Horsie Mama's Horsey Super Bowl - Answer Key

Here is the answer key to yesterday's questions. Remember, YOU need to score your own quiz and then send a screen shot, photo, or digital file of your answers to me at horsiemama8@gmail.com.

Please send your response to me no later than noon Eastern Time on Tuesday, February 13.

I am still thinking about what to do for prizes - stay 'tooned!

Photo from Google Images.

Horsie Mama's Horsey Super Bowl Quiz - Answer Key

1) What color or breed of horse has striped hooves?

Appaloosas, POAs, grey, spotted, or patterned horses are all acceptable answers..

2) Most mammals have this bodily function. Horses do not. What is it?

Horses are unable to vomit.

3) What country has the highest number of horses?

At more than 9 million, it is the United States.

4) About how long does a mare gestate?

Mares normally cary their foals for 11 months. (And I thought 9 months was a long time!)

5) How many horse years equal one human year?

There are two acceptable answers here: First, you can multiply the horse's age by 2.2. Second (and more complicated), counting the first year of a horse's life as 10 years, and then counting every year after that as two human years. 

6) Can horses get the hiccups?

Yes! When they do, they are called "thumps" that can be heard in the chest area.

7) When referring to horses, what is chrome?

That there is a lot of white on the legs. (If you said legs and face, count your answer as right.)

8) What is a numnah?

A small saddle pad often made of sheepskin or foam.

9) How many beats are there in the gallop?

Four! It is actually a different gait from the canter (three beats) with the legs falling (on a left lead) right hind, left hind, right fore, left fore.

10) What is a horse’s most natural gait?

The trot. 

11) What is the difference between a stripe and a blaze?

Their width. A stripe is narrower than a blaze.

12) In horse racing, what is the term for 1/8 of a mile?

A furlong.

13) What do you call the side of the horse that is on the rider’s right when in the saddle?

The off side.

14) Used mostly in western riding, what is a short handled, flexible braided leather crop called?

A quirt. (I used this word once while playing Scrabble with my family and they thought I had made it up!)

15) What NFL team has a horse as a mascot that races across the field when its team scores?

The Denver Broncos.

Bonus Points: 

16) Name that horse in question 15.

Thunder. 

17) Name the rider of the horse in question 16.

Ann Judge (also acceptable is Ann Judge-Wegener.)

Photos of Thunder and Ann from Google Images. 

Questions were taken from various equine quizzes and questionnaires found on Horse & Rider and Learn About Horses as well as my own knowledge.

Horsie Mama's Horsey Super Bowl

Welcome to Horsie Mama's Horsey Super Bowl! I had the idea last night as I was preparing for today's family gathering (more on that below) - why not have a horsey Super Bowl here on the blog?

Photo from Google Images.

RULES & HOW TO PLAY: 

~ No looking up answers online or in other sources or asking another person. 

~ Take the quiz and record your answers somewhere. (An online document, a piece of paper, something like that.) 

~ Tomorrow I will post the answers so you can self-score your responses. (Yes, I'm a teacher, but my grading days are long over.) 

~ Take a screenshot or a photo of your scored answers and send them to me at horsiemama8@gmail.com. You can also send a digital file.

~Anyone who plays and sends me their scored sheet, is eligible for some sort of prize regardless of how they scored on the quiz. 

~ What is the prize(s)? I don't know yet nor do I know how many I will hand out - I am figuring this out as I go! Stay 'tooned on that and have fun!

Horsie Mama's Horsey Super Bowl 2024 Quiz

1) What color or breed of horse has striped hooves?

2) Most mammals have this bodily function. Horses do not. What is it?

3) What country has the highest number of horses?

4) About how long does a mare gestate?

5) How many horse years equal one human year?

6) Can horses get the hiccups?

7) When referring to horses, what is chrome?

8) What is a numnah?

9) How many beats are there in the gallop?

10) What is a horse’s most natural gait?

11) What is the difference between a stripe and a blaze?

12) In horse racing, what is the term for 1/8 of a mile?

13) What do you call the side of the horse that is on the rider’s right when in the saddle?

14) Used mostly in western riding, what is a short handled, flexible braided leather crop called?

15) What NFL team has a horse as a mascot that races across the field when its team scores?

Bonus Points: 

16) Name that horse in question 15.

17) Name the rider of the horse in question 16.

Of course, you can't have any kind of Super Bowl without snacks and treats! Here's the recipe I am making to take to my family's watch party tonight:

Lynn's Toffee Bars

1 cup of butter

1 cup brown sugar

1 egg yolk (don't use the white! I always feed it to Pepper so it doesn't go to waste)

2 cups flour

chocolate chips

chopped walnuts if desired

Preheat oven to 350. Cream butter and brown sugar and then add egg yolk. Mix throughly then stir in the flour and mix into a thick dough. Pat dough into a greased (I use Pam) 9 x 13 pan. It helps if your hands have some butter on them - I use the wrappers from the sticks of butter. Bake until the edges and top are golden about, 25 -30 minutes or so. Remove from oven and turn off heat. Scatter lots of chocolate chips across the toffee bar. Make sure you cover it. Slide the pan back into the oven for a few minutes to soften the chips. Spread them like frosting, top with walnuts if desired, and then let cool. Cut into squares and enjoy! 

