Cats In Literature and History

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1. In Puss in Boots, Puss only asked for three items to make his master's fortune. Which item did Puss NOT ask for? boots cloak walking stick hat with a feather

2. What did Dick Whittington trade his cat for? a dog a coat gold and jewels a house

3. Sir Issac Newton invented which device for his feline friends? the litter box the scatching post the swinging cat door cat collars

4. Abraham Lincoln brought the first cat to live in the White House. What was his cat's name? Missy Tabby Molly Stripes

5. Writer Rita Mae Brown often has help with her mystery novels from which cat? Charlie Pie Brown Sneaky Pie Brown Sneakers and Whiskers Brown Star Brown

6. Which kitty is NOT a Beatrix Potter character? Tom Kitten Moppet Mittens Kitten Puff

7. In Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, Alice has her own pet kitten.What is the kitten's name? Molly Dinah Prissy Sissy

8. In the comic strip, Bloom County, what cat has been a member of the rock group Deathtongue, a surrogate body for Donald Trump and a resident of the Betty Ford Clinic? Bill the Cat Garfield Heathcliff Dallas

9. Fill in the blanks: 'The wonderful thing about tiggers, Is that tiggers are wonderful things. Their tops are made out of ---- and their bottoms are made out of ----.' Answer: (Write both missing words)

10. Name the cat brought back to life in Stephen King's Pet Sematary. Jesse Scraps Church Tuffy

11. Who is the evil tiger in Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book? Sher Khan Sheer Evil Babaloo Basheba

12. What book of cat poetry was the inspiration for Andrew Lloyd Weber's musical, Cats? Jellical Cats Cats Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats Cats, I Have Known

13. The first Siamese cat brought to the United States was a gift to which president? Rutherford B. Hayes William Taft Andrew Jackson Teddy Roosevelt

14. What instrument did the cat play in the child's story, The Bremen Town Musicians? fiddle whisker harp violin voice

15. Which one of the following is NOT a published title by mystery writer Lillian Jackson Braun? The Cat Who Robbed a Bank The Cat Who Played Post Office The Cat Who Saw Stars The Cat Who Ate Cantaloupe

16. In Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, what famous feline has the power to appear and disappear at will? The Caterpillar Cat The Checkered Cat The Cheshire Cat The Worshire Cat

17. What animal is the subject of the novel Born Free? panther tiger lion cheetah

18. Did animal story writer James Herriot ever do a collection of cat stories? Answer: (Type yes or no)

19. In the Disney version of Pinocchio, Geppetto owns a black and white kitten. What is the kitten called? Muffin Lucky Figaro Jimney

20. Which one of these historical figures NEVER owned a cat? Theodore Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Mark Twain W.B. Yeats