1. Rope-a-dope
   Hooked on Phonics
2. Screen and roll
   Run block

On October 30, 1974, heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali reigned victorious in his Zaire, Africa fight against George Foreman. George succumbed to Ali's rope-a-dope mastery in the eighth round. Ali returned to America on Friday, November 2, 1974, to cheering crowds at Chicago's Midway Airport.

1. Erb's palsy
   Adie syndrome
2. Joubert syndrome
   Parkinson's disease

Diagnosed with the illness at age 42, Muhammad Ali had long been an advocate in the fight against Parkinson's disease, a debilitating disorder of the central nervous system. With his wife Lonnie, Ali co-founded the Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center in Phoenix, Arizona in November 2005.

1. Sugar Ray Robinson
   Joe Frazier
2. George Foreman
   Jersey Joe Walcott

Muhammad Ali touched ground at N'Djili airport in Kinshasa, Zaire on September 11, 1974, for his momentous fight against challenger George Foreman, who was described as the biggest man on the planet. Ali and Foreman squared off during a WBA/WBC championship match.

1. Acrophobia
   Dyslexia
2. Dyscalculia
   Anxiety

Though Muhammad Ali was a wordsmith in the public eye, he was dyslexic, a condition that impaired his reading comprehension. In high school, Ali scored at the bottom of his class, and he scored low on the U.S. Army's aptitude exam.

1. Leon Spinks
   Manny Pacquiao
2. George Foreman
   Lennox Lewis

Leon Spinks shocked the boxing world by defeating Muhammad Ali for the World Heavyweight Championship on February 15, 1978. Ali won a follow-up bout against Spinks in a unanimous 15-round decision on September 16, 1978, at the Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana.

1. Joe Bugner
   Floyd Mayweather
2. Sugar Ray Leonard
   Oscar De La Hoya

Muhammad Ali faced British and European Heavyweight Champion Joe Bugner in a 12-round heavyweight battle held on February 14, 1973, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ali secured the win on a points decision unanimously.

1. Booker T. Washington
   Mahatma Gandhi
2. Nelson Mandela
   Malcolm X

Eventually, Muhammad Ali would sever his ties with Malcolm X after the civil rights leader fell out with Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad, but Ali had treated Malcolm X like his big brother. Malcolm X was a big boxing fan, and Ali admired the self-improvement philosophies Malcolm echoed.

1. Howard Cosell
   Marv Albert
2. Dick Enberg
   Jack Buck

Though Howard Cosell defended Muhammad Ali's right to flex political dissent, Cosell was criticized for not publicly supporting Ali's claim as a conscientious objector during the Vietnam War draft. Ali and Cosell are known to have engaged in vocal sparring matches about many issues.

1. Anthony Joshua
   Joe Frazier
2. Gennady Golovkin
   Jack Dempsey

Muhammad Ali's 1971 fight with Joe Frazier is perhaps one of the most celebrated moments in boxing history. Although Frazier knocked Ali down with a brutal left hook at one point, the vicious fight ended with a defeated Ali still standing.

1. Titanium
   Gold
2. Silver
   Bronze

International Olympic Committee president Juan Antonio Samaranch awarded Muhammad Ali the gold medal during a halftime ceremony at the men's basketball finals. The medal was meant to replace the lost one that Ali had won during the Olympic Games in 1960.

1. Pink Cadillac
   Blue Rolls Royce
2. Red Mustang
   Silver Porsche

Muhammad Ali's second-hand car was more of a reward for turning pro from his 11 monied Louisville investors. It's rumored that Ali paid his secret crush, gold-medal sprinter Wilma Rudolph, a surprise visit in the car at her school, Tennessee State University.

1. Race
   Gender
2. Religion
   Social status

Muhammad Ali formally cited his religious convictions as a new convert to Islam when he refused to be drafted. Informally, however, the boxer referenced social and racial disparities as additional reasons for his refusal to fight the war in Vietnam.

1. Sportscaster
   Boxing trainer
2. Humanitarian
   Race car driver

Muhammad Ali was heavily involved with many organizations, including Big Brothers and Big Sisters and the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless. Ali had been most intricately active with the Michael J. Fox Foundation, the Muhammad Ali Parkinson Research Center and the Muhammad Ali Center.

