TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE; BOXING & MOVIES: BY CHESS CHAMP From Charlie Chaplin's City Lights" to Martin Scorsese's Raging Bull, " boxing has a longstanding connection with Hollywood that is unmatched by any other combat sport or sport in general. Boxing movies are back in the spotlight with the accolades for Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby," which has been called the best boxing movie of all time and is a strong contender to win the Oscar for Best Picture at the Academy Awards on tonight. To test your knowledge of boxing movies, here's a quiz compiled by the late Sun-Times trivia expert Eddie Gold and updated by Sun- Times staffers Albert Dickens and Bob Mutter. A score of 1 to 10 puts you on the canvas. An 11 to 20, and you drop a decision. A 21 to 30 makes you a winner, and a 31 to 40 gives you a knockout punch. 1. Who did the fancy footwork for Errol Flynn as Jim Corbett in "Gentleman Jim:" (A) Billy Conn. (B) Max Baer. (C) Maxie Rosenbloom. (D) Two Ton Tony Galento. 2. What did photographer James Wong Howe use to shoot the fight scenes for Body and Soul:" (A) Pogo stick. (B) Roller skates. (C) Spiked high heels. (D) Stilts. 3. What was Sylvester Stallone's dog's name in Rocky:" (A) Checkers. (B) Fala. (C) Fido. (D) Butkus. 4. Who portrayed Louis in The Joe Louis Story:" (A) Joe Louis. (B) Sidney Poitier. (C) Coley Wallace. (D) Max Schmeling. 5. Who was the only boxer to defeat Rocky Marciano in the amateur ranks: (A) Coley Wallace. (B) Max Marek. (C) Pete Rademacher. (D) Pee Wee Herman. 6. Who starred opposite Myrna Loy in The Prizefighter and the Lady:" (A) Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom. (B) Primo Carnera. (C) Kingfish Levinsky. (D) Max Baer. 7. Which boxer wasn't among Lee J. Cobb's bodyguards in On the Waterfront:" (A) Tami Mauriello. (B) Rocky Graziano. (C) Abe Simon. (D) Tony Galento. 8. Who starred as Jack Johnson (Jack Jefferson) in The Great White Hope:" (A) Michael Jackson. (B) Canada Lee. (C) James Earl Jones. (D) Paul Robeson. 9. Who portrayed Mountain Rivera in the TV version of Requiem for a Heavyweight:" (A) Jack Palance. (B) Jack Elam. (C) Guinn Williams. (D) Jeff Chandler. 10. Who portrayed Mountain Rivera in the movie version of Requiem for a Heavyweight:" (A) Geraldo Rivera. (B) Mike Mazurski. (C) Nat Pendleton. (D) Anthony Quinn. 11. Who played the fighter who ends Mountain Rivera's career in the film version of Requiem for a Heavyweight:" (A) Gerry Cooney. (B) Muhammad Ali. (C) Joe Frazier. (D) Mike Ditka. 12. Which boxer went blind in City for Conquest:" (A) John Garfield. (B) James Cagney. (C) William Lundigan. (D) Buster Crabbe. 13. Which actor was heavyweight champion of England and lost to Jack Johnson for the title: (A) Victor McLaglen. (B) Reginald Denny. (C) Stewart Granger. (D) Archibald Leach. 14. Who portrayed Jake LaMotta in Raging Bull:" (A) Al Pacino. (B) James Caan. (C) Robert DeNiro. (D) Robert Duvall. 15. Wayne Morris didn't appear as a boxer in which film: (A) Brother Rat." (B) Battling Bellhop." (C) "The Kid Comes Back." (D) The Big Punch." 16. Who vaulted to stardom in Golden Boy:" (A) Tony Curtis. (B) Burt Lancaster. (C) William Holden. (D) Robert Mitchum. 17. In Rocky," Sylvester Stallone was billed as the: (A) Apollo Creed. (B) Wild Bull of the Pampas. (C) Bronx Bomber (D) Italian Stallion. 18. The Harder They Fall" was based loosely on the career of: (A) Sonny Liston. (B) Primo Carnera. (C) Jess Willard. (D) Boy George. 19. Who portrayed Midge Kelly in Ring Lardner's The Champion:" (A) Billy Martin. (B) James Caan. (C) Kirk Douglas. (D) Clifton Webb. 20. Which middleweight champ played a sergeant in The Story of GI Joe:" (A) Bob Steele. (B) Freddie Steel. (C) Tony Zale. (D) Marcel Cerdan. 