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Dogs Allowed

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


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


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


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"?
    Spaniels
    Great Danes
    Mastiffs
    German Shepherd Dogs


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?
    little fox
    barker
    little lady
    beauty


7. Who was in a famous tragic story, the owner of a particularly faithful dog called Gelert?
    Prince Llewellyn
    King Ethelred the Unready
    King Arthur
    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?
    Chihuahua
    Doberman
    Basenji
    Dingo


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


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


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