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Dogs Allowed

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Dogs Allowed game quiz
"This quiz is about basic facts concerning dog breeds and dogs in general, and about the origin of some names of dogs."

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



1. How did bull-dogs get their name?
    Because they were used to guard cattle.
    Because they look like caricatures of John Bull.
    Because they were used for bull-baiting.
    Because their heads look like "boules" or "bowls".


2. Some breeds of dogs have been specially trained for specific jobs. Which of these was originally meant for rat-catching?
    a dachshund
    a Yorkshire terrier
    a harrier
    a husky


3. Greyhounds are used as hunting-dogs because of their qualities as scent-hounds.
    True
    False


4. Saint-Bernard dogs are called so because they were first bred in Clairvaux, when Saint-Bernard was the Abbot there.
    True
    False


5. Which of these breeds of dogs is or has also been given the name "Alsatians"?
    German Shepherd Dogs
    Mastiffs
    Spaniels
    Great Danes


6. On November 3, 1957 the Soviet Union launched a female dog into space. Her now famous name was Laika. What did that name mean?
    beauty
    little fox
    barker
    little lady


7. Who was in a famous tragic story, the owner of a particularly faithful dog called Gelert?
    King Arthur
    Prince Llewellyn
    King Ethelred the Unready
    King Henry VII of the House of Tudor


8. Which of these breeds got its name from a tax-collector who needed this type of dog as a companion when doing his job?
    Doberman
    Basenji
    Chihuahua
    Dingo


9. Bloodhounds got their name because they are so bloodthirsty.
    True
    False


10. Which of these types of dogs sheds (moults) the least?
    husky
    collie
    poodle
    corgi


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