Hard Men Quiz
Test Your Knowledge
- What was the nickname of unlicensed boxer and actor Lenny McLean?
- Which American actor was also the most decorated American combat soldier of World War II?
- Who is said to be largely responsible for launching the "kung fu craze" of the 1970s?
- Which former rugby union player was known as the Blackpool Tower?
- Who played the boxer Clubber Lang in the 1982 film Rocky III?
- Actor Steven Seagal has dabbled in many martial arts but is known primarily as a specialist and 7th dan black belt in which martial art?
- What nickname was footballer Stuart Pearce given for his unforgiving style of play?
- Ray Winstone is best known for his "hard man" roles, the first of these was the character Carlin in which 1979 film?
- By what name was Shirley Crabtree better known?
- Who had the nickname the Brockton Blockbuster?
- Who is best known as the former Chief Instructor on the TV series SAS: Who Dares Wins, from 2015 until 2021?
- Which British heavyweight boxer, prisoner and notorious hard man wrote the memoir, Sweet Agony?
- Who was branded as "the baddest man on the planet"?
- Known for his uncompromising style, which footballer did manager Bill Shankly once say: "he wasn't born, he was quarried"?
- "Not by strength, by guile" is the motto of which elite unit?
- Who presented the Deadliest Men documentary series broadcast on Bravo between 2008 and 2009 which featured some of the most feared men in Britain?
- About which online cult hero is it said that people wanted to add his face to Mount Rushmore, but the granite was not tough enough for his beard?
Answers:
- The Guv'nor
- Audie Murphy
- Bruce Lee
- Wade Dooley
- Mr. T
- Aikido
- Psycho
- Scum
- Big Daddy
- Rocky Marciano
- Ant Middleton
- Paul Sykes
- Mike Tyson
- Tommy Smith
- Special Boat Service, or SBS
- Danny Dyer
- Chuck Norris
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