Richard III Offers Kingdom For a Horse! Quiz

Answer: Bucephalus

Alexander the Great (355-326 BC), allegedly tamed the great black horse when he (Alex) was thirteen. Realizing that the horse was afraid of his own shadow, he turned the horse to face the sun where he could not see it. Bucephalus means ox head.
Babieca was El Cid's horse.
Blueskin was one of General George Washington's horses.
Bijou belonged to Count Johan Augustus Sandels, a Swedish field marshall during the Finnish War of 1808-09.

Answer: Red Hare

Lu Bu was a ruthless and sometimes traitorous warlord in China, regarded as almost undefeatable. His horse was equally famous. Also known as Chitu, Red Hare inspired the quote, "Among men: Lu Bu. Among horses: Red Hare." The 14th century epic covers the period 169-280 AD in China and Lu Bu's real life exploits are woven into the novel. "The Romance" throws some fictional events and exaggerations into the history as do many historical epics.
Red Rum (1965-95) was an Irish champion racehorse who won the Grand National, a very difficult course, in 1973, 74, and 77. In the interim years he came in second. In 1973 he came from behind by 30 lengths to win.
Red Buck belonged to Emmett Dalton (1872-1937), an outlaw who survived 23 bullets in his last bank robbery to spend 14 years in prison.
Red Fox was Jesse James' horse.

Answer: Sampson

Sampson was a shire horse who measured 21.2 1/2 hands high. He was the tallest horse measured at the time. Sampson's name was changed in 1850, when he was four years old, to Mammoth. At his heaviest he weighed 3360 pounds, and stood 7'2 1/2".
Black Jack was the last Quartermaster-issued Army horse in the U.S. He died in 1976.
Hannibal was owned by Swedish King Karl X Gustav.
Traveller was Robert E. Lee's horse.

Answer: Lisette

Peter the Great (1672-1725) was a popular Russian tzar, who came to the Romanov throne when he was ten years old, with his mother as regent. He reigned from 1682-96 and enhanced Russia's strength and prestige in Europe.
Little Sorrel was Stonewall Jackson's horse.
Palomo was Simon Bolivar's main horse.
Kitty belonged to Marshal of Finland, Carl Gustav Emil Mannerheim, later 6th president of Finland.

Answer: Comanche

It was perhaps ironic that a horse with an Indian name should be the only survivor of a battle in which Native Americans triumphed. The Lakota, Cheyenne and Arapaho wiped out the 7th cavalry detachment in two days in June, 1876. Both Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse fought in the battle.
Cincinnati was one of U.S.Grant's horses.
Foaled in 2004, Curlin was ranked highest on the IFHA (International Federation of Horseracing Authorities) list of champion stakes horses in 2009, tied with the Irish horse, New Approach. Curlin was one of the richest North American horses of all time.
Copenhagen was supposedly the favorite horse of the Duke of Wellington, and was at the Battle of Waterloo.

Answer: Phar Lap

Phar Lap (1926-32) won 37 of his 51 career starts after an inauspicious beginning. A New Zealand horse, he moved to Australia for his training and racing. The name Phar Lap is from Zhuang and Thai and means 'sky flash'. Phar Lap won the Melbourne Cup, and many other prestigious races. In 1931 he had 14 consecutive wins. His sudden death in 1932 aroused some suspicion, but the exact cause was never determined. Large amounts of arsenic were found in his system, but it was a common additive to horse potions at the time. He has become an icon in both New Zealand and in Australia, where his heart, almost twice the average size, is on display. Carbine was one of his ancestors.
Marengo was Napoleon's horse. He outlived his master by eight years.
Gazala belonged to Baldwin I of Jerusalem (1058-1118), a leader in the First Crusade.
Kasztanka, named for his chestnut color, probably the most famous Polish horse, belonged to Jozef Pilsudski, a beloved patriot who fought for independence in the 1923 Polish-Soviet War.

Answer: Brown Beauty

Brown Beauty was owned by Revere's neighbor, Samuel Larkin. The horse was never returned as Revere was captured by the British and the horse taken. There may have been as many as forty riders spreading the news on that fateful night, but there was no shouting as the British were everywhere. Like most historic events, the story has been embellished by authors and story-tellers.
Grated Coconut was Calgary Stampede's six time world champion bucking horse.
Gun Rock was a son of Man O'War who was used to breed cavalry horses for the U.S. Army in the 1920s.
Black Bess was highwayman Dick Turpin's mount. Englishman Turpin (1705-39) was caught and hanged for robbery and murder. His exploits have been romanticized in prose and song.

Answer: Hidalgo

Hidalgo, a Mustang, was ridden by Frank Hopkins, an American distance rider. A film was made in 2004 covering this amazing race of 1891. The governments of Saudi Arabia, Yemen and the U.A.E. have all denied that there was ever such a race (the "Ocean of Fire"), and stated that it would not have been possible. Likewise, Hopkins' claims to have been part Lakota Indian have also been disputed. Hollywood legend or true tale?
Huaso was a Chilean horse who set the high jump world record in 1949, one of the world's longest held sports records.
Halla was a show jumping champion who won two world championships (1954 and 1955), and three Olympic gold medals in 1956 and 1960.
Hickstead was a Canadian international show jumper and gold medal winner.

Answer: John Henry

The horse was named for the legendary John Henry, a "steel drivin' man", as he (the horse) tore down steel feed and water buckets, and stomped them flat in his stall. The horse lived from 1975 to 2007, and was an American thoroughbred with earnings of $6.6 million. He won the Santa Anita twice and the Eclipse Award as Horse of the Year in 1981 and 1984. He was rated number 23 in the top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th century and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame in Saratoga, NY, in 1990.
Steel Dust was an American 19th century quarter-mile racehorse.
Bret Hanover was the second horse to win the U.S.Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Pacers. He won 62 of his 69 starts, and became the only horse ever made Harness Horse of the Year three times.
Dhuljanah belonged to Husayn ibn Ali (626-680), grandson of Muhammad, and was with him in the Battle of Karbala.

Answer: Rienzi

Rienzi belonged to Philip H. Sheridan, and was with him in the Battle of Cedar Creek in 1864. Confederate Jubal Early had led the attack against union forces and was soundly defeated. Thomas Buchanan Read wrote a poem in the hero's honor, "Sheridan's Ride". The horse's name was later changed to 'Winchester'.
The three wrong choices were not military horses.
Incitatus belonged to Emperor Caligula, who proposed him for membership in the senate, and threw wild parties for the horse.
Jim Key was billed as the "Smartest Horse in the World" at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis, MO.
Muhamed was a German horse who could supposedly solve cubic roots.