Thematic Dogs Trivia

1. A dog may be man's best friend, but it's not unheard of for dogs to snack on people. In the Bible, who was the Queen of Israel, wife of Ahab, who suffered the gruesome fate of being thrown out of a window and her remains being eaten by dogs?

From Quiz Who Let the Dogs Eat?

Answer: Jezebel

The story is recounted in 1 Kings, that Jezebel was a Phoenician princess who married King Ahab. She instituted the worship of pagan gods, which Biblical prophets tended to frown upon, to put it mildly. Eventually, Ahab died in battle and the prophet Elisha decided that Jezebel must be punished for her naughtiness and anointed a new king named Jehu, who took control of the country. Jezebel mocked him by comparing him to a former king who had reigned for only a week, so he ordered her servants to give her the heave-ho out the royal palace window and she fell to her death. Jehu trampled her body with his horse, but later decided to give her a proper burial. However, by this point it was too late: his servants found only her skull, feet, and the palms of her hands, as stray dogs - not wanting to pass up a free meal - had chowed down on her flesh. There are many lessons that could be drawn from this, the importance of cleaning up after throwing someone into the street being one of them, I guess.

From Quiz Ten Men And Their Dogs

Answer: John Noakes

The children's programme "Blue Peter" was first broadcast in 1958. The concept was that the presenters took part in events and interviewed guests in the studio. In the 1960s, an appearance on the show was welcomed by pop groups for the exposure it offered. The presenters generally had pets in the studio and which lived at home with them. Shep was a Border Collie who was the companion of John Noakes and joined the show in 1971. Both Shep and Noakes left the show in 1978 and both appeared in the series "Go With Noakes" until 1980. Shep died in 1987.

From Quiz Who Let the Dogs Out?

Answer: Brian

Brian Griffin is an anthropomorphic, sarcastic Labrador who speaks, walks on his hind legs, smokes, drinks martinis and drives a car. He is also more rational and level-headed than any of the other characters on the show. "The Family Guy" is an animated sitcom that first aired in 1999 and was almost cancelled after the third season. However, high ratings and the popularity of the show saved it, and a fourth season was filmed. The 19th season of the show aired in 2019. Created by Seth MacFarlane who voiced the characters of Peter and Stewie Griffin, and Brian, "The Family Guy" has earned several Primetime Emmy Award nominations for "Outstanding Comedy Series", spawned several spin-off series and in 2013 was voted by TV Guide as the ninth "Greatest TV Cartoon of All Time".

From Quiz Crazy Dog Lady!

Answer: Queen Elizabeth II

According to the official website of the British Monarchy, the Queen had two corgis in 2014, Willow and Holly, and two dorgis, Candy and Vulcan. Queen Beatrix was Queen of the Netherlands from 1980 to 2013. She abdicated in favor of her son in 2013. Queen Margrethe II became the Queen of Denmark in 1972. Queen Sofia became Queen of Spain in 1975.

From Quiz Every Dog Has His Day

Answer: Diphtheria

The beginning of an outbreak of Diphtheria in 1925 led to this 1,085 kilometre mercy dash across Alaska to get the vaccine from Nenana to Nome - the serum was able to be taken by train from Anchorage to Nenana. The journey took five and half days and involved 150 dogs and 20 mushers. Balto was the lead dog on the final leg into Nome which led to his hero status. He did not, however, cover the longest or most hazardous leg - this was undertaken by a dog called Togo who travelled nearly twice the distance of any other team.

From Quiz Famous Dogs

Answer: Cairn Terrier

In the 1939 film of "The Wizard of Oz", Toto was played by Terry the Cairn Terrier. You can read more about Terry the Cairn Terrier in the book entitled "I, Toto", which was written by Carl Spitz her trainer.

From Quiz The Year of the Dog

Answer: German Shepherd

Although Rin Tin Tin is well known for his appearances in books, television and movies throughout the 20s and 30s; the real Rin Tin Tin was actually found as a pup in France near the end of World War I. He was named after a French puppet that was given to American soldiers for luck. After the war he performed in dog shows before landing a movie role, as a wolf.

From Quiz Dogs: Well, I Never Knew That!

Answer: Sam the Chinese crested

Yes, it's true, poor little Sam was a bit of an ugly mite! Sam lived in Santa Barbara, California. He died in November 2005, just before his 15th birthday.

From Quiz The Dogs of War

Answer: Kublai Khan

Kublai Khan (1216-1294) was the emperor of the Mongolian empire. He founded the Mongol, or Yuan dynasty that ruled China from 1279 to 1368. The vast majority of his dogs were mastiffs. He owned more dogs than anyone in history.

