Cats and Kits and Things

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1. A kitty is: A cat A name for the jack in the game of bowls Money put into a fund for the benefit of the people putting it in All of these

2. A 50-50 chance for you here! A kit can be played. True False

3. Fighting like Kilkenny cats means: Keeping a safe distance and calling names Fighting in which both (or all) parties are destroyed Fighting on a rooftop Fighting gently so nobody gets hurt

4. To let the cat out of the bag means: To unleash an unstoppable force To tip back into the creek the catfish you've just caught To release a new record To give away a secret

5. Scottish Fold cats look like Scottish Wild Cats which are angry. Are they really as fierce as they look (the Scottish Folds, that is)? Yes No

6. All cats hate water. True False

7. A cat boat is: Part of an early Royal Navy experiment to keep rats down by encouraging cats on ships A sailing boat with a tail-like projection at the stern and side sails like whiskers at the bow A boat selling fresh provisions to ships anchored in harbour A sailing boat with one mast

8. The 'cat' in the words caterpillar and catkin comes from a word for cat. True False

9. Abyssinian cats came from Ethiopia originally. True False

10. A cat hole is: A large hole in a skirting board to allow the cat to get in after the mice A circular gryke A large hole in an oak tree which has no water accumulated in it A hole in a ship through which hawsers are passed to steady the ship

11. Cattalo is (or are): A cross between bison (buffalo) and cattle A patented indoor toilet for cats A tropical fruit - yellowish green with bluish seeds A small subtropical bird with a call like a cat

12. Schrodinger's Cat is: In an unknown state of being dead or alive A type of civet A small hunting cat from Northwestern Brazil A type of body scanner

13. A catty is (or was): A muff A bad tempered woman A wagon carrying about a ton of coal in the Nottinghamshire pits A weight of about a pound and a half

14. A catling is: A string made from catgut A kitten All of these A double edged knife used for amputations

15. A catamaran is: A twin-hulled boat All of these A raft made of logs lashed together A quarrelsome woman