Q 01/05

Every Morgan horse traces back to one stallion, foaled in 1789, originally known by which name?

A) Messenger

B) Figure

C) Diamond

D) Traveller

Answer · why

B) Figure

Figure was later renamed Justin Morgan after his best-known owner, and the whole breed ended up carrying the man's name too.

Q 02/05

Which US president rode Justin Morgan's famous stallion as a parade mount in Montpelier, Vermont, in 1817?

A) James Madison

B) Thomas Jefferson

C) John Quincy Adams

D) James Monroe

Answer · why

D) James Monroe

James Monroe rode him when the stallion was about 28, an age many horses never reach, let alone on parade.

Q 03/05

Justin Morgan's hard-working stallion lived to 32 before dying in 1821 from which cause?

A) A kick from another horse

B) A collapse while hauling logs

C) A fire in his stable

D) A bolt of lightning

Answer · why

A) A kick from another horse

A kick from another horse wounded his flank out at pasture, and the injury was left untreated.

Q 04/05

Which author of Misty of Chincoteague also wrote the children's novel Justin Morgan Had a Horse?

A) Anna Sewell

B) Walter Farley

C) Marguerite Henry

D) Laura Ingalls Wilder

Answer · why

C) Marguerite Henry

Marguerite Henry published the story in 1945, and it was a runner-up for the next year's top American prize for children's books.

Q 05/05

Which film studio adapted the children's novel Justin Morgan Had a Horse for the screen in 1972?

A) Disney

B) Universal

C) Paramount

D) Warner Bros.

Answer · why

A) Disney

Disney aired the film on its television anthology series, The Wonderful World of Disney.