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Pet Names Trivia Quiz

All these questions are about people, real or fictional, whose first or last name starts with 'pet'. good luck.

A multiple-choice quiz by minch. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
minch

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
51,396

Updated
Apr 05 23

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

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One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Which Italian poet has a pet name? Hint

Petruchio

Petri

Petronella

Petrarch

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Question 2 of 10

2. Speaking of Shakespeare. What main character in 'Taming of the Shrew' has a 'pet' name? Hint

Petruchio

Petina

Petra

Petronello

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Question 3 of 10

3. What actress, who appeared with Steve Martin in 'Pennies from Heaven', has a pet name?

Answer: (Two Words or Just Surname)

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Question 4 of 10

4. The ruler of Russia, Peter I, had a pet name. It was "Peter the Great".

True

False

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Question 5 of 10

5. British pop singer, who is perhaps best known for 'Downtown', has a pet name. Hint

Petunia Brown

Petula Andrews

Petronella Jones

Petula Clark

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Question 6 of 10

6. This character, with a 'pet' name is, perhaps, the most famous of Beatrix Potter's animals. He wears a blue jacket, and was almost caught by Mr. McGregor.

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 7 of 10

7. This man with a 'pet' name, was a French general in World War I. Hint

Henri Petain

Jean Petan

Marc Petit

Gaston Petin

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Question 8 of 10

8. Character created by J.M. Barrie, appears in a children's book, and in a play, that bears his alliterative name.

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 9 of 10

9. Author of a number of bird field guides. Hint

Michael Petrone

Brian Peters

R. T. Peterson

J. S. Petty

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Question 10 of 10

10. American auto racer with a 'pet' name Hint

John Petti

Tom Peterson

Mike Pettigrew

Richard Petty

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which Italian poet has a pet name?

Answer: Petrarch

Petrarch 1304 - 1374 influenced Shakespeare and Chaucer.

2. Speaking of Shakespeare. What main character in 'Taming of the Shrew' has a 'pet' name?

Answer: Petruchio

3. What actress, who appeared with Steve Martin in 'Pennies from Heaven', has a pet name?

Answer: Bernadette Peters

Bernadette Peters

4. The ruler of Russia, Peter I, had a pet name. It was "Peter the Great".

Answer: True

Peter the Great, or Peter I (1672-1725), was tsar of Russia from 1682-1725. He adopted the title "Emperor" in 1721, when he proclaimed Russia as an empire. His title became "Emperor of All Russia, Great Father of the Fatherland, and the Great."

5. British pop singer, who is perhaps best known for 'Downtown', has a pet name.

Answer: Petula Clark

'Downtown' 1964.

6. This character, with a 'pet' name is, perhaps, the most famous of Beatrix Potter's animals. He wears a blue jacket, and was almost caught by Mr. McGregor.

Answer: Peter Rabbit

Peter disobeyed his mother, but Flopsy, Mopsy and Cotton didn't!

7. This man with a 'pet' name, was a French general in World War I.

Answer: Henri Petain

8. Character created by J.M. Barrie, appears in a children's book, and in a play, that bears his alliterative name.

Answer: Peter Pan

Peter Pan first appeared in Barrie's The Little White Bird (1902), which was an adult novel -- chapters 13 to 18 were titled "Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens". "Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Would Not Grow Up" (1904) was the play. The Peter Pan chapters from Barrie's were published as a separate book: "Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens" (1906).
His adventures in Neverland have been portrayed on stage and in film.

9. Author of a number of bird field guides.

Answer: R. T. Peterson

10. American auto racer with a 'pet' name

Answer: Richard Petty

NASCAR winner seven times between 1967 and 1979.

Source: Author minch

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