From Quiz Oh! Doggone It

Answer: Two hours

There are two dog watches actually, from 4-6 p.m. is called the first dog. The second dog is from 6-8 p.m.

From Quiz Who Let the Dogs Eat?

Answer: "a fool repeats his folly"

Dogs often get a bad rap in the Bible as they were considered unclean animals. In Proverbs, a "fool" refers to someone who is considered ungodly and morally depraved and not necessarily of low intelligence, which is the modern sense of the word. Hence, moral turpitude is being compared to something repulsive like eating vomit despite it being bad for you.

From Quiz Ten Men And Their Dogs

Answer: John Adams

Not a trick question for those who know their Presidents Of The United States: George Washington was the first and was a great dog lover, but he never actually lived in the White House. That honour fell to the second president, John Adams and wife Abigail, who had two mixed-breed pups, Juno and Satan. The fifth president, James Monroe, was the next to have a dog in the White House, his daughter Maria's pet spaniel. The presence of FDOTUS - First Dog Of The United States - really took off with Warren G. Harding whose Airedale Terrier Laddie Boy became a personality in his own right from 1921 to 1923. He was photographed in the Press and birthday parties were held for him. When Harding played golf, Laddie Boy would retrieve wayward shots.

From Quiz Who Let the Dogs Out?

Answer: Lassie

Eric Knight's short story about Lassie was expanded into a full length novel called "Lassie Come-Home" and released in 1940. In 1943 MGM released the movie of the same name and Lassie was played by a collie called Pal. Several other movies, also featuring Pal as Lassie, followed. Pal become so synonymous with the character of Lassie, that the name and trademark were transferred from MGM to owner Rudd Weatherwax. In 1954 the television series debuted and ran for 19 years, featuring Pal's descendants in the lead role. Knight's version of Lassie is very similar to Elizabeth Gaskell's 1859 Lassie depicted in her short story "The Half-Brothers".

From Quiz Crazy Dog Lady!

Answer: Tricki Woo

Despite Herriot's stern advice to put her dog on a diet, Mrs. Pumphrey continued feeding Tricki Woo from the table until his weight ballooned to an alarming size and he lost interest in everything, including food. Herriot decided the best course of action would be to temporarily bring the dog into his own home to make sure he was properly fed and exercised. One of the saddest images from Tricki's leaving home was of a distraught Mrs. Pumphrey flinging a handful of little dog coats into the car as it drove away.

From Quiz Let's Learn About Dogs!

Answer: beagle

daughter, BEA, GLEamed The beagle is a small dog and resembles a Foxhound, although there are several differences, such as the head of a beagle being broader. The temperament of a beagle is neither aggressive nor timid. Since beagles are scent hounds, they have been used for tracking and hunting, although they can also be used as pets. Snoopy, the dog from the "Peanuts" comic strip, is regarded as the world's most famous beagle.

From Quiz Every Dog Has His Day

Answer: Buddy

In 1927 Dorothy Harrison Eustis was an American dog trainer living in Switzerland. Being an admirer of the working ability of the German Shepherd dog she began to breed them to be trained as police dogs. After hearing of a school outside of Berlin that was training the dogs to work with German WWI veterans (who had been blinded with mustard gas) she went to visit and wrote an article about the program for a popular magazine Morris Frank, a young blind man in Nashville, read the article and sent a letter to Eustis saying that if she would train him with a dog that he would set up a training school in the US. Eustis agreed and spent 5 weeks teaching Morris and Buddy to work together. A year later Morris kept his word and the "The Seeing Eye" was launched.

From Quiz Do you DOG?

Answer: Sundog

The formal term for a sundog is 'parhelion', which translates from the Greek as 'beside the sun'. They are typically formed when ice crystals are in the air, refracting the sun's rays. They can be seen on either the left or the right side of the sun alone, or both, depending on conditions.

From Quiz Categorical Canines

Answer: coyote

Found across North America, the coyote is a small wolf-like canid. Remarkably, the coyote's range has increased since humans settled, despite being widely hunted. The coyote is sometimes known as the American jackal, but it is not to be confused with the Black-backed, Side-striped, and Golden Jackals, which are actual jackals.

From Quiz Famous Dogs

Answer: Fluffy

Fluffy was the name of the three headed dog. J K Rowling probably used the Greek mythological dog Cerberus as her source for Fluffy. In Greek Mythology, Cerberus had the heads of three wild dogs. Cerberus guarded the entrance to Hades.

