INQUIZITION QUIZ NO. 64 EQUINE
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 1:40 pm1 Who was the first jockey to win the Kentucky Derby and the Epsom Derby?
STEVE CAUTHEN
2 What is the name of Gandalf’s horse in The Lord of the Rings?
SHADOWFAX
3 In a TV series of yesteryear, what was the name of the equine companion of Ricky North?
CHAMPION THE WONDER HORSE
4 Who acquired the unflattering nickname of the Flanders Mare?
ANNE OF CLEEVES
5 What name is shared by a Greek hero and the horse of Steptoe And Son?
HERCULES
6 According to William Shakespeare, which monarch died without a horse on a battlefield?
RICHARD III
7 Who plays the role of Denzel in the sitcom, Only Fools and Horses?
PAUL BARBER
8 Which horse won the Epsom Derby in 2004?
NORTH LIGHT
9 Which historical ruler rode a horse called Bucephalus?
ALEXANDER THE GREAT
10 At which racecourse do horses gallop down the Rowley Mile?
NEW MARKET
11 In marine biology, what is the more common name for the hippocampus?
SEAHORSE
12 Which novel is sub-titled Autobiography of a Horse?
BLACK BEAUTY
13 Who penned the novel The Horse Whisperer?
NICHOLAS EVANS
14 Which jockey nicknamed The Choirboy, rode Shergar to Derby glory?
WALTER SWINBURN
15 Which song contains the line, “One little chap had a mishap, broke off his horse’s head”?
TWO LITTLE BOYS
STEVE CAUTHEN
2 What is the name of Gandalf’s horse in The Lord of the Rings?
SHADOWFAX
3 In a TV series of yesteryear, what was the name of the equine companion of Ricky North?
CHAMPION THE WONDER HORSE
4 Who acquired the unflattering nickname of the Flanders Mare?
ANNE OF CLEEVES
5 What name is shared by a Greek hero and the horse of Steptoe And Son?
HERCULES
6 According to William Shakespeare, which monarch died without a horse on a battlefield?
RICHARD III
7 Who plays the role of Denzel in the sitcom, Only Fools and Horses?
PAUL BARBER
8 Which horse won the Epsom Derby in 2004?
NORTH LIGHT
9 Which historical ruler rode a horse called Bucephalus?
ALEXANDER THE GREAT
10 At which racecourse do horses gallop down the Rowley Mile?
NEW MARKET
11 In marine biology, what is the more common name for the hippocampus?
SEAHORSE
12 Which novel is sub-titled Autobiography of a Horse?
BLACK BEAUTY
13 Who penned the novel The Horse Whisperer?
NICHOLAS EVANS
14 Which jockey nicknamed The Choirboy, rode Shergar to Derby glory?
WALTER SWINBURN
15 Which song contains the line, “One little chap had a mishap, broke off his horse’s head”?
TWO LITTLE BOYS
