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closeWednesday, Nov. 04, 2009
Are you a real cowgirl? Take this quiz
1. What is a Hereford?
2. Hands are used to measure what part of a horse?
3. Who wrote Lonesome Dove?
4. What do goats eat?
5. What is a stallion?
6. If you smell alfalfa in a field, you’re smelling what?
7. Are cowpies edible?
8. He sang about drifting into Deep Water.
9. A "good ride" on a bull is how many seconds long?
10. If your dad is steaming his beaver, what is he heating?
Answers
1. A breed of cattle commonly used as beef stock. Not the liquid kind. The kind you raise and sell for meat. Shut up, PETA!
2. Hands are used to measure from ground to "withers," or neck, the height of a horse.
3. Author Larry McMurtry wrote Lonesome Dove, which was later adapted into the successful CBS miniseries.
4. Damn near anything they can, but they should be eating hay and grain.
5. A fine-looking man or a male horse that hasn’t been gelded or neutered.
6. Alfalfa is a plant most often used for hay. Duh.
7. Not unless you’re a goat. It’s a nickname for cow manure.
8. Bob Wills, the king of Western swing. You should know this!
9. Good ride means a professional cowboy rode a bull, error-free for 8 seconds.
10. Gross. It’s his cowboy hat! Beaver Brand Hats, like most cowboy hats, are steamed to the shape of the cowboy’s head. Joanna Cattanach
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