March 23, 2015 A Google a Day

Sorry for not doing yesterday's A Google a Day. Here is today's!

Question #1

Category: Sports

Question: In 1963, in London, looking for his 19th consecutive win, over 50,000 people came to see what athlete battle Henry Cooper?

Total Points: 300 points

Hint: Thomas S. Owens

First Letters: M _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A _ _

Answer: Muhammad Ali

Question #2

Category: Pop Culture

Question: Which documentary screened at the 2004 Tribeca Film Festival, about the aftermath of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, quotes Thomas Merton's eponymous poem?

Total Points: 600 points

Hint: First

First Letters: O _ _ _ _ _ _ _ C _ _ _ _ B _ _ _

Answer: Original Child Bomb

Question #3

Category: History

Question: What was the name of the Allied operation against which German forces launched a counteroffensive in Anzio in 1944?

Total Points: 1200 points

Hint: Roof

First Letters: O _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ S _ _ _ _ _ _

Answer: Operation Shingle
My best one so far!

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