Q 01/05

At the first Olympic dressage contest in 1912, horses had to jump which object as it rolled towards them?

A) A hay bale

B) A barrel

C) A cartwheel

D) A milk churn

Answer · why

B) A barrel

A barrel was rolled at each horse as the final obstacle, after five ordinary jumps of up to 1.10 metres. Riders could also earn bonus points for ridin...

Q 02/05

Which rapper watched the Paris 2024 dressage in breeches and tailcoat alongside Martha Stewart?

A) Snoop Dogg

B) Flavor Flav

C) Ice Cube

D) LL Cool J

Answer · why

A) Snoop Dogg

Snoop Dogg had told NBC's Today show that he would bring carrots and apples for the horses. He arrived for the team medal test dressed like a competit...

Q 03/05

Which country sent a 71-year-old dressage rider to London 2012, a man who first competed at the 1964 Olympics?

A) Japan

B) Austria

C) Canada

D) Finland

Answer · why

A) Japan

Japan's Hiroshi Hoketsu was the oldest athlete at both the 2008 and 2012 Games. He rode in show jumping at Tokyo in 1964, then waited 44 years to retu...

Q 04/05

The capriole, a dressage leap in which the horse kicks out in mid-air, takes its name from which animal?

A) Hare

B) Salmon

C) Goat

D) Frog

Answer · why

C) Goat

Goat is the root of the name: capriole means leap of a goat. The horse jumps straight up, kicks out with its hind legs and lands on all four feet at a...

Q 05/05

Which wife of a 2012 US presidential candidate co-owned Rafalca, a dressage horse at the London Olympics?

A) Callista Gingrich

B) Ann Romney

C) Michelle Obama

D) Karen Santorum

Answer · why

B) Ann Romney

Ann Romney bought the mare with two partners in 2006. Rafalca and rider Jan Ebeling finished 28th in London, short of the final round for individual m...