Q 01/05

Which Beverly Hills, 90210 star played world champion bull rider Lane Frost in the film 8 Seconds?

A) Jason Priestley

B) Luke Perry

C) Ian Ziering

D) Brian Austin Green

Answer · why

B) Luke Perry

Luke Perry played Frost in a film whose title is the time a rider must stay aboard to score. Its director had earlier made Rocky and The Karate Kid.

Q 02/05

Rodeo cowboys who went on strike at Boston Garden named their new union, forerunner of the PRCA, after which animal?

A) Mustangs

B) Coyotes

C) Turtles

D) Badgers

Answer · why

C) Turtles

Turtles gave the Cowboys' Turtle Association its name in 1936. The cowboys said they were slow to organize but unafraid to stick their necks out.

Q 03/05

Which actor rode a mechanical bull at Gilley's honky-tonk in the film Urban Cowboy, sparking a bar craze?

A) Burt Reynolds

B) Patrick Swayze

C) Kurt Russell

D) John Travolta

Answer · why

D) John Travolta

John Travolta and Debra Winger showed filmgoers how it was done in 1980. Rodeo riders still train on mechanical bulls, sharpening their skills without...

Q 04/05

Before moving up to calves and bulls, young rodeo riders traditionally start out by clinging to which animal?

A) Sheep

B) Goats

C) Ponies

D) Donkeys

Answer · why

A) Sheep

Sheep are the mount in mutton busting, where a small child hangs on as the animal runs. Age and weight limits on the riders protect the animals.

Q 05/05

After Lane Frost was fatally gored in 1989, fellow rider Cody Lambert designed which now-mandatory piece of safety gear?

A) A protective vest

B) A padded neck brace

C) A steel face mask

D) A locking wrist cuff

Answer · why

A) A protective vest

A protective vest was Lambert's answer, based on the one his jockey brother wore. He was the only bull rider using one for months; by 1996 it was mand...