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  Take this The Boxer Quiz    
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This is a quiz about the great movie 'The Boxer' starring Daniel Day-Lewis.
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  The Ultimate The Boxer Quiz    
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This is a quiz for a little known Daniel Day-Lewis movie.
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What nickname does Harry call Danny?

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The Boxer Trivia Questions
1. How long was Danny Flynn in prison?

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Answer: 14 years

He went to prison for being a part of the IRA and setting off bombs.

2. What is the last name of Daniel Day-Lewis' character?

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Answer: Flynn

Danny Flynn had been incarcerated for 14 years. When he gets out he goes back to Belfast and finds the woman he loves and starts a gym to train young boxers like himself.

3. What was Danny's girlfriend's name?

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Answer: Maggie

They get together shortly after he gets out of prison, and start a friendship and a relationship by the end of the movie.

4. Who plays Danny's love interest, Maggie?

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Answer: Emily Watson & Watson

Emily Watson has also starred in 'Punch-Drunk Love' and 'Hilary and Jackie'.

5. Who was Danny's boxing trainer?

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Answer: Ike

Danny meets Ike after his release from prison, when he goes to a men's shelter for the night, before he goes back to his house.

6. How many years had Danny been in jail?

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Answer: 14

It is said many times throughout the movie. He got out on good behaviour. He was imprisoned for accused IRA terrorist associations.

7. How old was Danny when he went to prison?

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Answer: 19

That was how old he was when he was a part of the IRA.

8. What is the name of Maggie's son?

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Answer: Liam

Liam is played by Ciarán Fitzgerald.

9. What organization was Danny a part of when he went to prison?

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Answer: IRA

The organization that has been part of Irish history since the early 20th century.

10. What is the name of Maggie's husband?

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Answer: Thomas

Maggie's husband is in jail and that is why Maggie and Danny's love is forbidden. She is a prisoner's wife and it isn't ethical and it's against tradition to be involved with someone else.

11. What is the name of the man who coached Danny to box as a child?

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Answer: Ike Weir

Ike says this at the beginning of the movie that he trained him as a child. Ike and Danny reconstruct the gym and he begins training him again. In real life Daniel Day-Lewis trained for 3 years as a boxer and was trained by boxing champion Barry McGuigan. Barry said that Daniel was so determined that he lived the life of a boxer and that he had the potential to have been a real world class boxer.

12. What sport was Danny really good at during the movie?

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Answer: Boxing

He was part of the boxing club when he was younger, and kept up the sport when he was in prison.

13. How old is Danny?

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Answer: 32

Ike: 'How old are you?'
Danny: 'Thirty two.'

14. Who was the head of the one branches of the IRA?

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Answer: Joe

Joe was the head of the branch of the IRA in the district of Belfast that they lived in.

15. After Danny had been arrested, what had the gym become?

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Answer: Community Centre

Maggie works in the Community Centre and Danny and Ike reconstruct the gym right next to her.

16. How many fights did Danny win?

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Answer: 1

Even though he fought 3 fights, he only won one just because it was a rematch with the first fighter.

17. What nickname does Harry call Danny?

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Answer: Scrapper

Ike also calls him this. It's said a few times throughout the movie.

18. Who dies at the end of the movie?

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Answer: Harry

Harry was the biggest troublemaker because he just wanted to hurt people instead of having peace.

19. What does Danny find in the locked cupboard under the ring in the gym?

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Answer: Semtex

Semtex is an explosive, but Danny chucks it in the river.

20. What is the name of the boxing club that Danny and Ike reconstruct?

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Answer: The Holy Family Boxing Club

It is said and seen many times throughout the film.

21. Who wins the boxing match at the grand reopening of the boxing club between Danny and Eddie Carroll?

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Answer: Eddie

Danny later challenges him to a rematch and wins.

22. What does nonsectarian mean?

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Answer: Protestants and Catholics together

This was not common in Belfast, many didn't agree with it.

23. Where do Danny and Maggie meet so they won't be seen in West Belfast?

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Answer: East Belfast

They have to meet in secret because if they were seen they would get into trouble, but many people suspected something was going on between Maggie and Danny and did not approve.

24. Who burnt down the gym?

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Answer: Liam

Liam burnt down the gym because he thought that his mother, Maggie, was going to run away with Danny.

25. Who directed this movie?

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Answer: Jim Sheradin

Jim Sheradin also directed 'My Left Foot' and 'In the Name of the Father', which both star Daniel Day-Lewis.

26. Who shoots Ike at the end?

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Answer: Harry

Although you don't actually see it, it's implied that Harry shot him in the head. Harry then holds Danny at gun point, but Harry is shot instead.

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