Dog Trivia Quiz Questions and Answers
Border, Leicester, and Corrie dale are all breeds of what?
A: Dogs.
What is the name of the dog in the famous five series?
A: Timothy.
What animal was the first to be domesticated?
A: Dogs.
What color tongue does a chow chow have?
A: Blue.
What dog was once considered sacred in
China?
A: Pekinese.
Which breed of dog is the favorite of the queen of England?
A: Corgis.
What do bloodhounds have a special reputation for?
A: Tracking.
How many sets of teeth does a dog go through in its lifetime?
A: Two.
What TV show series had a robot dog named K9?
A: Dr. Who.
What kind of animal is also called a "Black Russian".
A: A Dog.
What was the name of the first dog in space?
A: Lyka.
After he World cup was stolen in 1966, what was the name of the
dog that found it?
A: Pickles.
What was the name of Dorothy's little dog in The Wizard of Oz?
A: Toto.
What was the name of the dog that appeared on the HMV record
label?
A: Nipper.
The Plague Dogs was a novel written by who?
A: Richard Adams.
What was the name of Bill Sikes dog in Oliver Twist?
A: Bull's eye.
The breed borzoi got it's name from Russian for what?
A: Fleet or swift.
Where besides their nose do dogs have sweat glands?
A: Paws.
Which breed of dog was named after the monks of a Swiss hospice,
who kept them for finding lost travelers in the Alps?
A: St. Bernard.
What other breed of dog besides greyhounds are occasionally race
at racetracks?
A: Afghan Hounds.
What is the name of Dick Dastardley's canine sidekick?
A: Muttley.
Who was the creator of, Bugs Bunny, Droopy the dog, and others?
A: Tex Avery
By what name is the German shepherd dog commonly known?
A: Alsatian.
In Greek mythology, what is unusual about the guard dog Cerberus?
A: He had three heads.
Chernuska was sent to space on what number sputnick?
A: 9
Whose dog was called Dogmatix?
A: Obelix.
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Einstein appeared together in what film?
A: Back to the Future.
Which movie did Sean Connery called his dog Indiana and his son
Indy?
A: Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade.
Which size of poodle comes between a standard and a toy?
A: Miniature.
What type of dog originally from the United States can't be
imported, bred or sold in the UK?
A: Pit bull terrier.
Which breed of dog is the smallest?
A: Chihuahua.
Pluto is what breed of dog?
A: Blood hound.
Who sailed to the Galapagos aboard the ship HMS Beagle?
A: Charles Darwin.
What kind of dogs were used to fend off highwaymen when riding in
a carriage?
A: Dalmatians.
An adult female is called a what?
A: A bitch.
An adult male capable of reproduction is called what?
A: A stud.
What is a brood bitch?
A: An adult female capable of reproduction.
Immature males or females (that is, animals that are incapable of reproduction) are called what?
A: Pups or puppies.
A group of pups from the same gestation period is called what?
A: A litter.
The father of a litter is a what?
A: A sire.
It is possible for one litter to have multiple what?
A: Sires.
What is the mother of a litter called?
A: A dam.
What is a pack?
A: A group of any three or more adults.
The archaeological record shows the first undisputed dog remains buried beside humans how many years ago?
A: 14,700.
Modern dog breeds show more variation in size, appearance, and behavior than any what?
A: Any other domestic animal.
The dog's senses include vision, hearing, sense of smell, sense of taste, touch and sensitivity to what?
A: The earth's magnetic field.
One study suggested that dogs can see what?
A: The earth's magnetic field.
As with many canids, one of the primary functions of a dog's tail is to what?
A: Communicate their emotional state, which can be important in getting along with others.
In some hunting dogs why is the tail traditionally docked?
A: To avoid injuries.
In some breeds, such as the Braque du Bourbonnais, puppies can be born with what?
A: A short tail or no tail at all.
There are many household plants that are
poisonous to dogs (and other mammals) including what?
A: Begonia, Poinsettia and aloe vera.
In 2013, a study found that mixed breeds live on average 1.
2 years longer than what?
A: Pure breeds.