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? 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