And Kitty Can Trivia Quiz

Answer: Bearcat

A bearcat also known as a binturong is part of the viverridae family of mammals. They are found in Southern Asia and they are declining in population making them a vulnerable species.

Bearcats are long, heavy animals with thick black hairs. Their tails curl upwards. They have a pointed muzzle which is rather short and points it upward. They have large black eyes. Their feet have five toes with sharp claws.

Answer: Somali cat

The Somali cats are similar to the Abyssinian cats. However, unlike Abyssinians, they have beautiful long-haired coats. In 1979, the Cat Fanciers' Association (CFA) officially recognized the breed in North America, and in 1982, they were recognized in Europe.

Evelyn Mague named them Somali in reference to Somalia which is on the border of Abyssinia (now Ethiopia).

Answer: A Night at the Opera

"A Night at the Opera" (1935) co-stars Kitty Carlisle as Rosa Castaldi. Rosa is dating Lassparri (Walter Woolf King); however, Ricardo Baroni (Allen Jones), one of the lead singers of the chorus in the opera, has hired his best friend Fiorello (Chico Marx) to be the manager. Fiorello is also in love with Rosa.

Answer: Kate

Katherine Anne "Kitty" Pryde is one of the Marvel X-Men comic characters. She first appeared in "The Uncanny" in January 1980. She is a human mutant and can pass through solid objects and levitate. She also goes by the alias 'Shadowcat'.

Answer: It was too wet to play.

The very first line of the book states, "The sun did not shine, it was too wet to play." The picture then shows Sally and her brother watching out the window as it rains. The brother is the narrator of the story. He is unnamed in the book. In the 2003 movie with Mike Myers, he is named Connor, but that is a writer's license the screenplay writers took for that movie.

Answer: False

According to the History Channel website, there is a link between witches (that is, those who practice the religion of Wicca) and cats, especially in the 1600s when the witch hunts were happening. In particular, these witches often had as pets black cats, so the Catholic Church at the time claimed that black cats were linked to Satan. No one associated with the Church wanted to be connected to Satan, so black cats came to be linked with bad luck.

However, at least today, this belief that black cats bring bad luck is not universal.

For example, a fisherman's wife will keep a black cat in Britain in the belief it will bring their husband home safely. In southern France, black cats will be well-fed because it is believed that doing so will bring the one who feeds the cat good luck.

If a director sees a black cat in the theatre on opening night, it is better than any broken leg. A black cat will ensure your show is a success!

Answer: Kitty Hawk

Kitty Hawk, North Carolina is located in Dare County. It was made famous when Orville and Wilbur Wright flew their airplane from nearby Kill Devil Hills. However, at that time Kill Devil Hills was unnamed, so Kitty Hawk was the closest place with a name.

Kitty Hawk is seven feet above sea level.

Answer: Africa/Asia

Cats were considered to be first domesticated in Egypt. Some scientists had claimed that the leopard had perhaps been domesticated for a short time in China, but since it was not permanent, most do not count that as the first domesticated cat. Also, not enough scientists found evidence to support that claim.

Answer: string

Cat's cradle requires a piece of string tied so that it makes a big loop. Then it is woven amongst the four hands of the two players to create different string designs. It goes back to at least 1768 when Abraham Tucker references it in "The Light of Nature." Tucker was a philosopher, and this was his great work, (originally a three-volume piece of literature).

According to the Internet, the game can be played with more people in a more complex version.

The game goes until a player makes a mistake, or until something is created and no one can go any further. Often this happens with one called "Pinkies." More experienced players can get past the "Pinkies," but most will get stuck at this point and end the game.

Answer: Skimbleshanks

"Cats" is based on a book of poems by T.S. Eliot called "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats." The music was composed by Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Skimbleshanks is an orange tabby cat with a lot of energy. He lives and works down by the railway trains. In 1981, Kenn Wells originated the role on the West End.

Answer: Grimalkin

Grimalkin is an archaic term that means cat. In the very opening of the play, the three witches are on the stage. The First Witch says, "I come, Grimalkin." (There are different ways to spell the word). She is responding to her cat, which is her familiar.

A familiar is a spirit (often in animal form) that is there to look after a human. So the cat is not seen on the stage, only mentioned by name.

Answer: Maggie

"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" was originally a play by Tennesse Williams. In 1958, it was adapted into a film directed by Richard Brooks, who also co-wrote the screenplay with James Poe. The film starred Elizabeth Taylor as Maggie, Paul Newman as Brick, Burl Ives as Big Daddy, and Judith Anderson as Big Mama.

