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Top Dog! Trivia Quiz

Have fun with this quiz about how people feel about man's best friend!

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

Author
VegemiteKid

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
342,537

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
2789

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. I think Ben Ames Williams was right when he said "There's not a psychiatrist in the world like a ____ licking your face". What did he think was therapeutic? Hint

Puppy

Cat

Giraffe

Chameleon

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which author of 'Charlotte's Web' also quipped: "A really companionable and indispensable dog is an accident of nature. You can't get it by breeding for it, and you can't buy it with money. It just happens along"?
Hint

Enid Blyton

E B White

Roald Dahl

E E Cummings

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Question 3 of 10

3. The 34th U.S. President said: "What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight; it's the size of the fight in the dog." What was this president's name?
Hint

Lyndon Baines Johnson

John Quincy Adams

Dwight David Eisenhower

Williams Henry Harrison

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which cigar-smoking English politician said: "I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals"? Hint

Sir Winston Churchill

David Gower

Margaret Thatcher

Robin Hood

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Question 5 of 10

5. From which book of the Bible, known for its sayings, does the following quote come: "As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly"? Hint

John

Ruth

Exodus

Proverbs

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Question 6 of 10

6. "Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful" was the advice given by which personal problem column writer? Hint

Ann Landers

Alice Nelson

Mia Stars

Goode Twoshoos

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Question 7 of 10

7. Ogden Nash quipped that a "dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" what? Hint

A flea bite

The Door

The Fence

Food

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Question 8 of 10

8. "Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the mid-day sun; The Japanese don't care to, the Chinese wouldn't dare to; Hindus and Argentines sleep firmly from twelve to one, But Englishmen detest a siesta." Which well-known wit is responsible for this quip? Hint

Oscar Wilde

Frank Burns

Robert Frost

No�l Coward

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which inventor said: "There are three faithful friends: an old wife, an old dog, and ready money"? Hint

Henry Ford

Benjamin Franklin

Steve Jobs

Archimedes

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Question 10 of 10

10. Aldous Huxley said: "To his dog, every man is ___________, hence the constant popularity of dogs." What famous military leader completes the quote? Hint

Chaucer

Newton

Clinton

Napoleon

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. I think Ben Ames Williams was right when he said "There's not a psychiatrist in the world like a ____ licking your face". What did he think was therapeutic?

Answer: Puppy

Ben Ames Williams was a prolific novelist who had a number of his works made into movies, the best known of which are probably 'The Strange Woman' and 'Leave Her to Heaven'. He was a graduate of Dartmouth College.

Answer: E B White

Elwyn Brooks White wrote many a well-loved books, including 'Stuart Little'. E B White had a really cute-looking Dashchund called Minnie.

3. The 34th U.S. President said: "What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight; it's the size of the fight in the dog." What was this president's name?

Answer: Dwight David Eisenhower

Note that some sources also attribute this quote to Mark Twain.

Dwight D Eisenhower, also known as 'Ike', had a weimaraner named Heidi. He was US President from 1953-1961, and played a key role in securing the Allied victory in Western Europe in World War II.

4. Which cigar-smoking English politician said: "I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals"?

Answer: Sir Winston Churchill

Sir Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister for two stints between 1940 and 1955, was full of witticisms. One of my favourites is: "I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly."

5. From which book of the Bible, known for its sayings, does the following quote come: "As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly"?

Answer: Proverbs

Dogs are mentioned numerous times in the Bible in both the Old and New Testaments, but cats are not mentioned! The book of Proverbs was written by King Solomon, who was the son of David. David was the author of the book of Psalms.

6. "Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful" was the advice given by which personal problem column writer?

Answer: Ann Landers

Ann Landers was the pen name of Esther Pauline Friedman, also known as Eppie Lederer. Friedman's sister Pauline was also a personal advice columnist, known as Dear Abby. Alice Nelson was the housekeeper on the Brady Bunch. I made Goode Twoshoos up!

7. Ogden Nash quipped that a "dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" what?

Answer: The Door

Ogden Nash was one of the most loved writers of comic and satirical poetry. He died in 1971. Interestingly, an ancestor of Ogden Nash, General Francis Nash, gave his name to Nashville, Tennessee.

Answer: No�l Coward

Noel Coward was an English writer, probably most well known for 'Blithe Spirit'. He also wrote numerous songs and plays. He was named No�l as he was born a few days before Christmas.

9. Which inventor said: "There are three faithful friends: an old wife, an old dog, and ready money"?

Answer: Benjamin Franklin

Ben Franklin was really an amazing thinker, who invented a number of things, including the stove that bears his name and bifocals; he was also a statesman who campaigned for the abolition of slavery.

10. Aldous Huxley said: "To his dog, every man is ___________, hence the constant popularity of dogs." What famous military leader completes the quote?

Answer: Napoleon

Napoleon is the only military leader listed here; Chaucer was a poet, Clinton was a US president, and Newton was a scientist. Huxley was a contemporary and great friend of D H Lawrence.

Source: Author VegemiteKid

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