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1. What Siberian dog breed is known for its thickly furred double coat, its large size, its vertical triangular ears, and for looking like an Alaskan Malamute?
Answer: Husky
2. Bearded, Border, and Scotch are three types of what pointed-snout herding dog that originated in Scotland and Northern England?
Answer: Collie
3. In 1933, Queen Elizabeth’s family got a dog named Dookie that began her lifelong obsession with what bootylicious Welsh breed that the American Kennel Club describes as a “lively little herder who is affectionate and companionable without being needy?”
Answer: Pembroke Welsh Corgi
4. The "Boston" breed of what dog type is sometimes adorably known as the "American gentleman?" These dogs are also the mascot of Boston University.
Answer: Terrier
5. A male collie named Pal was the first dog to portray what legendary (and female) title character on television?
Answer: Lassie
6. In a 2017 survey by Hasbro, the Scottie Dog beat the T-Rex and the Hat to claim the title of most popular playing token in what board game?
Answer: Monopoly
7. Charles Monroe "Sparky" Schulz was born in Minneapolis in 1922 and grew up in nearby St. Paul. Name the most famous dog drawn by Schulz.
Answer: Snoopy
8. Unlike most Disney characters, Mickey Mouse's pet dog is not anthropomorphic beyond some facial expressions. What is the name of Mickey's dog that was first introduced in 1930?
Answer: Pluto
9. What working and herding two-word dog breed is known for its intelligence and high levels of intelligence, as well as often having a two-colored coat? Their name is reminiscent of the dividing line between territories.
Answer: Border Collie
10. Sharing his name with an element having the atomic number 29, what is the name of the titular dog in Disney’s “The Fox and the Hound?”
Answer: Copper
11. The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show is the second-longest continuously running sporting event in the U.S. behind what boozy race that anagrams to YUCKY BEND TREK?
Answer: Kentucky Derby
12. The Peanuts Easter Special seems a little odd when you consider that Snoopy is which very vocal dog breed that was originally bred to hunt rabbits?
Answer: Beagle
13. Voiced by John Travolta, the title character of what 2008 Disney animated film is a white dog with a lightning-shaped marking on his coat?
Answer: Bolt
14. Nope, not paws: What part of a dog's body has a pattern as unique as a human's fingerprint, and is even used by kennel organizations to identify individual dogs?
Answer: Nose
15. What breed of short-haired hunting dog gets its name from a German town that was a center of the Enlightenment, and which later gave its name to the German Republic that existed between the two world wars?
Answer: Weimaraner
16. His breed was never revealed, but which fictional dog do you most likely remember as simply being very big and very red?
Answer: Clifford
17. Although his role in the 1925 run of serum to Nome was minimized in favor of that of the final dog, Balto, what lead sled dog actually covered a greater distance and more dangerous territory? (Hint: he shares his name with a small African nation.)
Answer: Togo
18. Led by her owner Cathy Gauche, the 2024 Best In Show winner of the 148th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show is “Sage,” a miniature variety of what “P” canine breed?
Answer: Poodle
19. They sure seem to respect their dogs. Which country has officially declared six dog breeds, including the Shiba and Akita, as national monuments?
Answer: Japan
20. The Direwolves in the "Game of Thrones" TV series were played by Northern Inuit Dogs, a breed which has been in development since the 1980s. These dogs carry the genes of German Shepherds, Malamutes, and which Russian sled dog breed?
Answer: Siberian Huskies
21. Bo is a male Portuguese Water Dog famously owned by what American family?
Answer: The Obamas
22. Which K-word for a doghouse also refers to the member’s only clubs for purebred dogs—particularly those that are shown or bred?
Answer: Kennel
23. What breed of dog was named after an English clergyman who bred hunting dogs in the mid 1800s?
Answer: Jack Russell terrier
24. Every year since its inception in 1973, the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race has taken place in which month?
Answer: March
25. What stumpy, super-sniffing breed of dog anagrams to HUNTS ABODES?
Answer: Basset Hound
26. In a famous meme based on a comic by K.C. Green, a dog is seen in a room on fire. What three-word phrase does the dog say in nonchalant response to the situation?
