It’s Clint Eastwood’s birthday today, and time for a quiz on tough guys. Enough said!

1 The citizens of the city state of Sparta were definitely the original tough guys. Babies were bathed in wine rather than water immediately after birth, and puny or deformed babies were routinely thrown into a chasm on Mount Taygetos. The word ‘spartan’ is obviously in the English dictionary, but which other trait, associated with tough guys originated from the region in which Sparta was located?

2 Bruce Lee was another extremely tough cookie. In which of his action-packed films is he seen sparring with the seven-foot-two-inch basketball star Kareem Abdul Jabbar in a memorable sequence?

3 Indian tough guys. Who dubbed for the Hindi version of Riddick, when the Vin Diesel film released in India in 2013? (2.5 points if you get this right)

4 He served in the US Air Force before starting his own martial arts school called Chun Kuk Do. If he was reasonably well known before, he really came into international attention in 2005, when he was a sprightly 65-year-old. Who am I talking about?

5 Easy one. Who holds the Guinness World record for ‘stunts by a living actor.’ No insurance company underwrites this star’s film productions as he chooses to do all his own stunts? He has fractured his skull, fingers, toes, neck, ankle and both cheekbones while shooting for his films

6 Which current screen ‘tough guy’ represented Britain in international diving for over a decade, finishing 12th in the 1992 World Championship?

7 A connected question. This professional footballer, who represented Leeds, Chelsea and Wimbledon, was renowned for his hard tackling and reckless play. Former French star Ginola once famously said of him that nobody deserved to be a star and make videos by just kicking other players. Identify this tough guy who also drifted into a film career

8 Which fictional tough guy, since 1936, has been traditionally opposed by the current leader of the villainous Singh brotherhood?

9 Which Bond film villain served in the British Intelligence corps in World War II and was attached to the Special Air Service where he took part in numerous special operations?

10 Indian’s will remember Kumble’s amazing bowling effort with a broken jaw in the Antigua test in 2002. But which South African batsman batted with a broken hand in a 2009 test match against Australia in an attempt to draw the game? Sadly, he fell and Australia won with ten balls to spare.

Answers

1 . Laconic, from the region of Laconia

2 . Game of Death

3 . The star with dhai-kilo-ka-haath, Sunny Deol

4 . Carlos Ray ‘Chuck’ Norris. His favourite meme is that they wanted to add his face to Mount Rushmore, but the granite is not hard enough for his beard.

5 . Jackie Chan

6 . Jason Statham

7 . Vinnie Jones, in films like Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch. Interestingly, he was childhood friends with Jason Statham.

8 . Lee Falk’s creation, Phantom. Other notable enemies include the mercenary Gold Hand and evil president Lubanga.

9 . Actor Christopher Lee in The Man with the Golden Gun.

10 . Graeme Smith

Joy Bhattacharjyais a quiz master, Director - Kolkata Knight Riders and author of Junior Premier League — The First XI

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