| 1. What is the fear of horses called? | | | | B. English shire |
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| A. Hippophobia | | | | C. Clydesdale |
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| B. Riddiophobia | | | | D. Percheron |
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| C. Sadlophobia | | | | E. They are all draft horses!E. They are all |
| | | | draft horses! |
| D. EquiphobiaA. Hippophobia | | | | |
| | | | TBD: As primarily a visual connoisseur of |
| TBD: Hey, you know we dosn't make this stuff | | | | horses, The QuizQueen is partial to the |
| up, right?!?2. Which is NOT a form of horse | | | | Clydesdale.8. The Roman Emperor Caligula is |
| racing? | | | | famous for many things, but he was also a |
| | | | horse lover, so maybe he wasn't all bad. |
| A. Flat racing | | | | What did he once want to do for his favorite |
| | | | horse, Incitatus? |
| B. Harness racing | | | | |
| | | | A. Name her his consort. |
| C. Steeplechasing | | | | |
| | | | B. Name him his successor as emperor. |
| D. Hop-scotchingD. Hop-scotching | | | | |
| | | | C. Appoint him consul of Rome. |
| TBD: Did you know that horse racing may well | | | | |
| be the oldest sport? By the time humans | | | | D. None of the above, he actually ate |
| began recording history it was already well | | | | roasted horse for dinner every night.C. |
| established. Does that mean that book making | | | | Appoint him consul of Rome. |
| may really be the oldest profession?3. Which | | | | |
| is NOT a breed of American saddle horse? | | | | TBD: As if we needed still further proof of |
| | | | what a very bizarre person he was.9. The |
| A. Tennessee Walker | | | | moons of Mars are named for the mythical |
| | | | horses that drew the chariot of Mars, the god |
| B. Morgan | | | | of war. Can you name them? |
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| C. Quarter Horse | | | | A. There was only one horse, Pegasus. |
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| D. Kentucky SprinterD. Kentucky Sprinter | | | | B. Phobos and Deimos |
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| TBD: Although, it could be an unofficial | | | | C. Logos, Pathos, and Ethos |
| breed!4. The horse's single toe on each of | | | | |
| its four feet is its most marked anatomical | | | | D. Alpha, Beta, Sigma, and Theta.B. Phobos |
| characteristic and makes it a perissodactyl | | | | and Deimos |
| or odd-toed ungulate. The horse shares this | | | | |
| trait with which other animal? | | | | TBD: Hey, that was hard, but you had a shot |
| | | | if you knew either your astrology or your |
| A. Rhinoceros | | | | Greek mythology, right?10. One of the most |
| | | | famous horses in television history is Mr. |
| B. Tapir | | | | Ed. Which is NOT a true Mr. Ed fact?v |
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| C. Elephant | | | | A. His original name was Bamboo Harvester. |
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| D. Cow | | | | B. He lived to be 30 years old and died Feb. |
| | | | 28, 1979. |
| E. A and B | | | | |
| | | | C. He was raised to be a parade and show |
| F. C and DE. A and B | | | | horse. |
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| TBD: Very curious, indeed.5. Which is NOT | | | | D. He was Roy Roger's original sidekick, |
| one of the three classic American races that | | | | before Trigger.D. He was Roy Roger's original |
| make up the Triple Crown? | | | | sidekick, before Trigger. |
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| A. The Bluegrass Stakes | | | | TBD: He was however owned by the president |
| | | | of the California Palomino Society.11. What |
| B. The Belmont Stakes | | | | was man's earliest relationship with horses? |
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| C. The Preakness Stakes | | | | A. Dinner: Man hunted the horse. |
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| D. The Kentucky DerbyA. The Bluegrass Stakes | | | | B. Dinner: The formerly carnivorous horse |
| | | | hunted man. |
| TBD: Even though we live in Kentucky, we | | | | |
| haven't attended the Kentucky Derby, but we | | | | C. Transportation: Man used the horse for |
| have been to the Bluegrass Stakes (which is a | | | | hauling and transporting himself and his |
| precursor to the Derby) and won money!6. How | | | | goods. |
| were horses introduced to the Americas? | | | | |
| | | | D. Security: The early horse helped keep |
| A. They were brought by Spanish | | | | watch for danger.A. Dinner: Man hunted the |
| Conquistadors and explorers in the 16th | | | | horse. |
| century. | | | | |
| | | | TBD: Although by the Bronze Age man was |
| B. They crossed the land bridge with early | | | | using the domesticated horse, in the earlier |
| man. | | | | Stone Age the relationship was strictly food |
| | | | chain.12. How many horses have been Triple |
| C. They were always there. | | | | Crown winners? |
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| D. Leif Eriksson and his Viking crew brought | | | | A. 11 |
| them.A. They were brought by Spanish | | | | |
| Conquistadors and explorers in the 16th | | | | B. 21 |
| century. | | | | |
| | | | C. 31 |
| TBD: Apparently a species of horse developed | | | | |
| in America, but died out, possibly due to | | | | D. 13A. 11 |
| disease, so there was no native horse.7. Is | | | | |
| one of these NOT a breed of draft horse? | | | | TBD: They are Sir Barton, Gallant Fox, |
| | | | Omaha, War Admiral, Whirlaway, Count Fleet, |
| A. Belgian heavy draft horse | | | | Assault, Citation, Secretariat, Seattle Slew, |
| | | | and Affirmed. The last one was in 1978. |