21. Who played the title role in Killer McCoy:" (A) Gerry Cooney. (B) Joe Don Looney. (C) Mickey Rooney. (D) Rosemary Clooney. 22. Muhammad Ali starred in which film: (A) Bedtime for Bonzo." (B) The Greatest." (C) E.T." (D) The Wizard of Oz." 23. Besides Body and Soul," John Garfield was a boxer in: (A) Dust Be My Destiny." (B) The Postman Always Rings Twice." (C) Sea Wolf." (D) They Made Me a Criminal." 24. Who played a has-been boxer in The Champ:" (A) Wallace Beery. (B) Lionel Sanders. (C) John Wayne. (D) Victor Mature. 25. Paul Newman portrayed which boxer in Somebody Up There Likes Me:" (A) Rocky Kansas. (B) Rocky Marciano. (C) Rocky Graziano. (D) Huntz Hall. 26. Which Cornell University boxing champ starred in The Setup:" (A) Robert Stack. (B) Robert Ryan. (C) Robert Lowery. (D) Huntz Hall. 27. Who portrayed John L. Sullivan in Gentleman Jim:" (A) Errol Flynn. (B) Burt Lancaster. (C) Andy Devine. (D) Ward Bond. 28. Which boxer died and came back to Earth in Here Comes Mr. Jordan:" (A) Robert Montgomery. (B) Warren Beatty. (C) Tom Cruise. (D) Leo Gorcey. 29. Which pro golfer played the title role in Joe Palooka:" (A) Jack Nicklaus. (B). Arnold Palmer. (C) Greg Norman. (D) Joe Kirkwood Jr. 30. Which former light heavyweight champ choreographed the fight scenes in TV's Marciano:" (A) Archie Moore. (B) Jose Torres. (C) Gus Lesnevich (D) Billy Conn. 31. Which actor played the title role in the boxing film Fat City:" (A) Orson Welles. (B) Sidney Greenstreet. (C) Marlon Brando. (D) Stacy Keach 32. Which boxer played himself in The Pittsburgh Kid:" (A) Harry Greb (B) Marvin Hagler. (C) Billy Conn. (D) Joe Frazier. 33. Which singer also boxed in Kid Galahad:" (A) Frank Sinatra. (B) Elvis Presley. (C) Bruce Springsteen. (D) Mick Jagger. 34. Who was Mountain Rivera's manager Maish" in Requiem for a Heavyweight:" (A) Art Carney. (B) Jackie Mason. (C) Rodney Dangerfield (D) Jackie Gleason. 35. Who portrayed Sullivan in The Great John L.:" (A) Greg McClure. (B) William Bendix. (C) Dick Foran. (D) Barry FitzGerald. 36. Monkey on My Back" was based loosely on the career of: (A) Betsy Ross. (B) Buck Ross. (C) Barney Ross. (D) Art Ross. 37. Who played a referee in The Prizefighter and the Lady:" (A) Jack Dempsey (B) Jack Sharkey. (C) Gene Tunney. (D) Leo Gorcey. 38. In Carmen Jones," based on Biset's opera but with a central character who is a boxer and not a bullfighter, the singing voice of Dorothy Dandridge was dubbed by: (A) Lena Horne. (B) Marilyn Horn. (C) Roy Horn. (D) Rip Torn 39. The best fight ever staged in movies was The Spoilers" matching: (A) Richard Arlen vs. Chester Morris. (B) Paul Newman vs. Robert Redford (C) Dustin Hoffman vs. Tom Cruise. (D) John Wayne vs. Randolph Scott. 40. Who directed the first fistic film on June 14, 1894: (A) D.W. Griffith. (B) Cecil B. DeMille. (C) Thomas A. Edison. (D) Steven Spielberg. ANSWERS: 1 (A). 2 (B). 3 (D). 4 (C). 5 (A). 6 (D). 7 (B). 8 (C). 9 (A). 10 (D). 11 (B). 12 (B). 13 (A). 14 (C). 15 (A). 16 (C). 17 (D). 18 (B). 19 (C). 20 (B). 21 (C). 22 (B). 23 (D). 24 (A). 25 (C). 26 (B). 27 (D). 28 (A). 29 (D). 30 (B). 31 (D). 32 (C). 33 (B). 34 (D). 35 (A). 36 (C). 37 (A). 38 (B). 39 (D). 40 (C). Boxing Categories/Weights: Straw weight/minimum weight: 47.6 kgs/105 lbs Light Flyweight: 49kg/108lb Flyweight: 51kg/112lb Super Flyweight/Junior Bantamweight: 52kg/115lb Bantamweight: 53.5kg/118lb Super Bantamweight/Junior Featherweight: 55kg/122lb Featherweight: 57kg/126lb Super Featherweight/Junior Lightweight: 59kg/130lb Lightweight: 61kg/135lb Super Lightweight/Junior Welterweight: 63.5kg/140lb Welterweight: 67kg/147lb Super Welterweight/Junior Middleweight: 70k/154lb Middleweight: 72.5kg/160lb Super Middleweight: 76kg/161-168lb Light Heavyweight: 79.5kg/169-175lb Cruiserweight/Junior Heavyweight: 80-91kg/176-200lb Heavyweight: 91kg/201lb