NFU National Quiz Final 2016
Questions
Round 1 – The Pony Club
1. Where is The Pony Club office based, and in which county?
a. Stoneleigh/Stoneleigh Park (1 point)
b. Warwickshire (1 point)
2. How many Pony Club Area’s are there in the UK?
a. 19
3. Is the B+ Test compulsory?
a. No
4. What colour is the pony on the front of the current Manual of Horsemanship?
a. Palomino
5. Before taking the C+ Test, candidates must have passed their D, D+ and C Test. Which
additional Test is required before progressing to C+?
a. Riding & Road Safety Test / Pony Club Road Rider Test / BHS Riding and Road Safety
Test
6. There are 13 Pony Club Committees, for example the Health, Safety & Safeguarding
Committee. Name four other Committees.
a. Management, Centre Membership, Dressage, Endurance, Eventing, Show Jumping,
Mounted Games, Polo, Polocrosse, Pony Racing, Tetrathlon, Training (1/2 point for
each committee, max 2 points)
7. Name the award scheme run by the BEF to reward 13-25 year old volunteers for their work
within Member Bodies.
a. The Young Equestrian Leaders Award (Accept YELA)
8. Who is the current Chief Executive of The Pony Club?
a. Pip Kirkby
9. Which is the first Efficiency Test that requires a candidate to put on a tail bandage?
a. C Test
10. In which year did The Pony Club become a charity in its own right?
a. 1997
11. Name the sponsor for the Winter League Championships for both Dressage and Show
Jumping?
a. Dengie
12. What are the four Disciplines included within Pony Club Tetrathlon?
a. Shooting, Swimming, Running and Cross Country Riding
(1/2 point for each discipline, max 2 points)
13. What is the name of the new Membership option available from January 2016?
a. Centre Plus
14. What is the minimum number of Pony Club working Rallies that must be attended before
entering Area Competitions?
a. 3
15. What colour felt is awarded for B Horse and Pony Care?
a. Brown
Round 2 – Rider, Tack & Turnout for Rallies, Competition and Hunting
1. If you were to take a horse or pony hunting who may kick, what would you do to identify them
to the rest of the field?
a. Put a red ribbon in the tail (1 point for red ribbon, 2 points for full answer)
2. Which one of the following Hat Safety standards is no longer allowed at Pony Club?
PAS015:1998, Snell E2001, BS:EN1984
a. BS:EN1984
3. What type of noseband is legal for Dressage in Eventing, but is not allowed for Pure
Dressage?
a. Grackle or Mexican
4. A Dr Bristol Mouthpiece is allowed during Dressage Competitions with permissions of the
District Commissioner. True or False?
a. False
5. In mm, cm or inches, what is the correct clearance on either side between the boot and the
stirrup iron?
a. 7mm, 0.7cm, ¼ Inch
6. What is the maximum length of spur allowed at Pony Club, is it 2.5cm or 3.5cm?
a. 3.5cm
7. What piece of tack should be used in conjunction with a Pelham and a curb chain?
a. Lip Strap
8. In which of these Pony Club Disciplines are you NOT permitted to carry a whip, Eventing,
Mounted Games, Show Jumping, Polo or Endurance?
a. Mounted Games
9. In Dressage, what is the maximum number of boots a horse or pony is permitted to wear in the
arena?
a. 0
10. In Pony Racing, is a neck strap optional or compulsory?
a. Compulsory
11. What is an Irish Martingale used for?
a. To keep the reins in place and prevent them from going over the horses head.
12. What is the rule in Pure Dressage regarding gloves?
a. They must be worn.
13. When going cross country, a fixed peak hat is only allowed when jumping fences below what
height?
a. 80cm
14. What colour tag does The Pony Club now use to show you have the correct standard of hat?
a. White with purple logo (1 point for white and 2 for full answer)
15. What piece of equipment should be used on Pony Club Endurance rides if you wish to wear
trainer style riding boots?
a. Caged stirrups
Round 3 – Equestrian venues in the UK
1. At which racecourse is the Melling Chase held?
a. Aintree
2. Where were the 2015 Eventing European Championships held?
a. Blair/ Blair Castle (allow 1 point for Scotland)
3. In which county are The Pony Club Championships held?
a. Cheshire
4. Where was the UK leg of Show Jumping’s Global Champions Tour held in 2015?
a. Syon Park, London (1 point for London, 1 point for Syon Park, 2 points for full answer)
5. What is Cowdray Park famous for?
a. Polo
6. Where will the National Side Saddle Show be held in 2016?
a. Addington Manor (1 point for just Addington)
7. On which racecourse is there a Royal Procession held daily, prior to the start of racing at one
of its summer meetings?
a. Ascot
8. The Rolex Grand Slam of Eventing is made up of three events; Kentucky is one, what are the
other two?
a. Badminton (1 Point)
b. Burghley (1 Point)
9. Name the venue for the famous horse show in Ireland.
a. Dublin
10. In 2015 the Golden Horse Shoe ride celebrated its 50th Anniversary, where was it held?
a. Exmoor
11. Name the city where Olympia is held.
a. London
12. Where are The Pony Club Tetrathlon Championships being held in 2016?
a. Bishop Burton
13. Where is the Queens 90th birthday celebration taking place?
a. Royal Windsor Horse Show (1 point for just Royal Windsor)
14. Where is the Festival of the Horse held?
a. Aston le Walls
15. Where are the British Dressage Winter Championships held?
a. Hartpury
Round 4 – Numbers Game & Missing Words
1. How many chukkas in a Polocrosse match?
a. 6
2. How many points do you get for jumping a clear round inside the time in Tetrathlon cross
country?
