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Five bookish questions with a horsey theme.
One
In J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, a horse bears Éowyn and a Hobbit alongside the riders of Rohan toward combat on the Pelennor Fields. Which horse and which Hobbit?
Two
One of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse rides a horse called Binky: Who and where would you find this character and Binky?
Three
One evening Ichabod Crane borrows a horse to attend a quilting frolic, a social gathering at the Van Tassel farm. What is the name of this borrowed horse, and in what story does it feature?
Four
What is the name of the horse whose experiences are recounted in the novel War Horse, and who wrote the novel?
Five
The 1933 novel by Felix Salten Florian: The Emperor’s Stallion is about the life of Florian. Which breed of horse is Florian, and which dying empire provides the historical background?
Good luck! I’ll post the answers later.
