Pets of the Rich and Famous Trivia Quiz

Answer: Frederick II of Prussia

Frederick II, also known as Frederick the Great, kept dozens of greyhounds at his summer castle of Sans Souci. He had eleven white marble tombs erected for his favourites and wanted to be buried with them, as well as with a favourite horse. Frederick is reported to have addressed his dogs much more politely than his servants.

Answer: Mark Twain

After reading "Tom Sawyer" one might think Twain only had use for dead cats, but in reality he loved cats and shared his house with many of them. He said: "If man could be crossed with the cat, it would improve the man but deteriorate the cat." He deliberately chose unusual names to teach his children to pronounce difficult words. Twain also loved dogs and said about them: "Heaven goes by favour. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in."

Answer: Abraham Lincoln

All of these presidents were cat lovers, but Lincoln was the first to bring a cat (actually three kittens) to live at the White House. They shared the residence with two goats who had to live at the White House because they were chewing up the flowers in the garden.

Answer: Florence Nightingale

She also carried a pet owl around in her pocket.

Answer: Newton

Apparently he did so at his house in Woolsthorpe, for the convenience of his pet cats.

Answer: Alexander Pope

"Bounce to Fop. An Heroick Epistle from a Dog at Twickenham to a Dog at Court", a satirical condemnation of the nobility, was written in 1763.

Answer: True

The dog was always in the room with Freud during his analysis sessions. If a patient was calm, Jo-Fi would lie close, but when the patient was tense, the dog would settle down in the far corner of the room. Freud also believed the dog's presence helped patients calm down.

In addition the chow served as an unobtrusive alarm clock: at the end of each session, he would stand up and stretch.

Answer: Spike

Spike was given to the family in 1934, when Charles was 12. His first published drawing in 1937 featured Spike as a dog who ate razor blades, nails, balls and other strange items. In 1975, 25 years after "Peanuts" first appeared, Schultz introduced a dog with the name of Spike, Snoopy's long lost brother.

Answer: True

Beatrix Potter had two rabbits she used to walk on a leash, named Peter Piper and Benjamin Bouncer. She also kept dogs, cats, frogs, lizards, pigs, and hedgehogs. She started this menagerie as a child, and every summer, when the family went to Scotland, all the animals were stowed in boxes and travelled along.

Answer: Bird

His reply to his friend Francis Collison was: "I am a vegetarian, and can't eat it...". He finally gave it to the gardener's wife, because "...I shall then hear it only when I walk in the garden, and at every trill I shall curse the name of F. Collison."