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Quiz about Presidential Kitties
Quiz about Presidential Kitties

Presidential Kitties Trivia Quiz


How well do you know the names of the U.S. Presidents' cats while they were in office? Here's your chance to find out. (This quiz assumes that the kitty belongs to the entire household rather than a single member of the family)

A multiple-choice quiz by mobunny. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
mobunny
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
299,280
Updated
Mar 13 22
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
331
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Question 1 of 10
1. What president who was in the White House from 1913-1921 had a cat named Puffins? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. The name of Bill Clinton's cat was _________ ? (Hint:You wear them on your feet)

Answer: (One Word (5 letters))
Question 3 of 10
3. Which president had the two cats named Tom Quartz and Slippers? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. What is the name of George W. Bush's cat? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. "Misty Malarkey Ying Yang" was the name of Amy (daughter of Jimmy) Carter's cat.


Question 6 of 10
6. Which president did not have a Siamese cat? (Hint: Shares his name with the Cheetos cheetah) Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. What was the name of Abraham Lincoln's cat? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Bill Clinton's cat was a black and white "Tuxedo" cat.


Question 9 of 10
9. What president had the three cats named Bounder, Tiger and Blacky? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. The name of John F. Kennedy's cat was _____ kitten

Answer: (One Word (3 letters))

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What president who was in the White House from 1913-1921 had a cat named Puffins?

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.
2. The name of Bill Clinton's cat was _________ ? (Hint:You wear them on your feet)

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.
3. Which president had the two cats named Tom Quartz and Slippers?

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.
4. What is the name of George W. Bush's cat?

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)
5. "Misty Malarkey Ying Yang" was the name of Amy (daughter of Jimmy) Carter's cat.

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)
6. Which president did not have a Siamese cat? (Hint: Shares his name with the Cheetos cheetah)

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.
7. What was the name of Abraham Lincoln's cat?

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!
8. Bill Clinton's cat was a black and white "Tuxedo" cat.

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.
9. What president had the three cats named Bounder, Tiger and Blacky?

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.
10. The name of John F. Kennedy's cat was _____ kitten

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.
Source: Author mobunny

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