Answer: This is fine.
27. A “chiweenie” is a mutt mash-up of a chihuahua and what narrow dog breed?
Answer: Dachshund
28. Dug, a dog who wears a collar that can translate his thoughts into speech, made his first appearance in what heartwarming 2009 Pixar film?
Answer: Up
29. The Airedale is the largest of which type of dog breed that takes its name from the Latin for “earth?”
Answer: Terrier
30. The first ever guide dog school was opened by Dr. Gerhard Stalling in 1916 in the town of Oldenburg in which European country?
Answer: Germany
31. Though they may not seem like hunters, what dog breed was originally developed to hunt burrowing animals? This breed's name, in fact, means "badger hound" in German.
Answer: Dachshund
32. Appearances in Katy Perry and Fall Out Boy videos fall on the CV of what smushy-faced Instagram dog who anagrams to UP DOGE THUG?
Answer: Doug the Pug
33. Which “Great” breed is a large mountain dog with French roots, a fluffy, thick, usually white coat, and a talent for shepherding?
Answer: Pyraneese
34. Surrey Sage, a winner of the prestigious Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, is what specific and diminutive breed of dog that anagrams to MOLE REPUDIATION?
Answer: Miniature Poodle
35. Which breed of dog with distinctive coat markings that originated as a hunting and carriage dog is named after a historic region of Croatia?
Answer: Dalmatian
36. Which canine trainer helped people with their problem pets on National Geographic’s “Dog Whisperer” from 2004 to 2012?
Answer: Cesar Millan
37. Buck, a St. Bernard-Scotch Shepherd mix, is abducted from his California home and pressed into service as an Alaskan sled dog in what classic 1903 novel?
Answer: The Call of the Wild
38. Literally a shaggy dog story, the movie "Top Dog" teamed a dog named Reno and what "Walker, Texas Ranger" star to foil a terror plot in San Diego?
Answer: Chuck Norris
39. What athletic hound, built like a Great Dane with long silky brown hair, has a name that sounds like the dog came from Kabul?
Answer: Afghan Hound
40. Fans of what “B” Blue Heeler cartoon puppy, debuting in Australia in 2018 and later on Disney Junior, can get tiny figurines of the dog and his family?
Answer: Bluey
41. Which dog with a repetitive name may have been referenced in ancient China as resembling lions with their blue-black tongues?
Answer: Chow Chow
42. Who's a good boy? The much-Comic Sans'ed doge meme features Kabosu, a dog of what fluffy Japanese dog breed?
Answer: Shiba Inu
43. In the 1983 horror movie “Cujo”, based on a novel by Stephen King of the same name, which large breed of dog is Cujo? This breed of dog takes its name from an Italian monk.
Answer: Saint Bernard
44. What 2005 family film stars AnnaSophia Robb as a young girl who adopts a dog she finds at a Florida supermarket, naming him after the supermarket chain?
Answer: Because of Winn-Dixie
45. What is the name of the service dog who assisted former President George H.W. Bush in the last six months of his life? The dog was named after the hero pilot who successfully landed a US Airways flight in the Hudson River in 2009.
Answer: Sully
46. A rich SoCal lady's purse dog gets dognapped and sent to dog fights in Mexico City. That's the more-brutal-than-expected plot of what 2008 family film that anagrams to A CHIVE HEIR HUSH LULLABY?
Answer: Beverly Hills Chihuahua
47. What Bahamas-based musical group had the catchy hit, "Who Let the Dogs Out?"
Answer: Baha Men
48. On the NBC sitcom “Fraiser,” Martin Crane owned a pet pooch named Eddie. What kind of terrier was the lovable canine character on the original series?
Answer: Jack Russell Terrier
49. A famous tourist stop in Gundagai, North South Wales, is a statue of a "Dog on a" what? It’s an Australian term for a container of food.
Answer: Tuckerbox
50. Sharing the first half of his name with both his own and a different dog breed, Target's mascot Bullseye is what breed of dog?
