Seabiscuit Quiz

Correct the following statements- These are the correct statements.

  1. Seabiscuit was sold for 2000 dollars.
  2. Seabiscuit does need to learn how to be a horse again.
  3. Look! Comparing these two horses is ridiculous. War Admiral is a real race-horse, he won every prestigious race in America.
  4. Red lost the race because he was Blind in one eye.
  5. Seabiscuit is the best horse in the West, War Admiral is the best horse in the East.
  6. Everybody thinks we found this broken down horse and fixed him. We didn’t. This broken down horse fixed us.

Short Answer

  1. What did the horseshoes represent?___good luck_____
  2. What was the name of the horse who was Seabiscuit’s real competitior?__War Admiral
  3. What is the main idea of the film?_Letting people help you, friendships change you and make you a better person
  4. What is the name of the man who invented the first car? __Henry Ford
  5. What is the name of the time period when Americans went through an economic crisis- 1930-1940? ____The Great Depression
  6. In the story of David and Goliath, the story I told you in class, how did David kill Goliath?__5 small stones

Match the definition with the correct vocabulary word

  1. difficult and impossible to manage, not able to be trained or changed
  2. one at a disadvantage and expected to lose
  3. end an animal’s life because of an illness or injury
  4. stubborn
  5. an act that violates the rules of a sport
  6. to be grateful for, recognize with gratitude
  7. a person who races horses professionally
  8. any situation in which a person rises from poverty to wealth, or sometimes from obscurity to fame
  9. ruined or disrupted; "our shattered dreams of peace and prosperity

13.__a_ Incourageable

14.__f_To appreciate something

15.__d_ Obstinate

16.__b_ Underdog

17.__c_ to put an animal “down”

18.__h_ Rags to riches

18.__e_ to “foul” someone

20.__i_ shattered

21._g__jockey

Finish the phrase:

keep fighting
second chance
restored
banged up a little
finish line
great big things

22. Everybody loses a couple but he can choose either to go home or __keep fighting______.

23. “Future is a _finish line__”.

  1. Men who were broken only a year before suddenly felt _restored__.
  2. Sometimes when the little guy, when he doesn’t know he’s a little guy, he can do __big things__.
  3. Sometimes all somebody needs is a _second chance___.
  4. You don’t throw a whole life away just because it’s been __banged up a little.

A. Johnny “Red” Pollard (Jockey) / B. “Tom Smith” (Trainer) / C. “Charles Howard” (Businessman) / D. “Seabiscuit” (Horse)
C. Talks about the future / B. “A crackpot” / A. Special Gift: riding horses / A. Angry because his family left him.
D. Must compete to win / C. Son died, wife divorced him / B. Picked Seabiscuit because of his spirit / D. Injured his leg
D. Kicked a goat over a fence / C. Rich and sophisticated / A. Injured his leg / B. Special Gift: horse training
C. Met his wife in Mexico / C. Enjoys carving wood / B. Enjoys being away from the city / B. Was going to quit working with Seabiscuit
A. Blind in one eye / D. Beat up when he was young / C. Plays with a small toy with balls / C. Special Gift: Selling
C. Forgiving / D. Too small / C. Too dumb to know the difference / A. Too big
A. Made a mistake that made him lose a race / D. Was trained to lose / B. Too old / A. A boxer
B. Knows how to heal horses / D. A favorite with the common people / A. Enjoys reading / D. Special Gift: Eating