SAFE Horse Quiz – Safety and Facilities for Equestrians (SAFE)

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SAFE Horse Quiz

A quiz about riding, horses, history and literature!

1 / 10

"Black Beauty" was written by...?

Beatrix Potter

Anna Sewell

Dodie Smith

2 / 10

The 1956 version of "Around the World in 80 Days" featured over 8,000 animals, "including four ostriches, six skunks, 15 elephants, 17 bulls, 512 monkeys, 950 burros, 2,448 American buffalo, 3,800 sheep and a sacred cow that eats flowers on cue" - and how many horses?

1,450

200

800

3 / 10

What is a hinny?

The offspring of a zebra and a mule

The offspring of a male horse and a female donkey

The offspring of a female horse and a male donkey

4 / 10

Which of these statements is true?

A horse has a better sense of smell than a bee.

A horse is faster than a lion.

Horses have the second largest eyes of any land mammal - only being beaten by the moose.

5 / 10

The Dickin medal (the animal equivalent of the Victoria Cross) has been awarded to how many horses, up to 2018?

6 / 10

A horse-drawn vehicle must show what lights, at night?

Red to front, white to rear

Green to front, red to rear

White to front, red to rear

7 / 10

Why was Red Rum named Red Rum?

After Bacardi's red rum, the owner's favourite tipple

It spells "Murder" backwards

After the last three letters of his sire and dam, Quorum and Mared

8 / 10

The Percheron breed originated in what country?

France

Germany

Italy

9 / 10

What animal's name means "River Horse"?

Coypu

Hippopotamus

Manatee

10 / 10

Who rides the Pale Horse?

Death

Pestilence

Famine

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