's ear. Can you name him?

Answer: Mike Tyson

Tyson was arguably the toughest man to ever enter a boxing ring, but he was unable to conquer his own behaviour, which resulted in a prison term and an unstable private life. He retired in 2006.
4. Wrestler Terry Bollea was born in 1953. A former musician, he got the chance to enter the wrestling business, trained diligently, and had his leg broken in his first match. Undaunted, he went on to become an icon in the wrestling entertainment business. He had a famous feud with 'Andre the Giant' and ultimately defeated him. He was better known by what name?

Answer: Hulk Hogan

While I realize that pro wrestling is scripted entertainment and not a sport, the professionals in that business are, and must be, very good athletes. Real injuries are very common. Hogan has lasted for many years in this environment, suffered many injuries, and continues to be semi active at an advanced age for any athlete.

He has also made numerous movie and television appearances, including his own TV program in 1994 titled "Thunder Bay".
5. For about 18 months during the early 1930s, this Indiana born bank robber and his associates made unauthorized withdrawals from financial institutions, borrowed armaments from police arsenals and made life miserable for the Indiana authorities, along with J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI. Oh, and he escaped an Ohio jail using a pistol he had carved from wood. Can you name him?

Answer: John Dillinger

Dillinger was something of a hero to Depression era Americans, as they saw banks as the bigger and more powerful criminals. His popularity infuriated Hoover, who demanded and got broader powers for his Bureau. They finally managed to ambush Dillinger outside a Chicago theatre in July, 1934.

There are still those who believe that it was a small time crook named Jimmy Lawrence who was killed, not Dillinger, and that the FBI continues to cover up the real facts to this day.
6. This major league ball player from Georgia was a fearsome hitter and baserunner who was not above cutting opposing fielders with his sharpened spikes and even going into the bleachers to attack a fan who was taunting him. He was the best hitter in major league history with a .368 lifetime average. He was also roundly disliked by just about everyone, including his own team mates. He played for Detroit and Philadelphia from 1905 to 1928. Remember him?

Answer: Ty Cobb

Cobb once said, "I never could stand losing. Second place didn't interest me. I had a fire in my belly." He played center field for the Tigers and was called "The Georgia Peach".
7. This ex football player played only nine years in the National Football League, but was arguably the best runner to ever play the game. He played from 1957 to 1965 and failed to gain 1,000 yards only once during that period when a 12 game schedule was played and defenses were geared to stop the run. He went on to a career in the movies. Who was he?

Answer: Jim Brown

Playing for the Cleveland Browns, he was a joy to watch. Defensive players knew he was coming, but if he did not want to be stopped, he was like a freight train. His movies included roles in "The Dirty Dozen" and "100 rifles".
8. He was known as "The Scourge of God" to the Romans. In the early fifth century, he and his Huns controlled a region from the Black Sea to Central Europe. He was so feared by the Eastern half of the Roman Empire that they happily paid him huge sums of money to let them alone. Who was he?

Answer: Attila

Sharing power for a time with his brother, Breda, he pretty much ruled that part of Europe and Eurasia that he wished. He eventually murdered his brother when he got tired of sharing. He was a skilled negotiator and diplomat as well as a warrior. He died in 453 AD as a result of choking due to a nosebleed. Historians are still debating the cause of that nosebleed.
9. This tough guy was an author who won the Nobel prize for literature in 1954. Besides writing such classics as "For Whom the Bell Tolls", he volunteered for ambulance duty with the Italian Army in WWI. Can you name this celebrated author?

Answer: Ernest Hemingway

Hemingway was a hunter, skier and bullfight enthusiast. He flew as an observer with the RAF and crossed the English Channel with the American invasion force on D-Day. Before that, he had been with the Republicans during the Spanish Civil War and been involved in the Greek revolution. He died by his own hand in 1961, after long bouts of depression.
10. This 'mountain man' lived from 1824 to 1900, and his legend was the basis for the movie "Jeremiah Johnson". He was a sailor who had deserted the U.S. Navy during the Mexican War and opted to go west. Name him.

Answer: John Johnston

Legends and tales abound about John Johnston. His native American wife was killed by some warriors, Johnston sought revenge and killed "scores" of braves. There are claims that he ate their livers after doing so, earning him the sobriquet "Liver Eating Johnson".

It's hard to separate fact and fiction with this character, but it is known that he was a soldier, scout, hunter, trapper and gold seeker.
Source: Author Pick61

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