How Much Do You Know About Horses?

By: Annette
Estimated Completion Time
2 min
How Much Do You Know About Horses?
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About This Quiz

Whether you ride horses or have always just admired them, you have to admit that horses are exceptional animals. Beautiful, majestic and powerful, horses are a big part of our history. In this quiz, we're going to explore some fun facts about these remarkable creatures.
What do horses prefer for food?
Sweet flavors
Sour flavors
Bitter flavors
What do you call a female horse?
A mare
A pony
A girl
Horses are which of these?
Carnivores
Omnivores
Herbivores

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How long does a horse typically live?
112 years
99 years
25 years
When does a horse breathe through its mouth?
When it's scared
When it's angry
A horse doesn't breathe through its mouth
What is the purest of all the horse breeds?
Arabian
Clydesdale
Miniature horse

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When do horses start running?
After their first year
Within a month
Within hours of birth
What do you call a male horse?
A mare
A buckaroo
A stallion
How much water do horses drink a day?
.25 gallon
2017 gallons
25 gallons

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When do horses vomit?
When they're pregnant
When they are upset
They don't vomit
What is the fear of horses called?
Equinophobia
whineyphobia
Equestrian psychosis
What's the average gallop speed?
44 mph
155 mph
27 mph

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What's another name for a horse trailer?
Horse sidecar
Horse mobile
Horse box
How many horses are in the world?
27
20 billion
58 million
When do a horse's teeth stop growing?
At age 5
At age 10
They never stop

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For how long have horses been domesticated?
Eons
300 years
5,000 years
What is the longest verified lifespan for a horse?
122
62
29
How do the Chinese feel about horses?
They revere them
They despise them and eat them
There are no horses in China

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All North American horses are descendants of . . . ?
Wild horses
Japanese horses
European horses
Who is Eohippus?
A blind horse in Taiwan
The God of Horses
Prehistoric horse
What is true about horses' eyes?
They're almost blind
They're shaped like elephant eyes
They're the largest of any land mammal

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How do horses sleep?
Lying down
Standing up
Both
What is flehmen?
Horse phlegm
Horse dander
A smelling technique
Which is the horse's closest relative?
Goat
Cow
Rhinoceros

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How do horses communicate their feelings?
With their feet
With facial expressions
With telepathy
Can horses see purple and violet?
No
Only on Tuesdays
Yes, but with difficulty
How many senses do horses have?
3
5
6

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Do horses dream at night?
No one knows
Yes
No
What is a horse's field of vision like?
They can see 180°
They can see 200°
They can see almost 360°
During the early 1900s, what happened to the horse population?
Decreased
Increased
Stayed the same

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Which is true about the horse head from "The Godfather"?
It was fake
It was real
Nobody knows
How big is a horse brain compared to a human brain?
It's the same size as a human child's brain
It's twice the size
It's half the size
How much saliva do horses produce in a day?
1 liter
1 gallon
10 gallons

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How are horses most comfortable trailering?
Facing forward
Facing backward
Facing sideways
What is the national animal of Scotland?
A horse
A unicorn
A lion