"True Grit" Horses Trivia Quiz

Answer: Gunshot

Rooster bravely faces down Ned, the Parmelees, and Mexican Bob, riding across the meadow with the reins in his mouth, firing a rifle with one hand and a pistol with the other. He shoots down each of the Parmelees, Bob flees, but Ned is able to shoot and hits Bo, who falls and lands atop Rooster pinning him underneath. Rooster finally extricates himself but Bo has been shot and dies.

Answer: Exhaustion

After the showdown with Ned, the Parmelees, and Mexican Bob, Rooster returns to rescue Mattie. She has been bitten by a rattlesnake and her arm is broken. Rooster knows he must get her to medical attention, such as it is, as soon as possible, if she is to survive.

Little Blackie must carry them both. After the showdown Rooster says, "He's all I could catch". It is too much for the horse as Rooster pushes on despite Mattie's exhortations to stop, that it is killing Little Blackie. Finally Little Blackie collapses, his coat covered with foam.

Rooster picks up Mattie in his arms and presses onward on foot.

Answer: They are geldings

Mattie goes to see Col. Stonehill after her father has been killed. He points out horses that he says are part of the estate of Frank Ross. Mattie wants money from him for her father's horse and saddle which were stolen from Col. Stonehill's place, as well as a refund for the horses, since they are geldings, meaning they have been castrated and cannot breed.

Answer: Bo was a young colt then.

Rooster relates the story to Mattie. He explains how Bo was a young colt then and no horse could ride him into the ground. When Rooster rode toward the posse, shooting his pistols the members of the posse scattered and rode for home, leading Rooster to conclude they all had families they loved.

Answer: Chaney lost his horse

Chaney lost his horse in the confrontation with Mattie at the stream at the bottom of the hill where she shot him with her father's pistol. The bullet broke one of his short ribs. As Rooster and LaBoeuf come to help Mattie, Ned and others shoot at them. Chaney's horse is lost in the commotion.

When the gang goes to leave, Ned notes there are five men but only four horses and Chaney, having been the one to loose a horse, must stay behind. The other men refuse Chaney's pleas to ride double with any of them.

Answer: From Col. Stonehill

Rooster is saying goodbye to Mattie at her family burial plot. She notes that he has replaced Bo with another tall horse. Rooster says that he is not as game as Bo was but that he has been told by Col. Stonehill that he can jump a four rail fence.

Sure enough, Rooster jumps the fence atop the horse as the movie ends.

Answer: Good Boy Billy

At the shootout, Ned's horse is shot out from under him. One member of his gang rides forward to save him but when he gets there is shot. Ned pulls him off of his horse, climbs onto the horse and rides away. The person who was shot and killed is a young boy who Rooster does not recognize.

At McAllister, the local law, Boots Fitch, recognizes him as Billy, who comes from a good family. Rooster instructs him to notify the family of "good boy Billy".

Answer: Put his foot wrong

Rooster slides off of the horse, drunk. He denies responsibility, claiming Bo put his foot wrong. Rooster is unable to get to his feet so decides they will camp at that very spot.

Answer: Sheep

Rooster seems to enjoy throwing insults at LaBoeuf. Rooster's horse, Bo, is larger than LaBoeuf's horse. Rooster asks him how long the "boys" in Texas have been mounted on sheep.

LaBoeuf's reply is that his horse will be still going long after the large horses that Rooster favors are unable to go on, but it is a weak response to Rooster's insult.

Answer: They contain salt

While waiting for Ned and his gang to show up at the dugout, after Moon and Quincy have been killed, Rooster offers Mattie a corn dodger. It is dark so she asks Rooster to light a match so she can see them as some have blood on them now.

Rooster refuses to light a match while lying in wait for Ned so Mattie says she does not want any.

Later, she feeds some to Little Blackie and notes he likes them. Rooster explains it is the salt in them.