Cats that Never Really Were

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1. What was the name of the cat in the 1950 play and 1958 movie "Bell, Book and Candle"? Gillian Pyewacket Matthew Hopkins Nicky

2. What was the name of the ancient wise cat who had "lived many lives in succession" in T.S. Eliot's "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" and the musical adaptation "Cats"? Old Jellicle Old Leviticus Old Deuteronomy Old Carbucketty

3. Of what breed were the twin cats in the 1955 Disney movie “Lady and the Tramp”? Mixed breed, like Tramp Siamese Burmese Persian

4. What is the name of the cat hanged by its owner in Edgar Allen Poe’s short story “The Black Cat”? Fortunato Hades Pluto Lenore

5. Who created the character The Cat in the Hat? Maurice Sendak Mike Myers Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss Hans Christian Anderson

6. Who wrote the poem which begins “The fat cat on the mat may seem to dream of nice mice that suffice for him, or cream”? C.S. Lewis Dorothy L. Sayers Charles Williams J.R.R. Tolkein

7. Who composed the children’s fairytale opera “Puss in Boots”? André Previn Stephen Sondheim Maurice Ravel César Cui

8. In 1972, Ralph Bakshi created an X-rated feature-length carton about a cat going to college in the 1960s. Name the cat. Top Cat Skip Fritz Sylvester

9. In the U.S. television series "Sabrina the Teenage Witch", what is the name of the talking cat? Boston Salem Saberhagen Westbridge Zelda

10. In the children's song "The Cat Came Back", the name of the yellow cat is unstated. What was its owner’s name? Old Mister Rogers Old MacDonald Old Mister Johnson Old Mister Boston

11. In whose novel will you find the Cheshire Cat with the ability to slowly (and partially) disappear? Douglas Adams Terry Pratchett Lewis Carroll Hugh Lofting

12. In the Harry Potter series, what is the name of Hermione Granger's cat? Scabbers Snidget Pigwidgeon Crookshanks

13. In the Don Marquis newspaper columns of the 1910s and 20s entitled "archy and mehitabel," which one was the cat? Neither Archy Mehitabel Both

14. Who wrote the 1985 science fiction novel "The Cat Who Walks Through Walls"? Isaac Asimov Robert A. Heinlein Ray Bradbury Michael Crichton

15. “The Cat Who Could Read Backwards”, “The Cat Who Came to Breakfast”, “The Cat Who Talked to Ghosts”, “The Cat Who Sang for the Birds” and “The Cat Who Played Brahms” are all novels in a series by which author? Lydia Adamson Carole Nelson Douglas Lilian Jackson Braun D.B. Olsen