Presidential Kitties Trivia Quiz

Answer: Woodrow Wilson

Puffins are black and white birds with reddish orange striped beaks. Unfortunately no information is available on the internet that clarifies if his cat was black and white like a puffin or the cat was just "puffy". Wilson also had a ram, sheep, songbirds and 2 dogs.

Answer: Socks

During the Clinton administration there was a cartoon version of Socks the cat on the White House website, and "Socks" has his own fan club site. (Reference http://en.wikipedia.org) After Bill Clinton left office Socks went to live in Maryland with Clinton executive secretary Betty Currie.

Answer: Theodore Roosevelt

Slippers was polydactyl, meaning he had extra toes giving him extra big paws which helped with "mousing". At one time 40 percent of the Maine Coons were polydactyl. (ref: http://en.wikipedia.org)
His other pets consisted of 4 dogs, a badger, pony, macaw, a piebald rat and kangaroo rats, a garter snake and other snakes, 12 horses, 5 bears, 5 guinea pigs, lizards, roosters, an owl, flying squirrel, raccoon, coyote a lion, a zebra, and a hyena.

Answer: India

George W. Bush nicknamed his black cat "Willie". India was named after a baseball player Rubin Sierra who had the nickname "El Indio". (Reference http://en.wikipedia.org)

Answer: True

Misty was Amy Carter's cat, the daughter of President Carter. Siamese cats are highly intelligent and known for being social. After Jimmy Carter's time in office, the next president to have a cat in the white house was Bill Clinton. (Ref. http://www.catfo.com)

Answer: Chester A. Arthur

The name of Rutherford B. Hayes' cat was Siam; and Gerald Ford had one named Chan. Jimmy Carter's cat, or rather that belonging to his daughter Amy Carter, was Misty Malarkey Ying Yang. Chester A. Arthur, strangely enough, didn't own any pets while in office.

Answer: Tabby

Lincoln had a lot of pets while he was in the White House: a pig, dogs, three other cats, ponies, a rabbit, goats and a turkey!

Answer: True

Tuxedo cats are also called a "Billicat" or a "Jellicle cat" (A fictional tribe of Black and white cats in a book by TS Eliot in the UK). The musical "Cats" has a famous Jellicle cat named Mr. Mistoffelees. (ref. http://en.wikipedia.org) Tuxedo cats can be found in both domestic shorthair and longhair breeds. "Socks" was so named because of the white sock-like markings on his feet.

Answer: Calvin Coolidge

When Coolidge was a boy he saved a litter of kittens from being drowned. While he was in the White House, Calvin could often be seen walking around with Tiger draped around his neck. President Coolidge also had some exotic pets given to him from dignitaries of other countries; he had lion cubs, raccoons, a donkey, a bobcat, a wallaby a pigmy hippo and even a bear.

Answer: Tom

"A Tale of Tom Kitten" was the name of a classic book by Beatrix Potter where three little kittens get into mischief. The kittens get dirty, after they were told not to, lose their clothes and thus get into trouble.