1. Jersey Joe Walcott
   Joe Frazier
2. Ken Norton
   Mike Tyson

Ex-marine Ken Norton broke Muhammad Ali's jaw during their 12-round heavyweight fight held at the Sports Arena on March 31, 1973, in San Diego, California. Ken Norton ultimately won the match by split decision.

1. "The Daily Show"
   "Jimmy Kimmel Live!"
2. "The Talk"
   "The Johnny Carson Show"

Muhammad Ali appeared on "The Johnny Carson Show" several times. Ali once expressed his appreciation for the talk show host, saying, "I get along with Johnny Carson. He speaks nice, he asks me nice questions, he treats me like a man, calls me by my name, Muhammad Ali."

1. Conscientious objector
   Natural citizen
2. Communist sympathizer
   AWOL

The United States draft board denied Muhammad Ali's petition to be classified as a conscientious objector. Muhammad Ali had refused induction into the United States military in 1967.

1. Evander Holyfield
   Rocky Marciano
2. Floyd Patterson
   Joe Louis

The Muhammad Ali versus Floyd Patterson fight took place on November 22, 1965, in Las Vegas Nevada. Muhammad Ali, the WBC Heavyweight title holder, secured his rank by TKO during the Convention Center bout.

1. Cus D'Amato
   Angelo Dundee
2. Ricardo Fortaleza
   Teddy Atlas

Angelo Dundee was Muhammad Ali's trainer for the champ's entire boxing career. Ali was 16 years old when he met Dundee at the local gym in Louisville, Kentucky where Dundee had trained boxing legends such as Carmen Basilio, Willie Pastrano and Luis Manuel Rodriguez.

1. 16
   22
2. 36
   19

Muhammad Ali defeated Sonny Liston in 1964 to become the heavyweight champion. A big fighter, Liston was known to knock out his opponents. Skeptics had said that a young Ali would get knocked out or even killed. Ali's words before the fight: "Sonny Liston is great, but he'll fall in eight!"

1. The Phantom Punch
   The Out-To-Lunch Punch
2. The Lights-Out Punch
   The Sleepy Punch

On May 25, 1965, in Lewiston, Maine, Muhammad Ali shocked the boxing world by dropping his opponent and ending the rematch in less than two minutes into the fight's first round. Shortly after Ali's punch, John Rooney's iconic image of Ali towering over Liston was photographed.

1. Tatyana Ali
   Jessica Ali
2. Alicia Ali
   Laila Ali

When she was 21 years old, Muhammad Ali's daughter Laila won her boxing debut fight against competitor April Fowler by KO in 31 seconds of the first round. Laila Ali is Muhammad Ali's second daughter by his third wife, Veronica Anderson. Laila was seven years old when her parents divorced.

1. September 15, 1965
   March 10, 2017
2. June 3, 2016
   December 17, 2006

Muhammad Ali's battle with Parkinson's disease ended when he passed on Friday, June 3, 2016, at the age of 74. Ali's jenazah, or funeral in Arabic, was held on Thursday, June 9, 2016, at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky where the icon defeated Willi Besmanoff in 1961.

1. 1971
   1955
2. 2012
   1967

Because he refused to serve in the military during the Vietnam War, Muhammad Ali was banned from boxing until the U.S. Supreme Court decided that the U.S. government hadn't properly made its case against him. When Ali was banned, he was stripped of his medals and world champion title.

1. Upper-middle class
   Middle class
2. Lower class
   Upper class

It's been suggested that Muhammad Ali's signature name calling of his opponents was due to insecurity concerning his middle-class upbringing. As with most boxing successes, Ali's most renowned opponents George Foreman and Joe Frazier, for example, sprung to greatness from poverty.

1. 2005
   1973
2. 1996
   1967

Muhammad Ali was noticeably affected by Parkinson's disease when he climbed the steps to light the Olympic cauldron at the Centennial Summer Games in Atlanta, Georgia. Ali attended the boxing finals at the Games held on Sunday, August 4, 1996.

1. The Kentucky Boys
   American Boxing Group
2. Louisville Sponsoring Group
   The Louisville Hitters

The Louisville Sponsoring Group was a group of businessmen from Ali's hometown who financed the early days of his career. The businessmen were convinced of Ali's potential after he had won the gold medal at the 1960 Olympic Games and even paid him a monthly salary while they managed him.

