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Animals in the White House

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Introduction:
"No, not Republican elephants and Democrat donkeys! Many US presidents have kept pets at the White House. Some of them, like Socks and Fala, are well-known. Others less so. I hope you enjoy the quiz!"


1. Nip and Tuck belonged to Calvin Coolidge. What breed of domestic bird were they?
    Budgerigar
    Canary
    Parrot
    Lovebird


2. The tenth President, John Tyler, had a type of greyhound named 'Le Beau' - what sort of greyhound was he?
    Siamese
    French
    Italian
    Pink fairy


3. Woodrow Wilson, the twenty-eighth President, raised sheep on the White House lawns, patriotically using their wool to make clothes and sheets for the soldiers in WWI. His apparent favourite was Old Ike, a ram that chewed something unusual - what?
    Its own hooves
    The President's shoelaces
    Tobacco
    Chewing gum


4. Pauline Wayne was the last pet cow to be kept on the White House lawn (so far - who knows what the 44th President onwards will do?) Which President was the owner she supplied with milk?
    Jimmy Carter
    William Taft
    John F Kennedy
    Millard Fillmore


5. Theodore Roosevelt's daughter had an unusual pet that she named Emily Spinach - what was it?
    A hamster
    A stick insect
    A snake
    A toad


6. Among his pets, John F Kennedy was given a mongrel called Pushinka as a gift for his daughter Caroline. What was unusual about Pushinka's mother?
    She was a Cuban dog who'd swum to Miami
    She was a British bulldog
    She was a French poodle that was bugged
    She was a Russian dog who'd been into space


7. Spot, President George W Bush's dog, is related to Former President George H W Bush's dog Millie in what way?
    Spot is Millie's puppy
    Millie and Spot are siblings
    Millie is Spot's puppy
    Millie and Spot are not related


8. What was President Benjamin Harrison's pet that he called His Whiskers?
    A cat
    A goat
    A walrus
    A ferret


9. Which president's daughter had a cat called Misty Malarky Ying Yang?
    Gerald Ford
    Dwight Eisenhower
    Abraham Lincoln
    Jimmy Carter


10. What breed of dog were President Lyndon B Johnson's Him and Her?
    Answer: (One Word. Think of the quiz author!)


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