Brick is an alcoholic, former football player who is stuck trying to relive those glory days that are long gone. He and Maggie go to celebrate Big Daddy's 65th birthday. Big Daddy is Brick's father, and Maggie is Brick's wife. Big Daddy says he is not dying from cancer as was originally believed. However, the doctor informs Brick and Brick's brother, Gooper (Jack Carson), that Big Daddy is dying, most likely within the year. They decide not to tell Big Daddy.

Brick tells Maggie later, and she is upset by the news. Brick has no interest in his father, but Maggie wants him to take an interest. Later, at the party, his dad confronts Brick about his drinking. Maggie tells Big Daddy about Brick's best friend Skipper, from football, who had committed suicide years ago. She was jealous of Skipper getting Brick's time and decided to seduce Skipper to make Brick jealous. But things went wrong and Brick blamed her. Now, he blames himself for Skipper's death.

During the argument, Brick slips and tells his father about the cancer. From there, everything falls apart. Maggie then lies about being pregnant, but later she and Brick try to make the lie true.

Answer: Stray Cats

The Stray Cats were a rockabilly band. They performed mainly Rockabilly and Rock and Roll music. They have used the Stay Cats name exclusively since 1983. Before that, they used the name Stray Cats, but also other names as well all with the name Cat in them (such as Tomcats) because in their early years, the club where they played did not allow the same band to play two nights in a row. So, they changed the name but kept Cat in the name so the people who came would recognize they were the same group. The band name was used in the movie "That'll Be the Day" (1973) and its 1974 sequel, "Stardust."

The group had hits with songs such as "Rick This Town," (1981), and "Stray Cat Strut" (1981).

Answer: journalism

Kathryn "Kitty" Pilgrim was born in Poughkeepsie, NY, USA, in 1954. In 1976, she earned her degree in political science from Manhattanville College in Purchase, NY. While there, she also studied Russian. She earned her Master's from the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), a branch of Columbia University. She also attended the Harriman Institute, which is focused on Russia and the Soviet Union.

For a quarter of a century, she worked with CNN - a news network. She has traveled all over the world on assignment. She was also part of the CNN team that covered 9/11 extensively. She has won both an Emmy and a Peabody Award for her news reporting.

Answer: St. Gertrude

St. Gertrude was born in Nivelles in modern-day Belgium around 626. Not wanting to be forced into marriage, she opened an all-female monastery and decided to devote her life to God. According to legend, her link to cats came from her ability to chase away anything that came along much like a cat that chases away rodents. She spent a lot of time working with the sick and the poor. They said she could chase any rodent or illness that came along.

She passed away at the age of 33.

Answer: Felinology

The word feline comes from the Latin word "felinus," which is where we get the word feline. The suffix-ology is a Greek suffix, so felinology is of Greek-Latin origin. Occasionally, the word is spelled felidology according to the internet. Felinology deals with both domestic and wild cats.

Answer: Kansas State

The Kansas State Wildcats are blue and white. The mascot, Willie Wildcat, is a human with a big wild cat head. In 1915, John Bender, the then coach of the Kansas State football team named the team the Wildcats. Then in 1917, while Coach Z.G. Clevenger, was the coach, the team became known as the "Aggies" or "Farmers." But when Coach Charlie Bachman took the team football team over in 1920, he renamed the team the Wildcats. They have had that name since then.

As the logo has changed throughout the years, so has the mascot. Willie was originally a real bobcat named Touchdown. The first human mascot was a female, after that, they were all males. Since the 1960s, they all came from fraternities.

Answer: Sabrina the Teenage Witch

"Sabrina the Teenage Witch" ran from 1996 to 2003 as part of the TGIF (Thank Goodness It's Friday) line-up on the ABC network. Sabrina was played by Melissa Joan Hart. Salem Saberhagen, the cat was voiced by Nick Bakay.

Sabrina learned she was a witch in the pilot episode of the series on her sixteenth birthday. Salem, who she thought was an ordinary house pet, was a warlock.

Salem got in trouble with the Witches Council for trying to take over the world. They sentenced Salem to a hundred years as a cat. He ended up with Sabrina's aunts, and ultimately with Sabrina when she moved out.

Answer: Cat Quest

"Cat Quest" was developed in Singapore. It can be played on computers (Windows and Mac), Android and iPhones, Nintendo Switch, and PlayStation 4. It can be played in both single or multiplayer modes.

The game takes place in the Felingard Kingdom. The player controls the cat. The cat's sister has been catnapped. It includes combat as he fights others to try and rescue his sister.

Answer: chaton

A cat in French is "chat". A kitten is "chaton." Both words are masculine. Therefore one could say: "Le chat et le chaton jouent." That is, the cat and the kitten are playing. As a child you may have read, "Les trois petits chatons," or "The Three Little Kittens."

If you wanted to use the word "a" you would use "un" with "chaton" since it's masculine. "Un chaton boit du lait." That is, a kitten is drinking milk.