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This quiz is about the horse racing legend, Seabiscuit.

A multiple-choice quiz by ddandelion70. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
ddandelion70

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
139,558

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
1802

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Question 1 of 10

1. Seabiscuit was a grandson of what great Throughbred Champion? Hint

Sir Barton

Man O' War.

Fair Play

Exterminator

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Question 2 of 10

2. Seabiscuit started in eighty-nine races in his lifetime?

True

False

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Question 3 of 10

3. What was Seabiscuit's favorite thing to do when he wasn't racing? Hint

sleeping

Attacking his groom

Running around the pasture

Eating

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Question 4 of 10

4. Seabiscuit had a monkey named JoJo?

True

False

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Question 5 of 10

5. Charles Howard, Seabiscuit's owner, made his fortune in what business? Hint

He owned a newspaper

He was in the mafia

He sold Bicycles

Selling automobiles

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Question 6 of 10

6. How old was Seabiscuit when he was first ridden by famed jockey George "the iceman" Woolf? Hint

Three

Seven

Five

Two

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who was Seabiscuit's trainer? Hint

Tommy Woodcock

Red Pollard

Tom Smith

Jack O'Neal

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who was Seabiscuit's biggest rival? Hint

Twenty Grand

War Emblem

War Admiral

Man O' War

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Question 9 of 10

9. What was the last race of Seabiscuit's career? Hint

The 1940 Santa Anita Derby

The 1938 Pimlico Special

The 1940 Santa Anita Handicap

The 1939 Belmont Stakes

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Question 10 of 10

10. What age was Seabiscuit when he died? Hint

fourteen

twenty

ten

seventeen

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Seabiscuit was a grandson of what great Throughbred Champion?

Answer: Man O' War.

Both Man O' War and Seabiscuit died in the same year, 1947. Man O' War was thirty, Seabiscuit was fourteen.

2. Seabiscuit started in eighty-nine races in his lifetime?

Answer: True

Seabiscuit started a total of eighty-nine races. He won thirty-three, came in second fifteen times, and came in third thirteen times.

3. What was Seabiscuit's favorite thing to do when he wasn't racing?

Answer: sleeping

The Biscuit loved to sleep. Most horses sleep standing up but he would lay down in his stall (or wherever) and sleep for hours.

4. Seabiscuit had a monkey named JoJo?

Answer: True

Most race horses have a companion or two to keep them company. Biscuit also had a dog named Pocatell, and a fellow horse named Pumpkin.

5. Charles Howard, Seabiscuit's owner, made his fortune in what business?

Answer: Selling automobiles

Mr. Howard was a big believer in the automobile. At a time when it was a big luxury to even own a car, he made his fortune by bringing Buick's to the masses. Smart Man.

6. How old was Seabiscuit when he was first ridden by famed jockey George "the iceman" Woolf?

Answer: Two

George Woolf rode Seabiscuit to victory many times, and pronounced him the greatest horse he had ever ridden. High praise from a jockey who had ridden most of the great horses of the time.

7. Who was Seabiscuit's trainer?

Answer: Tom Smith

Tom Smith didn't have much to say to people, but he had a way of understanding a horse and bringing out the best in them.

8. Who was Seabiscuit's biggest rival?

Answer: War Admiral

When Seabicuit and War Admiral finally met head to head the Biscuit won and was named horse of the year for 1938.

9. What was the last race of Seabiscuit's career?

Answer: The 1940 Santa Anita Handicap

Also known as the Hundred Grander (because of the amount of the purse), the Santa Anita Handicap was the one race that had eluded Seabicuit, and the main race that Charles Howard wanted him to win. Finally, in 1940 he won it, then was retired to Howard's Ridgewood Ranch in California.

10. What age was Seabiscuit when he died?

Answer: fourteen

He died at the age of fourteen. Seven years after his last race at the age of seven.

Source: Author ddandelion70

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