Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2009 20:02:20 GMT
Sport Revisited XIII
Here is another themed quiz with two subsections. 1pt for each answer unless stated otherwise. This one's on HORSES.
a)
1 For what is Cowdray Park in Sussex famous ?
2 A Chincoteague, a Shetland or a Dartmoor are all types of what ?
3 What head-control for a horse comes in a standing or running form and is banned in dressage competition ?
4 What falls between a trot and a full gallop ?
5 What name is given to the training exercise where a horse will circle the trainer, occasionally prompted by a 10m long line ?
6 What colour is a piebald horse ?
7 What is the name given to the scabby eruptions that sometimes occur behind a horse's knee ?
8 What name is given to amateur racing over fences for hunting horses ?
9 What is the name for the seatless leather leg protectors worn as an extra layer over riding trousers ?
10 Where does the famous horse race, Il Palio, take place around the main square ?
11 Which sporting event is held annually on the estate of the Duke of Beaufort in Gloucestershire ?
12 Which 20th-century allegorical novel features farm-horses called Boxer, Molly and Clover ?
13 A horse with a golden coat and pale mane and tail is generally termed what ?
14 What is the surname of the sisters Josephine, Diana and Christine, authors of well over a hundrer horse and pony books for children between them ?
15 Which late 60s band wrote a famous song about a Chestnut Mare ?
b) Match the horse's name to the description.
16 Don Quixote's horse.
17 Frank Hopkin's mustang, as seen in the movie with Viggo Mortensen.
18 Alexander the Great's mount.
19 The misnamed old nag in Steptoe and Son.
20 Dick Turpin's horse.
21 The mount of Tonto, Roy Rogers' sidekick.
22 The cabbie's horse in C.S.Lewis's The Magician's Nephew.
23 Napoleon's horse, named after one of his victories.
24 Eight legged horse in Norse mythology.
25 The horse ridden by Death in Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels.
a Scout
b Bucephalus
c Binky
d Rosinante
e Marengo
f Black Bess
g Hidalgo
h Sleipnir
i Hercules
j Strawberry, then Fledge
........bonus question.........
26 Who were the stablemates of Black Beauty at Birtwick Park ?
No more than 8 answers per person in any one 4-hour period, please. Good luck !
Here is another themed quiz with two subsections. 1pt for each answer unless stated otherwise. This one's on HORSES.
a)
1 For what is Cowdray Park in Sussex famous ?
2 A Chincoteague, a Shetland or a Dartmoor are all types of what ?
3 What head-control for a horse comes in a standing or running form and is banned in dressage competition ?
4 What falls between a trot and a full gallop ?
5 What name is given to the training exercise where a horse will circle the trainer, occasionally prompted by a 10m long line ?
6 What colour is a piebald horse ?
7 What is the name given to the scabby eruptions that sometimes occur behind a horse's knee ?
8 What name is given to amateur racing over fences for hunting horses ?
9 What is the name for the seatless leather leg protectors worn as an extra layer over riding trousers ?
10 Where does the famous horse race, Il Palio, take place around the main square ?
11 Which sporting event is held annually on the estate of the Duke of Beaufort in Gloucestershire ?
12 Which 20th-century allegorical novel features farm-horses called Boxer, Molly and Clover ?
13 A horse with a golden coat and pale mane and tail is generally termed what ?
14 What is the surname of the sisters Josephine, Diana and Christine, authors of well over a hundrer horse and pony books for children between them ?
15 Which late 60s band wrote a famous song about a Chestnut Mare ?
b) Match the horse's name to the description.
16 Don Quixote's horse.
17 Frank Hopkin's mustang, as seen in the movie with Viggo Mortensen.
18 Alexander the Great's mount.
19 The misnamed old nag in Steptoe and Son.
20 Dick Turpin's horse.
21 The mount of Tonto, Roy Rogers' sidekick.
22 The cabbie's horse in C.S.Lewis's The Magician's Nephew.
23 Napoleon's horse, named after one of his victories.
24 Eight legged horse in Norse mythology.
25 The horse ridden by Death in Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels.
a Scout
b Bucephalus
c Binky
d Rosinante
e Marengo
f Black Bess
g Hidalgo
h Sleipnir
i Hercules
j Strawberry, then Fledge
........bonus question.........
26 Who were the stablemates of Black Beauty at Birtwick Park ?
No more than 8 answers per person in any one 4-hour period, please. Good luck !
