Q 01/05

Manny Pacquiao was born in Bukidnon province, on which island of the Philippines?

A) Luzon

B) Palawan

C) Mindanao

D) Negros

Answer · why

C) Mindanao

Mindanao. He was born in the town of Kibawe, and left the island as a teenager to escape poverty and become a boxer.

Q 02/05

In which city was Manny Pacquiao raised?

A) Cebu City

B) General Santos

C) Davao City

D) Zamboanga

Answer · why

B) General Santos

General Santos. He began boxing in an open-air park there after his uncle turned a room of his home into a makeshift gym.

Q 03/05

As a teenager, Pacquiao lived on the streets of which city?

A) Iloilo City

B) Cebu City

C) Bacolod

D) Manila

Answer · why

D) Manila

Manila. He stowed away on a boat to reach the capital, then slept rough on its streets while he trained at a boxing gym.

Q 04/05

Which 1990 fight did Pacquiao say 'changed my life forever' when he watched it with his uncle?

A) Leonard vs. Hagler

B) Tyson vs. Holyfield

C) Chávez vs. Taylor

D) Douglas vs. Tyson

Answer · why

D) Douglas vs. Tyson

Douglas vs. Tyson. Seeing the underdog win convinced the boy he would become a fighter, and his uncle Sardo Mejia started training him at home.

Q 05/05

How did a too-light Pacquiao beat the scales on debut?

A) Heavy army boots

B) Weights in his pockets

C) Litres of water

D) Huge breakfast

Answer · why

B) Weights in his pockets

Weights in his pockets. At 98 pounds he was several pounds under the limit, the reverse of the usual struggle to sweat down to it.