Thematic Pigs Trivia

1. ANIMALS: Which distinctive Asian breed of pig is black, with short legs and a short snout?

From Quiz All the Little Pigs, They Grunt and Howl

Answer: Vietnamese pot-bellied pig

Know as 'Lon I' in its homeland, the adorable (well, I think they are anyway) Vietnamese pot-bellied pig is bred for its meat. It originally comes from the Red River Delta and is a fat black porker with a large belly, short snout, giving it a squishy face like a bulldog, and short legs. From the '70s onward, they were exported to Europe and North America to be kept in zoos or animal parks. They are resilient pigs when it comes to terrain, being accustomed to mud and marshes. (As for the other answers, the babirusa is a wild pig from Indonesia, with long tusks, and the Meishan and Fengling are Chinese; the Meishan also has a face full of folds, but much floppier ears.)

From Quiz Pigs that Never Really Were

Answer: Porky Pig

The seniormost of the many anthropomorphic animal characters in Warner Brothers' Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons, Porky Pig was created in March of 1935. His characteristic stutter is his trademark. One of his roles was to end cartoon shorts by saying "Th-th-th-that's all folks!" Porky was voiced by Mel Blanc from 1937 until 1989.

From Quiz Pigs To That

Answer: A human toilet built over a pig sty

And yes, you guessed it. The pigs get to eat everything that falls from above. Talk about manna from heaven gone wrong. These toilets were once very common in China and India, but whereas most Chinese toilets evolved from there, pig toilets were still reasonably common in the rural areas of India as late as 2013, particularly in the state of Goa. Pig toilets, as you may imagine, pose a significant threat to the health of the human populace. One imagines they are hardly conducive to the good health of the poor pigs either.

From Quiz Piggy Pig Pig

Answer: Suidae

There are currently sixteen species of pigs recognized in the family Suidae. The largest pig on record was named "Big Bill." He weighed a record 2,552 lbs and was 9 feet long. His belly dragged on the ground when he walked.

From Quiz All the Little Pigs, They Grunt and Howl

Answer: duroc

The Duroc is an American pig breed, thought to be originally descended from African pigs brought over from Guinea during the slave trade. Today's Duroc is descended from red Durocs from New York crossed with New Jersey red pigs. It has large floppy ears and a thick reddish-brown coat, though some variants of the coat can be golden yellow or dark red, and is one of the less aggressive breeds of pig. Its name is thought to either come from a racehorse or from Géraud Duroc, a friend of Napoleon Bonaparte who later became Grand Marshal of the Palace.

From Quiz Pigs that Never Really Were

Answer: Napoleon

Orwell's novel is a fantasy allegory of Communist Revolution and the corruption of populist movements by totalitarian leaders. Napoleon and Squealer, two pigs, take the place of kind, wise and gentle Old Major, another pig, as the leaders of the animals' revolution at Manor Farm. They adopt the seven commandments of animalism and, by the end of the book, Napoleon violates every one of them himself, becoming the enemy which he displaced.

From Quiz Pigs To That

Answer: Influenza

Well, they certainly have the nose for sneezing, that's a fact. A pig is prone to falling victim to influenza, pneumonia and bronchitis because its lungs are quite small and weak relative to the rest of its body. They are particularly vulnerable to swine influenza, and can also contact human influenza into the bargain. So if your pig looks feverish, or is lethargic, coughing, sneezing or wheezing, call a vet. And beware. Pigs can pass this illness on to humans as well.

From Quiz All the Little Pigs, They Grunt and Howl

Answer: Mel Blanc

The multi-talented Mel Blanc, the 'Man of 1000 Voices', provided the voices of several 'Looney Tunes' and other Warner Brothers characters, including Bugs Bunny, Speedy Gonzales, Daffy Duck, Barney Rubble, Captain Caveman, Sylvester the Cat, Elmer Fudd and, of course, Porky Pig. Like many Jewish comedians and actors, Blanc started out performing in vaudeville shows; he later moved to radio and then film and television. By 1946, he was appearing in over fifteen radio shows, and got his own show that year. His debut performance as Porky Pig (and Daffy Duck) was in the 1939 Tex Avery cartoon 'Porky's Duck Hunt'. After Blanc's death in 1989, 'That's all folks' was inscribed on his gravestone.

From Quiz Pigs that Never Really Were

Answer: Babe

Based on a novel by Dick King-Smith ("The Sheep-Pig" 1983), "Babe" describes the adventures of a pig who wants to become the porcine equivalent of a Border Collie. The motion picture was a box-office success and received favourable notice by film critics. Jim Henson's Creature Shop worked on those scenes in which the animals speak English. Nominated for seven Academy Awards, it won one: Best Visual Effects.

