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This is a quiz about the great movie 'The Boxer' starring Daniel Day-Lewis.

A multiple-choice quiz by gumnutgirl16. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
gumnutgirl16

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
127,651

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
20

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
13 / 20

Plays
238

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Question 1 of 20

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

Flynn

Hamill

Flint

Conlon

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Question 2 of 20

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

Answer: (Two words, First and/or last name)

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Question 3 of 20

3. How many years had Danny been in jail? Hint

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Question 4 of 20

4. What is the name of Maggie's son? Hint

Sean

Harry

Liam

Joe

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Question 5 of 20

5. What is the name of Maggie's husband? Hint

Thomas

Peter

Harry

Danny

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Question 6 of 20

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

Joe Hamill

Matt Maguire

Peter Mallon

Ike Weir

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Question 7 of 20

7. How old is Danny? Hint

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Question 8 of 20

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

It was destroyed

Basketball Court

Community Centre

Homeless Shelter

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Question 9 of 20

9. What nickname does Harry call Danny? Hint

Jabber

Clapper

Strapper

Scrapper

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Question 10 of 20

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

Dynamite

Semtex

Guns

Grenades

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Question 11 of 20

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

The Belfast Boxing Club

The Holy Family Boxing Club

Holy Belfast Boxing Club

The Belfast Family Boxing Club

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Question 12 of 20

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

Answer: (One word (Danny or Eddie))

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Question 13 of 20

13. What does nonsectarian mean? Hint

Catholics and Jews together

Jews and Arabs together

Protestants and Catholics together

Muslims and Jews together

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Question 14 of 20

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

Belfast Heights

South Belfast

East Belfast

North Belfast

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Question 15 of 20

15. Who burnt down the gym? Hint

Joe

Liam

Maggie

Harry

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Question 16 of 20

16. Does Danny win his last fight in London?

Yes

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Question 17 of 20

17. Does Maggie and Danny finally have a chance at a life together?

Yes

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Question 18 of 20

18. Who directed this movie? Hint

Martin Scorsese

Michael Mann

Joe Dante

Jim Sheradin

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Question 19 of 20

19. Daniel Day-Lewis was nominated for an Oscar for his portrayal as Danny?

True

False

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Question 20 of 20

20. Who shoots Ike at the end? Hint

Joe

Harry

Danny

He doesn't get shot

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

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

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.

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

Answer: Emily Watson

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

3. How many years had Danny been in jail?

Answer: 14

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

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

Answer: Liam

Liam is played by Ciar�n Fitzgerald.

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

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.

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

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.

7. How old is Danny?

Answer: 32

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

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

Answer: Community Centre

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

9. What nickname does Harry call Danny?

Answer: Scrapper

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

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

Answer: Semtex

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

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

Answer: The Holy Family Boxing Club

It is said and seen many times throughout the film.

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

Answer: Eddie

Danny later challenges him to a rematch and wins.

13. What does nonsectarian mean?

Answer: Protestants and Catholics together

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

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

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.

15. Who burnt down the gym?

Answer: Liam

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

16. Does Danny win his last fight in London?

Answer: No

He would've won, but he threw in the towel and walked away so the other guy won.

17. Does Maggie and Danny finally have a chance at a life together?

Answer: Yes

Maggie's father finally accepts them that they love each other, as long as his daughter is protected. Maggie's son, Liam, also accepts it and they all go home together. The man who was against it was shot at the end.

18. Who directed this movie?

Answer: Jim Sheradin

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

19. Daniel Day-Lewis was nominated for an Oscar for his portrayal as Danny?

Answer: False

He didn't get an Oscar nomination, but he was nominated for a Golden Globe award. Daniel Day-Lewis has been nominated for an Oscar for his roles as Gerry Conlan in 'In the Name of the Father' and Bill the Butcher in 'Gangs of New York' and won the Oscar for playing Christy Brown in 'My Left Foot'.

20. Who shoots Ike at the end?

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.

Source: Author gumnutgirl16

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