10 Questions: Famous Dogs Multiple Choice Quiz | Entertainment

Answer: Balto

Balto is correct. Everyone should know Balto. He and his musher, Gunnar Kassen, ran the next to last leg of the 600 mile journey. White-out conditions prevailed, but Balto managed to keep the team on the trail when you could not see your hand in front of your face! Imagine that, with wind blowing hard and temperatures far below freezing! Because of lack of visibility, they missed the sled that was supposed to take the last leg of the journey, so they had to do double the duty that had been planned.

The world knew of this emergency and people in many countries were listening to news reports anxiously. When the sled arrived with the medicine, Balto was a worldwide celebrity. There is a statue of him in Central Park in NYC.

Answer: Pluto

Pluto is right, of course. I bet no one missed that one. Pluto was the Roman god of the underworld. Goofy was another Disney dog, but he did not function like one. He wore clothes like a person, even a hat, and he talked. Pluto was just a dog!

Answer: Krypto

Krypto was named after Superman's home planet, Krypton. Streaky was actually Supergirl's cat.

Answer: Bullet

Bullet is correct. He was a beautiful German Shepherd who was smart as heck and would do what Roy needed. He functioned like a police dog, attacking bad guys and delivering messages. He was a great dog, and I had two who looked just like him when I was a kid.

Answer: Yukon King

Anyone who saw this show even once will never forget the bundled up Preston on his sled urging the dogs to go by saying "On King! On, you huskies!"

Answer: Buck

Buck is correct. Buck is abused by a series of cruel bad men, but a good man saved him from the fighting pit and they became great friends. Later he went into the wild and joined a wolfpack. The book is a tale of survival under terrible conditions. This is a great book for young and old alike. There are human characters in it, but Buck is the protagonist.

Answer: Fala

Fala was sort of the nation's pet during the 1940s. He was a Scottish Terrier who followed Roosevelt around and was often referenced by President and Mrs. Roosevelt in their many speeches. He is immortalized in a statue at the FDR museum in Washington, DC.

Answer: Rin Tin Tin

The show was named for the dog "Rin Tin Tin." The kid was Corporal Rusty. Most of the characters were on it every week. The adult hero was Lt. "Rip" Masters. Another was Sgt. "Biff" O'Hara (an Irishman, like me). The dog was amazing. When there was a bad guy that needed to be disarmed, very often Rusty would sic the dog on them by saying "Yoooooo Rinny." The dog would then attack the miscreant, leaping through the air and usually biting the arm that held the weapon.

Then he would press the attack, biting the poor scoundrel quite badly until human good guys arrived to take him into custody.

Answer: Riff Raff

Riff Raff was idiotic, but quite dangerous and nasty. The other villain was Simon Bar-Sinister, a bald headed Lex Luthor type of guy, who always wore a lab coat (Mad scientist motiff). Underdog was nonsense, but fun.

Answer: Mighty Manfred the Wonder Dog

Manfred was lazy and slow. He never did much of anything except watch Tom do his stuff. One of the regular things about the show was Tom praising him for being so incredible when he really did the next thing to nothing. Tom knew that the dog was mostly worthless, sleeping all the time, but he had a good heart, so Tom praised him anyhow.

It was sort of a joke that everyone was in on --- Kind of a lesson in speaking well of others.