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1. In the opening sequence of "Rocky", our hero is fighting a bout in a club against one Spider Rico. Rocky is getting pretty thoroughly whipped until Rico fouls him, which makes Rocky angry enough to turn the tables and knock him out. What foul did Rico commit?
2. Rocky is constantly trying to flirt with Adrian, who works at the pet shop. After Rocky tries one of his terrible jokes on her, Adrian's boss sends her to clean out some cages. What was Adrian's boss' name?
3. Apollo Creed, heavyweight champion, suddenly needs a new opponent when his scheduled opponent is injured during training. What was the scheduled opponent's name?
4. Rocky goes to Goldmill's Gym and finds out that his locker had been given to another fighter, Dipper. When asked why he gave away the locker, Mickey tells Rocky that Dipper needed it because Dipper is a contender, a climber. Mickey then informs Rocky, "You know what you are?" When Rocky asks "What?", what does Mickey tell him that he is?
5. Paulie invites Rocky over for Thanksgiving dinner, and Rocky convinces Adrian to come out on a date with him. This isn't easy, as Adrian has locked herself in the bedroom. Finish the line Rocky says as he is trying to coax her out: "I don't know what to say, because I ain't never talked to no door before..."
6. While they are ice-skating, Rocky decides to explain the origination of the term 'Southpaw'. In his description, it was because there was a left-handed fighter whose arm was facing toward... where?
7. Apollo's promoter, Miles Jergens, invites Rocky to come to his office to offer him a fight with Apollo Creed for the Heavyweight Championship of the World. When he asks Rocky if he wants to take the fight, Rocky initially says, "No." What WASN'T one of the reasons he gave in his refusal?
8. Rocky finally accepts the fight, and he, Adrian and Paulie watch the press conference on TV. It's mentioned during this press conference how much money Rocky would be paid for the fight. How much was it?
9. When Rocky begins training, we see him wake up in the morning and drink raw eggs from a glass. In the background the radio is playing, where the DJ calls a listener to award a prize. The woman he calls says which of the following sentences?
10. The owner of the gym Rocky works out in is Mickey Goldmill. Mickey shows up at Rocky's apartment because he wants to be Rocky's manager. When Rocky realizes that Mickey is looking for a free ride, what does he do while Mickey tries to convince him to hire him?
11. Rocky decides to hire Mickey anyway, and soon we see Rocky training for the fight. What does Mickey do to improve Rocky's footwork?
12. Rocky's friend Paulie gets Rocky free meat every morning from the meat packing plant where he works. One morning he upsets Rocky so badly that Rocky repeatedly punches a side of beef to release his frustration. When he's done, Paulie makes a statement about the upcoming fight. What was this statement?
13. While Rocky is training like mad for the fight, champion Apollo Creed is barely training, figuring he'll make short work of this "nobody". His trainer sees Rocky hitting the sides of beef on a TV news report, and immediately sees that Rocky might be tougher to beat than they had thought. He decides to point this out to Apollo. Complete the sentence he says for this purpose: "Apollo, you better come look at your boy on TV - I think __ _____ ________."
14. Rocky hadn't wanted his training to be on the news report, but Paulie had called the reporters and he allowed it. Later that night, he and Adrian are watching TV when he complains about Paulie calling the news people. Paulie comes home drunk and hears Rocky say, "I just don't know what he wants from me." Paulie goes into a rage, and begins bashing the furniture with a baseball bat. Rocky makes a move to stop him, and Paulie threatens him with the bat. What does Paulie say to Rocky?
15. Rocky starts the final leg of his training, and it's all coming together. He's in the very best shape of his life. Mike, Mickey's little helper, watches Rocky do 50 one-armed pushups, and then tells Rocky this:
16. The night before the fight, Rocky can't sleep and goes for a walk. He ends up at the Philadelphia Spectrum, where the fight is going to take place. There are enormous posters hanging at either end of the arena, one of him and one of Apollo. When Miles Jergens (the promoter) walks in and sees him, Rocky tells him that the poster of him is wrong. What was wrong with it?
17. Rocky gets home, and wakes up Adrian. He tells her he's been kidding himself, and that he can't possibly win the fight. Instead, what does he say he wants to do?
18. The night of the fight arrives, and Rocky and his team are in the dressing room. Rocky looks hard at himself in the bathroom mirror, then does what?
19. Rocky and his entourage then follow the hallway to enter the arena and get into the ring. Mickey notices that Rocky has an advertisement for Paulie's meat packing plant on his robe. How much did Rocky say he was getting paid to have the advertisement on the robe?
20. As Rocky walks to the ring, he runs into Paulie, who introduces Rocky to his date for the night. How much did his date cost him?
21. Apollo enters the ring dressed as what character?
22. Smokin' Joe Frazier is introduced and enters the ring to wish the two boxers good luck. He tells Rocky not to hurt Apollo. What does Rocky reply?
23. Shockingly, Rocky knocks Apollo down in the first round. Apollo gets up and fights back with a vengeance, breaking Rocky's nose. In his corner after the round, Rocky asks Mickey how it looks. Complete Mickey's response: "Ahhh, it's an ___________."
24. Rocky goes the distance, and the fight is very close. Apollo ends up winning a split decision victory. In his corner, reporters are trying to interview Rocky, and Rocky tries to get them to leave him alone so he can find Adrian. Which of the following does Rocky not yell during this time?
25. What is the last line of dialogue of the movie, spoken by Rocky to Adrian?
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