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A little Kentucky Derby trivia music please: "The sun shines bright on my old Kentucky Home." With more than 13 decades to draw upon, here are 15 multiple choice Kentucky Derby trivia questions and answers to test your knowledge of The Run for the Roses. Get a dozen or more correct and you go to the head of the class. The answers are at the bottom of the page.

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1. Which of these famous horses didn't win the Derby?

a) Seattle Slew
b) Whirlaway
c) Gallant Fox
d) Seabiscuit

2. Who is the only foreign-based horse to win the Derby?

a) Canonero II
b) Kauai King
c) Venetian Way
d) Gallahadion

3. In what year were the Derby and Preakness staged on the same day?

a) 1898
b) 1906
c) 1922
d) 1943

4. Who was the oldest jockey at age 54 to win the Derby?

a) Eddie Arcaro
b) Bill Shoemaker
c) Earl Sande
d) Charles Kurtzinger

5. Who was the first woman to ride in the Derby?

a) Patricia Cooksey
b) Julie Krone
c) Diane Crump
d) Rosemary Homeister Jr.

6. Who is the only roan to visit the winner's circle?

a) Winning Colors
b) Decidedly
c) Twenty Grand
d) Real Quiet

7. How many winners went wire-to-wire?

a) 20
b) 22
c) 30
d) 37

8. Who was the only president to attend the Derby while in office?

a) John F. Kennedy
b) Lyndon B. Johnson
c) Richard M. Nixon
d) Franklin D. Roosevelt

9. How many fillies have captured America's Race?

a) 2
b) 3
c) 4
d) 5

10. How many horses finished the 1 ¼ miles under two minutes?

a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4

11. How many red roses comprise the lush blanket of flowers that have been draped around the winner for more than a century?

a) 456
b) 500
c) 554
d) 575

12. In what year did the largest win payoff of $184.90 occur?

a) 1913
b) 1918
c) 1923
d) 2005

13. How many of the first 28 derbies were captured by African-American jockeys?

a) 10
b) 13
c) 15
d) 16

14. In what year was the Derby first televised?

a) 1948
b) 1950
c) 1951
d) 1952

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15. In what year did the largest on-track crowd of 163,628 show up?

a) 1973
b) 1974
c) 1978
d) 1939

Answers to Kentucky Derby trivia questions: 1. d 2. a 3. c 4. b 5. c 6. a 7. b 8. c 9. b 10. c 11. c 12. a 13. c 14. d 15. b