1. 16
   8
2. 12
   21

Even at a very young age, Muhammad Ali, then known by his birth name Cassius Clay, vowed to be the greatest boxer of all time. A teenaged Cassius Clay defeated neighborhood bully Corky Baker in a fight which greatly helped boost the champion's confidence in the boxing ring after that.

1. The Louisville Slugger
   The Mouth from the South
2. The Louisville Lip
   The Great Bambino

Muhammad Ali acquired the derisive nickname The Louisville Lip, a name that made light of the boxer's perceived immaturity, especially around the time he won the chance to fight Sonny Liston. At the start of his career in the public eye, Ali felt that bad sportsmanship suited him.

1. Tom Cruise
   Will Smith
2. Samuel L. Jackson
   Chris Hemsworth

Muhammad Ali expressed that he was pleased with Will Smith's performance in the film, which debuted on Christmas Day 2001. Ali said, "He's the only guy in the world who can look like me and act like me."

1. Cassius Muhammad
   Cassius X
2. Muhammad X
   Cassius Ali

Shortly after Muhammad Ali (then Cassius Clay) joined the Nation of Islam, he changed his name to Cassius X. Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad decided to give Cassius "a greater honor" by giving him the new first and last name Muhammad Ali.

1. ESPY Award
   Sportsman of the Year Award
2. Heisman Trophy
   Laureus World Sports Award

Sports Illustrated changed the award's name during a dedication ceremony held at the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, Kentucky on October 1, 2015. Ali and his family were in attendance, as well as Larry Holmes, George Foreman and other distinguished guests.

1. Felicia Ali
   Laila Ali
2. Lonnie Ali
   Tatyana Ali

Muhammad Ali and his wife Lonnie disclosed that the secret to their long and peaceful union was communication. The couple had been married for 30 years before Muhammad Ali died in 2016.

1. 1986
   1945
2. 1936
   2012

Muhammad Ali and his wife Lonnie were in attendance for the honor at the Liberty Medal award ceremony held at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia on September 13, 2012. Other Liberty Medal recipients include Nelson Mandela and Sandra Day O'Connor.

1. Riesa
   Paderborn
2. Bremen
   Kassel

To promote the June 28, 2002, eastern Germany movie screening of "Ali," Muhammad Ali posed and sparred with former German contenders Juergen Blin and Karl Mildenberger. The movie centered on Ali's personal life and controversies that plagued his boxing career.

1. Khalilah Camacho-Ali
   Sonji Roi
2. Lonnie Ali
   Veronica Ali

Khalilah Camacho-Ali earned a black belt in karate when she was only 10 years old. Muhammad Ali and Khalilah were married for 10 years before they divorced in 1977. The couple had four children together.

1. 1998
   2001
2. 1969
   1951

On Wednesday, December 16, 1998, Muhammad Ali had the honor of being the first member of the newly established hall of Olympic spirit legends. In 1999, the complete roster of Olympic heroes was unveiled in Munich, Germany.

1. George Lois
   Andy Warhol
2. Jeff Koons
   Marcel Duchamp

At the time when Muhammad Ali fielded heavy criticism for objecting to the Vietnam War and refusing to be drafted, George Lois posed Ali in the likeness of St. Sebastian, a Christian martyr who was slain by arrows. At first, Ali objected to the pose for Esquire, considering his conversion to Islam.

1. 16,000
   30,000
2. 200,000
   1,000

The boxing statistics company CompuBox estimates that Muhammad Ali very likely received roughly 200,000 shots during his boxing career. Speech specialists estimate that between 1970 and 1980, Ali lost approximately 25 percent of his speech.

1. Don King
   Angelo Dundee
2. Joe Martin
   Jeff Fenech

It was by accident that Muhammad Ali, then Cassius Clay, discovered boxing clinics for kids in Martin's gym. After someone had stolen Cassius's $50 Schwinn bike, he sought the help of police officer Joe Martin, who had an office and a boxing gym in the basement of the Columbia Auditorium.

1. 1971
   2000
2. 1987
   1936

Muhammad Ali's fight doctor Ferdie Pacheco mentioned that he saw first signs of permanent brain damage in Ali after his first fight with George Frazier in 1971. Ali would continue to fight for 10 more years. By the mid-'70s, Muhammad Ali's parents noticed him mumbling and slurring words.