From Quiz The Year of the Dog

Answer: Toto

Toto was Dorothy Gale's pet dog in "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz", a children's story by L. Frank Baum (1900). Toto's breed was never actually given, but the description in the book reveals him to be a small terrier. In the 1939 movie adaptation, a Cairn terrier played Toto, and in the sequel "Return to Oz", he was a Border terrier. Toto also made an appearance in Cornelia Funke's novel "Inkheart", when Meggie accidentally read him out of a book.

From Quiz Beagles Beagles Everywhere! Pt. 1

Answer: Scrooge McDuck

Scrooge McDuck's huge money bin has been the focal point of The Beagle Boys' criminal activity, and major efforts have been taken over the years to keep them away. The Boys are usually only identified via their prison numbers and are almost always in the company of their dachshund, "64." Question by strudi74

From Quiz Dogs: Well, I Never Knew That!

Answer: Its feet

Dogs sweat between their paw pads. Their sweat glands are called merocrine glands, and these are found in their foot pads. This sweating allows dogs to cool themselves. Now where do you get doggy odour eaters?

From Quiz Oh! Doggone It

Answer: London

This isle got its name, supposedly, because the kennels connected to Greenwich Palace were there.

From Quiz Who Let the Dogs Eat?

Answer: Jordan Belfort

Jordan Belfort was convicted of fraud over his stock-market manipulation schemes and was ordered to pay millions of dollars in restitution to over 1500 people whom he defrauded. He wrote his memoir after being released from prison, in which details not only his criminal activities but his lavish and indulgent lifestyle. Hence, he was something of a horndog as well as being a wolf to the people he defrauded. As to the saying, "Homo homini lupus," some people have complained that it is unfair to wolves who are less vicious than humans can be.

From Quiz Ten Men And Their Dogs

Answer: Snowy

Snowy appeared in the first Tintin adventure "Tintin in the Land of the Soviets" in 1929. Produced by the Belgian cartoonist Hergé, Tintin was a reporter and adventurer who got into a lot of scrapes and adventures and appeared in various media until 1976. Snowy was a fox terrier. Splash and Coco were the companions of this quiz author.

From Quiz Who Let the Dogs Out?

Answer: Skip

Krypto was known on Krypton as toddler Kal-El's dog but was used to test rocket prototypes that would eventually reach Earth. However the rocket containing Krypto went off course but did reach earth after Superboy landed there. He was reunited with Superboy and was given the name of Skip when he was with the Kent family. To distinguish between Skip and Krypto, Skip always wore an eye patch as a "disguise" to cover his real identity. Krypto had similar (proportionate) superpowers to Superman and when on assignment he wore a red cape too. While some thought he was a retriever, Krypto was meant to be a generic breed and no breed was ever attributed to him.

From Quiz Crazy Dog Lady!

Answer: Chihuahua

Bruiser's real name is Moonie. His mother in "Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde" was played by Gidget, who was also featured in Taco Bell commercials.

From Quiz Let's Learn About Dogs!

Answer: Joe

Wishbone was a Jack Russell terrier owned by Joe Talbot. Although the other characters couldn't hear him, the viewers were able to do so. Each episode consisted of Wishbone reading a story and assuming a role in the story (usually but not always the lead). His owner, Joe, along with his friends, Samantha Kepler and David Barnes, would be part of a plot that closely tied to whatever was happening in the story.

From Quiz Every Dog Has His Day

Answer: St Bernard

Barry actually predates the official name of the breed. The Great St Bernard Hospice had begun to selectively breed a dog for rescue work in the mountains in the 17th century. Barry, who was born in 1800, was a lighter build than the breed today and the dogs were often called Kuherhunds (cowherds' dog). After his death in 1814 the breed was referred to as 'Barry hounds' until 1965 when they were officially named the St Bernard. Barry is known to have saved at least 40 lives, urban legend has it that he died on his 41st rescue but this is untrue. He retired at the age of 12 to live out his retirement with a monk where he lived for another 2 years. One dog at the hospice has always been called Barry in his honour since and when a foundation was set up in 2004 to take over the breeding of the dogs it was named 'Foundation Barry du Grand Saint Bernard'.

From Quiz Do you DOG?

Answer: Podiatrist

I would send him to a podiatrist. Dogs is a slang term for your feet, but is usually used with some type of negative connotation such as when your feet ache. The exact origin of the term is not clear. One possibility from the Oxford English Dictionary is rhyming slang for dog's meat=feet.

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