The Isenbarger Family Super Bowl Game

I live with a family of football fans - I'm kind of an outlier in that I am the only one who really doesn't follow it. (Although I do play Fantasy Football with them and I do love our Friday Night Lights in the fall.)

Local Son Curt always creates a Super Bowl Prop Bet (I have no idea what that means; I do know that no one is actually betting) that we all fill out. He scores them and then the top three winners get a prize. Anyone in our family can play, including the Pony Pals and Cowpokes, and even if you live far away and aren't there in person, he will mail that prize to you.

The form must be filled out and given to Curt  before the game starts, too, but he's good at sending reminders so that everyone who wants to play gets entered. 

If you want to play with a friend or family, here is Curt's form. (He has taken a little flack from certain family members for not including a Taylor Swift question. LOL)

Choose your answers by circling or highlighting them, and when you know the answers, write your points in the last column and total them at the bottom at the end of the game. (I will try to get the answer sheet from Curt and post it here for those of you who decide to play.)

Personally, I actually do care about who wins tonight. George Karlaftis who plays for the Kansas City Chiefs is a home town boy who attended Craig's high school. We watched him play football on our Friday Night Lights for four years. He played here at Purdue before going into the NFL. He is a humble, nice kid.

Needless to say, I am pulling for Kansas City. 

Like I said, what's a Super Bowl without snacks or treats? Here is another favorite family recipe. It's from Hawkeye Todd's mother and it is yummy. Curt is making it for our watch party tonight. Enjoy!

Answers to the Horsie Mama Horsey Super Bowl will be posted tomorrow. Stay 'tooned!

Bonus Post: And the Pack Follows

Second post of the day and just for fun!

It was kind of a quiet day yesterday around here despite the fact that Nash and Molly were spending the day with us.

With springlike temperatures and some sunshine outside, we took the dogs across the street to the park and walked down to the lake.

And then we came home and took some naps. (The dogs did, not Craig and me.)

Craig and I went into our offices to get some work done, but every time we moved, we had our own little entourage.

If one of us went downstairs, the pack followed.

And then they followed us back upstairs. This went on all day and actually made us laugh more than once.

Just thought I'd share. We sure love those dogs.

BreyerFest - In Person or Virtual?

For weeks I've been mulling over whether or not I will attend BreyerFest in person this summer or participate virtually. And while I don't have to buy my tickets right away, it is easy to get caught up in the excitement of the release of tickets (next week) and make the decision without considering everything an in-person trip would mean.

So, like I said, I've been thinking about my options and what I should do for weeks.

I live close - it's only a four hour drive from my home. And the bonus is I can continue on afterward and head down to Tennessee to visit Music City Son Cole and his family. 

Cole and me at his home post-BreyerFest 2019.

My concerns are the toll it would take on my health to go. Like Nacho, I am getting older and I am slowing down. Things take me longer to do that they used to.

The heat bothers me, and it is hard for me to walk very far or stand for very long. (I have had multiple orthopedic surgeries and joint replacements.) But it's a little harder for me to talk about this:

When our family goes places that require a lot of walking or standing, they bring a wheelchair for me. (Me with Pony Pals Cambria, Kate, Mila, and Susie in Nauvoo, Illinois for our 45th wedding anniversary celebration.)

And while I don't like it and inevitably feel embarrassed, even sheepish, I always end up being grateful that my family pushed me around. (Poor Kyle! This is at Disney World in 2018 and before I lost almost 100 pounds!)

There won't be anyone to push me around at BreyerFest. I have many friends who would offer, but I don't feel good about asking them to do that or accepting if they offered.

Beth Dickinson, me, and Stephanie Clift at an early BreyerFest. (Gosh, I wish I still had that tee shirt!)

I've wondered if maybe I could rent a scooter and toodle around BreyerFest that way? Possibly, but I've seen those scooters coming through heavy crowds and I'm not sure I want to do that.

Craig has a bad back and trouble walking himself, but Teacher Daughter Lisa might come and help me. She's attended BreyerFest in the past when I was in better health and able to walk everywhere plus she loves horses. 

Lisa at BreyerFest 2012.

But, she has a life of her own and her summer plans are already in place.

I am leaning more and more towards attending BreyerFest virtually for 2024. 

I've attended all four of the previous virtual BreyerFests and enjoyed them. I've even got some traditions going for them!

I always put on my volunteer shirt and go to my local "horse park" just before Virtual BreyerFest starts,

and later that day, Craig and I eat dinner at Bob Evans or Denny's. (Early BreyerFest attendees will remember the days when your only meal options by the Holiday Inn North were Waffle House and Denny's. How far we have come!)

Looks like at this point, I will be purchasing virtual tickets. 

And I am okay with that.

Bonus post coming later this morning - just for fun!