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11 What trusty steed bore the Lone Ranger?
Answer: Silver

Hi-yo Magnesium!
  From Quiz: Noble Steeds IV: TV and Film
12 What is the real name of the horse that portrayed Mr. Ed in the "Mister Ed" TV series?
Answer: Bamboo Harvester

According to the Wikipedia website, "The first horse that played Mister Ed for the pilot episode was a chestnut gelding. However, the permanent equine star of the show was Bamboo Harvester (1949-70), a crossbred gelding of American Saddlebred, Arabian and grade ancestry."
  From Quiz: Horse Talk
13 TV's Annie Oakley, played by real life sharpshooter and rancher Gail Davis, rode a horse named what?
Answer: Target

Target was TV Annie Oakley's horse. However, the role of Target was generally played by two rental horses for the TV version of 'Annie Oakley'.
  From Quiz: Famous Cowboy Horses' Names
14 What is the name of Ed's stablemate who was later to appear in the television series "Green Acres" and was also Ed's stunt double in the "Mister Ed" TV series?
Answer: Pumpkin

The Wikipedia website for "Mister Ed" states, "The credits listed Mister Ed as playing "himself"; however, his family tree name was Bamboo Harvester. Ed's stablemate, a quarterhorse named Pumpkin, who was later to appear in the television series Green Acres, was also Ed's stunt double in the show."
  From Quiz: Horse Talk
15 How often did Lorena Carver say she got a broken bone?
Answer: once a year

Doc Carvers daughter Lorena was a diving girl untill 1930 when she got to heavy. She stated that "all the girl has to do is look pretty and not fear height or water. . . . The horse knows what to do. He'll take care of you."
  From Quiz: Diving Horses
16 Probably the most famous of 'the singing cowboys' was Gene Autry. Can you tell me the name of Gene Autry's horse?
Answer: Champion

Champion was a sorrel Quarter horse stallion with flaxen mane and tail.
Appearing throughout their legendary career as Autry's true friend and life companion, Champion would often appear to 'outsmart the bad guys'. Also, Champion had his own television series "The Adventures of Champion" and a comic book.

Roy Rodgers' horse, Trigger, also had a comic book.
  From Quiz: Famous Cowboy Horses' Names
17 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.
  From Quiz: Noble Steeds IV: TV and Film
18 What years did the "Mister Ed" TV series originally air?
Answer: 1961 to 1965

"Mister Ed" was an American television comedy produced by Filmways that aired in syndication from January 5 to July 2, 1961, and on CBS from October 1, 1961, to February 6, 1966.
  From Quiz: Horse Talk
19 Guy Madison played Wild Bill Hickok on "The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok" from 1951-1958. What was his horse's name?
Answer: Buckshot

Buckshot, a buckskin quarterhorse gelding, was personally owned by Madison.
Jingles, Hickok's friend and sidekick, rode a sorrel quarterhorse named Joker.
  From Quiz: Famous Cowboy Horses' Names
20 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.
  From Quiz: Noble Steeds IV: TV and Film
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