From Quiz Pigs To That

Answer: Finland

Why is this so, you ask? Because ham is one of the favourite dishes at Christmas mealtime celebrations in Finland, and if, say, you were waiting to go into the dentist, you would be experiencing all the feelings of a pig knowing that Christmas was fast approaching. This country also has another unusual expression relating to pigs. "To behave like a pig in a raspberry orchard" refers to the behaviour of people who are gluttons or who behave very badly in one form or another.

From Quiz Mr. Forgetful in "Pigs: What's up with Them?"

Answer: iron that's just come out of the blast furnace

Pig iron is the crude form fresh from the blast furnace that's then turned into steel, wrought iron, or ingot iron. I looked it up right here in "Merriam-Webster's."

From Quiz All the Little Pigs, They Grunt and Howl

Answer: Obelix

Asterix's gigantic best mate is at his happiest when hunting wild boar in the Gaulish forest with Dogmatix, his dog, and can easily put away a whole one at the village feast at the end of every 'Asterix' book. In one book, he even manages to eat a boar that has been spiked with sleeping drugs! Wild boar have lived in France, which was once part of Ancient Gaul, for centuries, and their numbers have spiked in the south of France since the 1990s; populations increased even further during the COVID crisis of the 2020s, due to bans on hunting. René Goscinny, one of the co-creators of 'Asterix', was often offered wild boar by hosts at parties, but was unable to eat it due to being Jewish (boar being considered unclean under Jewish law).

From Quiz Pigs that Never Really Were

Answer: Gub-Gub

In the world created by English author Hugh Lofting, Dr Dolittle keeps a pet pig named Gub-Gub. Gub-Gub is an ardent eater, always interested in the next meal. This explains why one of the books in the series is entitled "Gub Gub's Book: An Encyclopedia of Food: In Twenty Volumes" (1932). It purports to be a record of interviews with Gub-Gub touching upon all things culinary. The gastronomic pig appears in most of the other Dr Dolittle stories.

From Quiz Pigs To That

Answer: Had roast beef

I bet you just recited that nursery rhyme to yourself. The first full quotation of this rhyme has been found recorded in a book titled "The Famous Tommy Thumb's Little Story-Book" which was published in England early in the 1760s. It was, no doubt, around much longer than that for it to gain enough popularity to be included in this work.

From Quiz Piggy Pig Pig

Answer: I ikelay aconbay

Pig Latin is a fun alteration of the English language usually used by children for entertainment purposes. Words are derived by taking the first sound of a word and moving it to the end of the word adding "ay". For instance "bacon" becomes "acon-bay."

From Quiz Pigs that Never Really Were

Answer: Winnie the Pooh

In the Winnie-the-Pooh books, Piglet is Winnie's closest friend. Although very small, he strives to be brave. His bravery, in rescuing Winnie and Owl from Owl's collapsed house, led the bear to compose for him a "Respectful Pooh Song." He can read and write a bit although he spells his own name "Piglit."

From Quiz Pigs To That

Answer: Demeter

Demeter was the goddess of the harvest, grains and rich fertile earth. She is also associated with a happy marriage, moral and ethical codes, and life expectancy. So, in order to ensure a long, happy, healthy life, and a fruitful harvest, it was wise to seek her intercession now and then, and offer up a sacrifice to her of her favourite animal, a poor old pig. Ceres was the Roman equivalent of Demeter, Persephone was Demeter's daughter, and Pandora was considered by ancient Greeks to be the first-born woman.

From Quiz Piggy Pig Pig

Answer: Babe

This is an inspirational story about a pig that can do anything he wants, including becoming a sheep dog. With the help of Farmer Hoggett, Ferdinand the Duck, and Fly, a border collie Babe calls "mom", Babe realizes his true potential.

From Quiz Mr. Forgetful in "Pigs: What's up with Them?"

Answer: University of Arkansas

The Razorbacks are the beloved teams of Arkansas. The razorback hog is none too pretty but the Arkansas folks like it fine. Georgia teams are the Bulldogs, FSU's are the Seminoles, and Alabama's are the Crimson Tide.

From Quiz All the Little Pigs, They Grunt and Howl

Answer: Grunt

If someone talks about doing 'grunt work', they mean a menial job that is often unglamorous and/or underpaid. The minor Team Rocket villains who appear in 'Pokemon Go' and challenge the player at black PokeStops are known as 'grunts'; upon being beaten, they will often complain about being docked wages by their boss Giovanni. 'Grunt' is also military slang for a US Army footsoldier, particularly around the time of the Vietnam War, and several breeds of fish in the family Haemulidae, which get their name from the sound they make from grinding their teeth. More obscurely, blueberry grunt is also the name of a fruit dessert from New England, similar to cobbler, although the topping of a grunt is steamed rather than baked. It gets its name from the grunting sound blueberries supposedly make during cooking.

