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? walking stick hat with a feather cloak boots

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

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

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

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

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

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

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? Heathcliff Bill the Cat Garfield 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? Cats Jellical Cats Cats, I Have Known Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats

13. The first Siamese cat brought to the United States was a gift to which president? Andrew Jackson Rutherford B. Hayes William Taft 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 Ate Cantaloupe The Cat Who Saw Stars The Cat Who Robbed a Bank The Cat Who Played Post Office

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

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

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? Lucky Figaro Jiminy Muffin

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