Horse Trivia Quiz Questions and Answers
Dick Francis novels are based around what
sport?
A: Horse racing.
What did John Wayne's fellow actors and his horse wear while filming a
new movie following his True Grit Oscar?
A: Eye patches.
Which horse racing event is held on Long Island?
A: Belmont.
What sport was Terry Biddlecombe connected with?
A: Horse racing.
What was Tom Mix's horses name?
A: Tony.
What was the name of Dick Francis's first horse racing novel?
A: Dead Cert.
What horse race was held in 1985 in Aqueduct, New York?
A: Breeders Cup.
What did the Ancient Greeks think a zebra was?
A: A cross between a tiger and a horse.
What is the normal body temperature for a horse?
A: 100.5 degrees F.
What kind of a horse is a palomilla?
A: A milk white horse with a white mane and a white tail.
Where did the horse chestnut tree acquire its name?
A: Chestnuts were once used as a medicine for horses.
In 1927 a race was held between a horse and a kangaroo in Sydney,
Australia. Who won?
A: The Kangaroo.
What horse did Gene Autry ride in his first starring role in the
1935 movie The Phantom Empire?
A: Tom Mix's horse Tony Jr., not Champion.
Who only spoke Sioux in the 1970 film, A Man Called Horse?
A: Dame Judith Anderson.
What woman sports figure appeared as a maid in John Ford's 1959
film classic The Horse Soldiers?
A: Tennis star Althea Gibson.
In the 1976 re-make of the
1933 film classic
King Kong, what
hairy covering was used to make a forty foot high, six and a half
ton mechanical ape look life like?
A: Argentine horse tails, two tons of them.
To make the actors more comfortable during the filming of Helen
of Troy, what was included inside the horse?
A: Air Conditioning.
William Blount did not travel to Philadelphia on horseback for
the 1787 Constitutional Conventions because of what medical
condition?
A: Hemorrhoids.
Seconds after he shot Wild Bill Hickok, what did Jack McCall fall
off of?
A: His Horse.
Which future president cheated on an eye exam to joining the
cavalry reserves in the 1930s?
A: Ronald Reagan.
What unit of measure are horses measured by?
A: Hand.
While still in office, which President received a ticket for
speeding in Washington, DC?
A: Ulysses S. Grant, in his horse and buggy.
In the Battle of San Juan, what was the name of the horse Teddy
Roosevelt rode?
A: Texas.
In the Lone Ranger TV series what was the name of Tonto's horse?
A: Scout.
What was the name of Wild Bill's horse on the TV series, Wild
Bill Hickok?
A: Buckshot.
Col. Sherman Potter's horse in the M*A*S*H TV series was named
what?
A: Sophie.
Who once observed: "This is America. You can't make a horse
testify against himself?
A: Mr. Ed.
Man O' War lost only one race in his career, on August 13, 1919.
Who did "Big Red" lose to?
A: To a horse named Upset.