Q 01/05

In the United States, miniature horses are trained for which job more usually done by a dog?

A) Guiding the blind

B) Sniffing out drugs

C) Rounding up sheep

D) Tracking lost hikers

Answer · why

A) Guiding the blind

Guiding the blind has been a job for miniature horses since 1999, when a US foundation began providing them. Part of the appeal is lifespan: horses li...

Q 02/05

Which draft breed, named after a river valley, pulls the Budweiser beer wagon in teams of eight?

A) Percheron

B) Clydesdale

C) Belgian Draft

D) Ardennes

Answer · why

B) Clydesdale

Clydesdale teams were first formed by the brewery at the end of Prohibition. Its strict standards for matching horses have led many Americans to belie...

Q 03/05

After an 1842 law took young children out of the work, thousands of Shetland ponies were sent where?

A) Cotton mills

B) Slate quarries

C) Coal mines

D) Canal towpaths

Answer · why

C) Coal mines

Coal mines used the small, strong ponies to haul loads underground, and many spent their whole lives there. The last American mine to work Shetland po...

Q 04/05

The Marwari, a rare breed whose ears curve inward until the tips meet, comes from which country?

A) Egypt

B) Turkey

C) Morocco

D) India

Answer · why

D) India

India's Marwar region, in Rajasthan, gave the breed its name. It is thought to descend from the war horses of Rajput warriors, and it can rotate those...

Q 05/05

Each July, riders move the wild ponies of Assateague Island to Chincoteague by making them do what?

A) Swim a channel

B) Cross a bridge

C) Ride a ferry

D) Wade a sandbar

Answer · why

A) Swim a channel

The ponies swim a channel between the islands in five to ten minutes. The foal auction that follows began in 1924 to buy equipment for Chincoteague's ...