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Noble Steeds IV: TV and Film Trivia Quiz

Horses and riders from the silver screen and the idiot box. I think that, in the main, these tend to be fairly easy questions.

A multiple-choice quiz by xaosdog. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
xaosdog

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
75,231

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
9 / 15

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Question 1 of 15

1. What noble steed bears Xena (warrior princess) on her many travels? Hint

Paladin

Orion

Episkopos

Argo

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Question 2 of 15

2. Which of the following was Zorro's black horse? Hint

Tornado

Genitor

Phantom

Oripelo

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Question 3 of 15

3. What trusty steed bore the Lone Ranger? Hint

Mercury

Zinc

Electrum

Silver

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Question 4 of 15

4. Which of the following was NOT a horse ridden by Tonto? Hint

White Feller

Scout

Silverheels

Paint

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Question 5 of 15

5. What horse was famous as being Roy Rogers' favorite mount? Hint

Shadow

Trigger

Fencer

Hobo

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Question 6 of 15

6. What horse did Dale Evans ride? Hint

Buttermilk

Rosey

Phoebe

Snapdragon

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Question 7 of 15

7. What was the name of the horse that carried cowboy singer-actor Gene Autry to fame and beyond? Hint

Star

Champion

Black Lightning

Smokey

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Question 8 of 15

8. Tom Mix's first and well-beloved horse was called Blue. When Blue died, with what ultimately much more famous and even better-beloved horse did the cowboy actor replace him? Hint

Magic

Tony

Don Juan

Skylark

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Question 9 of 15

9. In 66 'Hopalong Cassidy' films and 52 TV episodes, what horse bore William 'Hoppy' Boyd? Hint

Lancer

Hero

Captain

Topper

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Question 10 of 15

10. What was the main horse used by Lash LaRue, King of the Bullwhip? Hint

Black Thunder

Black Eagle

Black Feather

Black Diamond

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Question 11 of 15

11. What trusty steed bore the Cisco Kid, the 'Mexican Robin Hood'? Hint

Diablo

Shamrock

Loco

Cougar

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Question 12 of 15

12. What horse bore the dashing Sergeant Preston of the Yukon on his brave, if ultimately futile quest to rid the Canadian wilderness of evil? Hint

Fleetfoot

Faugh-a-Ballagh

Rex

Lucy Long

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Question 13 of 15

13. What was the name of the noble steed ridden by Brisco County, Jr.? Hint

Nelly Gray

Black Jack

Comet

Starlight

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Question 14 of 15

14. What horse did Rowdy Yates ride in 'Rawhide'? Hint

Dixie

Handsome Joe

Dakota

Midnight

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Question 15 of 15

15. What horse was ridden by Marshall Matt Dillon? Hint

Billy

Buck

Old Spot

Chief

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What noble steed bears Xena (warrior princess) on her many travels?

Answer: Argo

I am told that Argo started as a stallion, later was referred to as a mare, and still later, after all the main human characters existed in a state of suspended animation for twenty-odd years, dropped a filly which grew up identical to her mother and also went by the name Argo (so as, one assumes, to preserve the illusion of continuity for the television audience).

2. Which of the following was Zorro's black horse?

Answer: Tornado

Phantom was Guy Williams' Zorro's white horse.

3. What trusty steed bore the Lone Ranger?

Answer: Silver

Hi-yo Magnesium!

4. Which of the following was NOT a horse ridden by Tonto?

Answer: Silverheels

In the old 'Lone Ranger' radio show, Tonto's horse was called White Feller. At one point White Feller is injured, and an Indian chief lends Tonto a 'paint' horse referred to as Paint. Later, someone refers to Paint as a good scout, and the name Scout attached to him. Still later, the chief told Tonto the horse was his. Apparently the contemporaneous movie serials were made at about this time, and tracked the horses referred to in the radio show. Tonto was played by Jay Silverheels in the TV version and in later film versions.

5. What horse was famous as being Roy Rogers' favorite mount?

Answer: Trigger

The palomino stallion's original name was Golden Cloud, and before he was acquired by Rogers he was a film actor, carrying Marion in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938). After playing Trigger in Rogers' Washington Cowboy, Rogers liked him so much he purchased and renamed him. His hide is mounted at the Roy Rogers museum, along with those of Buttermilk and Roy's dog Bullet.

6. What horse did Dale Evans ride?

Answer: Buttermilk

Buttermilk's hide is mounted in the Roy Rogers museum, along with those of Trigger and Bullet.

7. What was the name of the horse that carried cowboy singer-actor Gene Autry to fame and beyond?

Answer: Champion

There were actually three horses belonging to Autry by the name of {Champion;} when one died he would get another with a similar appearance and keep up the illusion of continuity. The first Champion died in {1947;} Champion III died in 1991 at the ripe old age of 42.

8. Tom Mix's first and well-beloved horse was called Blue. When Blue died, with what ultimately much more famous and even better-beloved horse did the cowboy actor replace him?

Answer: Tony

When Mix first acquired Tony the Wonder Horse, he was apparently considered untrainable. This did not stop the cowboy actor from teaching him quite complicated tricks -- although Mix claimed he never taught Tony anything, but rather explained in plain language what he wanted the horse to do, and he would do it.

9. In 66 'Hopalong Cassidy' films and 52 TV episodes, what horse bore William 'Hoppy' Boyd?

Answer: Topper

After acquiring the white stallion, Boyd asked his wife to name it. She was reading the Topper books by Thorne Smith at the time, and the rest is trivia.

10. What was the main horse used by Lash LaRue, King of the Bullwhip?

Answer: Black Diamond

Lash also had a black horse called Rush.

11. What trusty steed bore the Cisco Kid, the 'Mexican Robin Hood'?

Answer: Diablo

Diablo was a black and white 'paint' horse. (Loco was the horse of the Kid's sidekick, Pancho.)

12. What horse bore the dashing Sergeant Preston of the Yukon on his brave, if ultimately futile quest to rid the Canadian wilderness of evil?

Answer: Rex

Poor Rex was consistently upstaged by the real star of the show, Preston's faithful dog Yukon King.

13. What was the name of the noble steed ridden by Brisco County, Jr.?

Answer: Comet

A conceit of the show is that Brisco and Comet can converse together, and that Comet is if anything more intelligent than the show's human hero, for example regularly beating him at chess.

14. What horse did Rowdy Yates ride in 'Rawhide'?

Answer: Midnight

The horse's real name was Harvester.

15. What horse was ridden by Marshall Matt Dillon?

Answer: Buck

The Buck of 'Gunsmoke' was in fact the very same Buck as was ridden by Ben Cartwright in 'Bonanza'. Lorne Greene actually bought Buck (whose real name was Dunny Waggoner) when the 'Gunsmoke' series ended.

Source: Author xaosdog

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