The Equine Art Quiz (Part 2)

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This is a medieval French romance which exists in various manuscripts with exquisite illustrations. It tells the story of a horse who represented all that was sinful and immoral in humans. The story's translation into English introduced a phrase that we still use today which has links to the topic of grooming. Which phrase is it?

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looking dandy (dandy brush)

to curry favour (curry comb)

a bone to pick (hoof pick)

throwing in the towel (stable rubber)

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In this picture from the same manuscript you can see tiny fragments of the musical notation on the right hand side. What kind of clef is shown here?

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Bass

Alto

Treble

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One of the most famous artists who has ever lived had plans to build an immense, 24-foot statue of a horse, but this never came to fruition. We do still have his drawings, including the one shown here. Who was the artist?

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Leonardo da Vinci

Pablo Picasso

Andy Warhol

Rembrandt

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The artist in the previous question believed that studying equine anatomy was critical for artists wanting to paint or sculpt the equine form. This is a painting of another artist who had the same view - who is he?

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George Stubbs

Thomas Gainsborough

James Seymour

Peter Paul Rubens

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Horses were immensely important to people in Ancient China. Only one animal was valued above them - which was it?

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The ox

The tortoise

The phoenix

The eagle

The dragon

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During the Shang Dynasty, horses entombed with their owners for the afterlife, but from which Dynasty does this horse date?

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Xia Dynasty

Zhou Dynasty

Han Dynasty

Sui Dynasty

Tang Dynasty

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Which culture produced this item?

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17th-century Japan

Ancient Greece

11th-century Portugal

Ancient Egypt

The Incas

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What is the functional purpose of this item?

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A belt buckle

Hair curlers

A brooch

A letter opener and sealing device

A pen

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'War Horse' is a story that we know as a book, film and play. In the play, the horse is a puppet. How many actors are used to work the puppet?

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Who wrote the stage version of 'War Horse'?

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Michael Morpurgo

Richard Curtis and Lee Hall

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris

Nick Stafford

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