Q: Who is Lew Alcindor? A: “He’s a
great swimmer.”
-Greg Poulton, first-year psychology student
A: “He’s a politician or something.”
-Brandon Chillar, freshman football player
A: “Definitely a bowler.”
-Lauren Fisher, freshman tennis player
Lew Alcindor, later known as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, was a UCLA
basketball player from 1965-1968, as well as the NBA’s
all-time leading scorer.
Q: What was the “Rumble in the
Jungle?” A: “George Foreman and Xzibit had a
C-walking match in Africa. Xzibit won.”
-Edmund Ieremia-Stansbury, senior football player
A: “When the riots broke out after the UCLA basketball
championship.”
-Beth Goodwin, senior swimmer
A: “That’s when the monkeys get mad because they
don’t have enough bananas.”
-Lauren Fisher, freshman tennis player
The “Rumble in the Jungle” was a 1974 boxing
match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman that took place in
what is now the Republic of the Congo (then Zaire).
Q: Who is nicknamed “El Duque?” A:
“He’s Spanish. Somebody from Duke
University.”
-Greg Poulton, first-year psychology student
A: “He’s a soccer player. He’s from
Columbia.”
-Caleb Liao, sociology and political science student
A: “He fights chickens in Mexico.”
-Robert Thomas, junior football player
A: “El Duque is that cat from the New York Yankees. The
defector. I can’t remember his real name.”
-Juan Arzola, third-year political science student
New York Yankees pitcher Orlando Hernandez is nicknamed
“El Duque.”
Compiled by Hannah Gordon, Diamond Leung and Pauline Vu, Daily
Bruin Senior Staff.