a. 1400
3. How many beats in the canter?
a. 3
4. The ideal angle of a shoulder would usually be how many degrees?
a. 45
5. How high is 16hh? (either in inches or centimetres)
a. 64 inches or 162/163cm (162.58cm)
6. What are the age limits for the rider in Pony Racing, state upper and lower
a. 9 years (1 point for each)
b. 15 years (1 point for each)
7. How old is Valegro?
a. 14 in 2016
8. A
is a small white marking on the horses face between the eyes.
a. Star
9. If you are looking at the confirmation of the horse, we would say the horse is
if the front
feet are turned in towards each other when looking from the front.
a. Pigeon toed
10. A horse in light work should be fed no more than 20% of concentrates. The rest of the food
must be
.
a. Roughage/Forage/ grass/ hay/haylage
11. When shoeing a horse. A hammer and are used to raise the clenches.
a. Buffer
12. .
is the normal temperature for a healthy horse at rest.
a. 37.5-38.5 C or 99.5-101.3F (2 points)
b. A number within the range (1 point)
13. Your horse is rolling, kicking his stomach and looking agitated, you suspect that your horse
may have
.
a. Colic
14. Pressures on the poll, the chin groove, the nose, the and the
are ways in which a bit
may act on the horse.
a. Bars, corners, roof, tongue (accept 1 point for each gap)
15. A
is a lesson at which instruction is given and is open to all Members of a Branch or
Centre. It may be mounted or unmounted.
a. Rally/working rally/Pony Club rally
Round 5 – Practical Round
1. Micklem Bridle (1 point if they just put bridle)
2. Lip Strap
3. Sausage Boot
4. Hackamore
5. Knee boot
6. Weymouth/Curb
7. Weight Measuring Tape
8. Open Fronted Tendon Boots (1 point Open Fronted, 1 point Tendon Boot)
9. Buffer
10. Waterford
11. Rounding’s
12. A. Straight Bar Shoe (1 Point)
B. Heart Bar Shoe (1 Point)
13. Barley
14. Oats
15. Linseed
Round 6
Juniors – Points of the horse
Seniors – Know your ailments
Round 7 – Picture Round
1. Mary King (YES)
1. Charlotte Dujardin (NO)
2. William Fox-Pitt (YES)
2. Frankie Dettori (NO)
3. Scott Brash (YES)
3. Sam Twiston-Davies (YES)
4. Sophie Cristiansen (NO)
4. Nicola Wilson (YES)
5. Tina Cook (YES)
5. Zara Tindall (YES)
Round 8 – All the Queens Horses
1. Name the first horse given to the Queen from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in 1969?
a. Burmese
2. Which horse bred by the Queen and out of a polo pony mare belonging to Prince Philip, and
ridden by the Princess Royal, went onto win the Eventing European Championships at
Burghley in 1971?
a. Doublet
3. Which horse, owned by the Queen and trained by Major Dick Hern, won the Oaks and the St
Leger in 1977, the year of The Queen’s Silver Jubilee.
a. Dunfermline
4. As a child, Elizabeth was given a Shetland pony, can you name the pony?
a. Peggy
5. As a teenager Princess Elizabeth took a great interest in her Father’s horses and reportedly
kept a scrapbook of newspaper cuttings on one particular horse. Can you name this horse?
a. Rising Light
6. Home-bred Highland ponies, Balmoral Erica and Balmoral Gemini, are both shown with
considerable success by which person?
a. Lizzie Bryant
7. Which former racehorse, owned by the Queen, has been successful in ridden showing classes
ridden by Katie Jerram?
a. Barber’s Shop
8. 2013 Ascot Gold Cup winning filly, Estimate, trained by Sir Michael Stoute and owned by the
Queen, failed a drugs test in 2014. What caused the positive test result?
a. Eating contaminated horse feed containing morphine
9. Name the last horse the Queen rode before switching to ponies?
a. Sanction
10. Which horse nearly won the Derby for the newly crowned Queen in 1953?
a. Aureole
11. The Queen’s 90th birthday is to be celebrated with a 90 minute spectacle in the shadow of
Windsor Castle in May 2016. How many horses will be taking part? We will accept 20 either
side.
a. 550 horses (allow 20 either side)
12.
What name is given to the horses that traditionally pull the Queen in her Gold State
Coach? And where are they stabled?
a. Windsor Greys (1 point for each)
b. The Royal Mews (1point for each)
13. Name the horse, a black mare bought from a farmer in the 1950’s that became the Queen’s
favorite riding horse and taught each other so much.
a. Betsy
14. On which horse, owned by the Queen, did Captain Mark Phillips win Badminton in 1974?
a.
Columbus
15. One of the Queen’s most successful show horses became Reserve Riding Horse at Horse of
the Year Show in 2010, ridden by Katie Jerram. Name this horse?
a. Petition