From Quiz Pigs that Never Really Were

Answer: Professor Julius Strangepork

"Pigs in Space" was a sort of show within a show on "The Muppets" television series. Jerry Nelson and Matt Vogel voiced Doctor Strangepork who was a parody of both Doctor Spock on "Star Trek" and Doctor Strangelove (Peter Sellers) in the movie "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb" (1964). Strangepork knows how the spaceship Swinetrek works and invents useful things such as invisibility pills and the Dissolvatron. The prototype to Professor Swinepork was Doctor Nauga in a first-season sketch called "Return to Beneath the Planet of the Pigs."

From Quiz Pigs To That

Answer: Buddhism

Marici is the Buddhist goddess of heavens and light. She is looked upon as one of the twenty-four heavenly celestial beings. She is depicted in several different ways, all of them associated with pigs. This is either sitting in a lotus flower on the back of seven sows, or sitting on the back of a large boar, or being driven along in a carriage pulled by pigs. Her gifts, when endowed upon a seeker, are selflessness, compassion, mastery of self, wealth and prosperity.

From Quiz Piggy Pig Pig

Answer: straw, sticks and bricks

In this children's story, three little pigs embark on their life journey, each one needs to build a house. The first pig takes the easy way and builds his house out of straw. The second pig builds his house out of sticks, which was still pretty easy. The third pig works the hardest and the longest and builds his house out of bricks. When the Big Bad Wolf comes, he blows down the first two houses and eats the little pigs. When the Wolf gets to the third house, he cannot blow down the house of bricks so the third pig survives.

From Quiz All the Little Pigs, They Grunt and Howl

Answer: Cuba

The Bahía de los Cochinos, or Bay of Pigs, is located in the south of Cuba at the Gulf of Calzones, and is in Matanzas Province (it was originally in Santa Clara Province until Cuba was reorganised into fourteen provinces). 'Cochino' can either mean 'pig' or a type of triggerfish native to Cuba. Fidel Castro is said to have owned a luxurious holiday home there. It is most famous for being the site of a failed invasion in 1961, when Cuban exiles attempted to overthrow Castro with the support of the USA. Kennedy was US president at the time. The invasion led to tensions between the US, Cuba and the Soviet Union, who were allies of Cuba and stationed nuclear missiles there, kicking off the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962.

From Quiz Pigs that Never Really Were

Answer: Salomey

Salomey the pig was probably the last female of her species: Hammus alabammus, a particularly loveable breed of pigs. Her name is a play on the daughter of Herod II and Herodias in the New Testament who danced for the head of Saint John the Baptist. In one story arc, she was kidnapped by J.R. Fangsley to breed her with the last male Hammus alabamus, an unattractive pig named Boar Scarloff.

From Quiz Pigs To That

Answer: Mirrors

Considering the state in which some some of these poor animals are kept, it is not too hard to imagine that pigs would indeed be terrified out of their wits upon catching a glimpse of their own reflections. In actual fact however, most animals, including pigs, don't have the ability to recognize themselves in a mirror. The few animals that can are apes, chimps, dolphins, elephants and magpies. How amazing is that?

From Quiz Piggy Pig Pig

Answer: Harley Davidson

Actually, the mascot and nickname was HOG, but this is a pig quiz! This nickname got its origin from a group of riders who would take a victory lap with a pig perched on their lap. Harley, wanting to keep the tradition alive, adopted the HOG nickname, which now stands for Harley Owners Group. To show how deep the symbol goes, Harley Davidson's stock symbol is HOG.

From Quiz Pigs that Never Really Were

Answer: The Empress of Blandings

It is unknown whether P.G. Wodehouse set out to write a series of books centered on Lord Emsworth, Blandings Castle and the Empress of Blandings. The first was "Something Fresh" in 1915 and the last, "Sunset at Blandings" in 1977, written when the author was in his nineties. The Empress is Lord Emsworth's dearest possession. She wins regularly in the fat-pig category at the Shropshire Agricultural Show. Various schemes to kidnap her provide the plot for a dozen novels. Hiring a good pig keeper has always been a challenge; Lord Emsworth works his way through a remarkable variety of unworthies.

From Quiz Pigs To That

Answer: Poker

The front teats of a sow apparently produce nicer tasting milk that the back ones, so to be at the back end of that food chain is to be in a disadvantaged position. The piglet on the last teat also faces the prospect of being bumped out of the way by another hungrier piglet who wants in for a meal. When applied to the game of poker, this saying means you're in an unfavourable position.

From Quiz Piggy Pig Pig

Answer: swing from a web

Homer falls in love with his pig. Bart actually gets jealous because Homer is a better father to the Pig than he was to Bart. Homer can be seen combing the pig's hair, dressing him up like Harry Plopper (Potter), and walking the pig on the ceiling while singing "Spider Pig."

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