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» Quiz: How well do you really know Equinus?
How well do you really know Equinus?
created by
TheVampireLestat13
Test your knowledge of horses, and find out if you have what it takes to make it in the four-footed world.
1.) First of all, A Palomino is what?
Strictly a color type. Not a specific breed, as many breeds can be this color which possesses both of the cream genes
A breed of horse that has a light to dark golden colored coat and pale main and tail and facial markings.
A palomino is like a yellowish color, is really pretty, and is a breed that's purely American.
Palomino...a horse
2.) Who was perhaps one of the most famous horsemen in the early history, and during what period did he live?
Ghengis Khan 1100's-1200's
Alexander the Great (500s B.C)
Marco Polo (1200's)
Christopher Reeve (1950)
3.) What system of measurement is used with horses?
Hands. 1 hand is approxiamately 4 inches.
Inches
Feet
Milimeters
4.) What is the term used to describe a horse's appearance?
conformation
Appearance
Looks
Pretty!
5.) Where are the withers located on a horse?
At the base of the neck and the beginning of the back
Above the Back
Behind the Ears
On the legs
6.) What is a dorsal stripe?
A stripe of black hairs along the verterbral line found on dun horses
a stripe on the horse's back and legs
Stripes found on dun horses
Markings on a horse
7.) Which of these below is a poisonous plant?
Foxglove
Maple
Bramble Bushes
blueberries
8.) What is the triangualar elastic structure on the inside of a horse's hoof that absorbs concussion?
frog
bars
sole
hoof
9.) What is the technical term for something the foal must have almost immediately after birth?
Colustrum
Supervision
It's mama
milk
10.) A Horse moves more freely on what lead?
Left
right
changed
rope
11.) On which gait does all four of the horse's legs come off the ground?
gallop
canter
run
walking
12.) Who was the most famous classical writer on horsemanship and hunting, and wrote with extreme amounts of sympathy for the horse?
Xenophon
Plato
Alexander the Great
Walter Farley
13.) What breed of horse is used in the Spanish Riding School, and where is this school?
The Lipizzaner, Vienna
The Andalusian, Vienna
The Andalusian, Madrid
Spanish Barb, Barcelona
14.) Draft Breeds are technically
Cold Blooded
Warm Blooded
Hot Blooded
Big
15.) What is the Arab word for Arabian, and what does it mean?
keheilan, which means 'pure blood through and through'
kalenha, which means 'of pure blood'
shatan, which means 'demon'
Black
16.) A horse's vision is described as:
360 degrees save for the vertebral line
270 degrees
90 degrees
keen
17.) What is the definition of the pony?
By, height, any equine that stands below 14.2 hands high, but excludes actual horses that are short.
The Pony must be under 14 hands tall
A pony is a small horse
little
18.) What is the technical classification of the horse
of the Equidae family, the genus Equus, and now classified as Equus cabalus
Equus cabalus
Equine
Horses
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