FAMOUS DOGS
What famous sled dog is remembered for bringing a diphtheria antidote to Nome, Alaska, in 1925?
Balto. He led a team of sled dogs through the final leg of 55 miles of rough and frigid terrain.
What type of pets, named Tabby and Dixie, did Abraham Lincoln keep in the White House?
Cats. According to folklore, Lincoln once claimed Dixie was smarter than some of his cabinet.
What has 13 hearts but no other organs?
A deck of cards
The Manx cat breed is noted for often lacking what physical feature?
a tail. These cats may have originated around the Isle of Man sometime in the mid-1700s.
A breed that traces its ancestry back 600 years to the Kings of England, this dog is a loving companion dog.
What is a King Charles Spaniel?
Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, Gidget the chihuahua worked as the mascot for what fast-food chain?
Taco Bell. A book based on her life was published in 2011.
Sinbad, a famous mixed-breed dog, served in World War II aboard a cutter in the service of which military branch?
The U.S. Coast Guard. He retired from active duty in 1948 and lived at the Barnegat Coast Guard Station in New Jersey until his death.
Which of these is not a breed of domesticated cat: British shorthair, munchkin, or Friesian?
Friesian. The munchkin cat breed is noted for its cute, stubby legs.
Only one color, but not one size, stuck at the bottom, yet easily flies. What am I?
What is a Shadow?
The Akita is a breed of dog named for a prefecture in what country?
Japan. Developed as a hunting and working dog, Akitas were once restricted to only the imperial family or their court.
This breed is believed to be more than 2,000 years old and originated in Germany and then France.
What is a Standard Poodle?
In the 1993 movie Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey, Chance, Sassy, and Shadow are pets trying to find their way home. How many of the trio are dogs?
Two. Chance is an American bulldog, Shadow is a golden retriever, and Sassy is a Himalayan cat. The film is an adaptation of an earlier film, 1963’s The Incredible Journey.
What is the name of Dorothy’s dog in The Wizard of Oz?
Toto. The dog playing the role was paid $125 weekly, which outearned some of his human costars.
What type of pets, named Tabby and Dixie, did Abraham Lincoln keep in the White House?
Cats. According to folklore, Lincoln once claimed Dixie was smarter than some of his cabinet.
What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
What is the letter M?
Which dog breed is older: the German shepherd or the Greenland sled dog?
Greenland sled dog. They hold the Guinness World Record for the oldest dog breed, dating back 9,500 years.
This breed is over 5,000 years old and is believed to have from Ancient Egypt or Africa. It displays more catlike behavior than most dog. It doesn't not have a doggy smell and it yodels instead of barks.
What is a Basinji?
What breed is the title dog in the 1992 film Beethoven?
Saint Bernard. The star pooch was trained for the film by Eleanor Keaton, Buster Keaton’s widow.
In addition to cats and dogs, which president kept pets like snakes, birds, and a badger at the White House?
Theodore Roosevelt. The family pony even came for a visit inside the White House when Roosevelt’s son was sick and needed cheering up!
Which former president’s White House pets included dogs Grits and Lewis Brown and a cat named Misty Malarky Ying Yang?
Jimmy Carter. Grits the border collie was a gift to Amy Carter from her teacher.
What has branches, but no fruit, trunk, or leaves?
What is a Bank?
For roughly what percentage of their lives do cats sleep?
A. 70%
B. 50%
C. 60%
70 percent. This is about 13 to 16 hours daily.
This breed of dog was bred for the Chinese emperors centuries ago. Its name means “lion dog”. For hundreds of years, it lived the life of royal lap warmers and were pampered by emperors and their families
What is a Shuh Tzu?
What alien species from the Star Wars universe was inspired by the creator George Lucas’ pet Brussels griffon, a toy breed similar to a Yorkie?
Ewoks. These cute aliens have been likened to teddy bears or stuffed animals.
What are the names of the parent Dalmatians in Disney’s One Hundred and One Dalmatians?
Pongo and Perdita. Author Dodie Smith based the original story on her own pet Dalmatians, who had a litter of 15.
Orangey, a beautiful tabby, appears in Breakfast at Tiffany’s alongside what starring actress?
Audrey Hepburn. Orangey was known to bite and scratch his human costars. Talkabout a diva!
What disappears as soon as you say its name?
What is Silence?
How many eyelids do dogs have?
Three. The third lid is called a nictitating membrane and functions as translucent “goggles” to protect the eye.
They are sight hounds bred to hunt small animals and run very fast.
What is a Whippet?
What famous author associated with the Florida Keys is also remembered for his love of polydactyl cats?
Ernest Hemingway. Many polydactyl cats still reside in the Hemingway Home and Museum.