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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?
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?
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?
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?
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?
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?
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?
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?
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?
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.
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