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Cats In Literature and History

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Cats In Literature and History game quiz
"How much do you know about cats in literature and in history? A couple of tough questions, but over all, general knowledge, if you know your cats! Sharpen up your claws and give it a go! Good luck!"

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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?
    cloak
    walking stick
    hat with a feather
    boots


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 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?
    Charlie Pie Brown
    Star Brown
    Sneakers and Whiskers Brown
    Sneaky Pie Brown


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


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


11. Who is the evil tiger in Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book?
    Babaloo
    Sher Khan
    Sheer Evil
    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?
    Andrew Jackson
    Teddy Roosevelt
    William Taft
    Rutherford B. Hayes


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


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 Caterpillar Cat
    The Worshire Cat
    The Cheshire Cat


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


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
    Jiminy


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


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Compiled Jun 28 12