Answers and Bonus Round....
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Posted by PCF Cody on August 02, 2002 at 10:31:31:
In Reply to: Summer Trivia posted by PCF Cody on July 30, 2002 at 11:10:44:
:1. What is the name of the little Mongolian wild horse named after a Russian explorer?
Przewalski's Horse
:2. How many poles are there in Pole Bending?
The answer here is 6
:3. True or False: In Hunter classes, the jumps are raised higher and higher until a winner is determined?
False :)
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Ok....No whining about how tough these might be...its the bonus round after all....Let's see how well we know equine history...
1. To what use did they put the first 7 horses that were sent by the London Company to help settle Jamestown in 1610?
2. Where was the horse breeding industry centered in Ancient Greece?
3. Who brought many fine desert stallions into Spain in the 3rd Century BC during his unsuccessful attempt to invade Carthage?
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I couldn't pass this one up, but its a tough one and not an easy one to look up, though its out there, I learned about it in one of my college courses...so 10 points to anyone who gets it...
The oldest engraved tablets written on horsemanship were written in 1400 BC by a Hittite. What was his name?
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