Answer: Bull Terrier
51. An Oktoberfest Zinzinnati event features what hound group breed racing each other wearing hot dog costumes?
Answer: Dachshund
52. What medium-large dog breed is the most popular dog breed in the United States, and is commonly used as a guide dog?
Answer: Labrador Retriever
53. Djinn Djinn was the super on-the-snoot name of the title character's dog on what old-school sitcom that anagrams to I FREED A EMO NINJA?
Answer: I Dream of Jeannie
54. What's the name of the energetic Australian Cattle Dog who is the title star of a popular children's show airing in the U.S. on Disney+?
Answer: Bluey
55. What “A” dog breed is a livestock guardian or shepherd dog from Turkey, known for its intelligence and bravery?
Answer: Akbash
56. A surgical caudectomy is the technical term for the docking of what body part, as might be performed on a dog or horse?
Answer: Tail
57. What herding dog breed is used the most in police forces around the world?
Answer: German Shepherd
58. Which giant breed of dog is sometimes called the German Mastiff?
Answer: Great Dane
59. Which A-term refers to an animal's age in years rather than their age in terms of development? For example, how old a dog actually is by the calendar as opposed to how many “dog years” old they are.
Answer: Absolute
60. What is the official state dog of North Carolina? The breed was developed by, and named for, a German immigrant to North Carolina.
Answer: Plott hound
61. “Roll that beautiful bean footage!” Which loyal breed was Duke, the family dog who supposedly knows the secret Bush’s Baked Beans recipe?
Answer: Golden Retriever
62. If a dog has thyroid hyperplasia, which common name for the condition when it occurs in humans could you use when talking to the owner?
Answer: Goiter
63. Which large breed of Hungarian working dog is known for its corded coat that looks like dreadlocks?
Answer: Komondor
64. What American, not English, hound is the state dog of Virginia? George Washington was an important figure in the development of the breed.
Answer: American foxhound
65. Which dog breed with roots in the ancient Middle East has long been a favored racing dog given its speed? No word on whether its long, hairy ears that look a bit like pigtails give it any aerodynamic advantage.
Answer: Saluki
66. A real-life dog, who appeared in numerous films in the 1920s and 1930s, gave its name to a fictional dog in a classic 1950s Western TV show. What name did these dogs share?
Answer: Rin Tin Tin
67. Long before Air Bud proved there's nothing in the rules that says a dog can't play basketball, Delaware made what breed, among the most commonly owned in the U.S., its state dog?
Answer: Golden Retriever
68. "Handsome Dan" has been the name of the live bulldog mascot of the sports teams of what Ivy League school since 1889?
Answer: Yale University
69. The title character's family fosters a pup being trained as a service animal for the blind in "Kristy Thomas, Dog Trainer," the 118th installment in what popular children's novel series by Ann M. Martin?
Answer: The Baby-Sitters Club
70. What pet food company was started by veterinarian Morris Frank, who in 1939 developed a food to help a man whose dog was suffering from kidney failure?
Answer: Hill's
71. First produced by the Chappell Brothers in 1922, what was the first mass-marketed canned dog food?
Answer: Ken-L-Ration
72. After the success of "Call of the Wild," about a pet dog that joins a pack of wolves, Jack London wrote a companion novel in reverse about a wolf-dog who becomes domesticated. What is the book's name?
Answer: White Fang
73. A dog named Peggy played Dogpool, AKA Mary Puppins, in what 2024 MCU film that united two superheroes of the franchise?
Answer: Deadpool & Wolverine
74. Of all the animals who make appearances in The Bible, only one breed of dog is called out by name. In Proverbs 30:29-31, what super-fast pup is mentioned?
Answer: Greyhound
75. What breed known for its wolf-hunting skills was once so revered in its native Russia that no one could actually buy one—the dog could only be given as a gift to the Tsar?
Answer: Borzoi
76. Foe Thee Frenchie is an adorable French bulldog whose Instagram account has more than 500,000 followers because he's the pet of what "Savage" rapper?
Answer: Megan Thee Stallion
77. A crime-fighting canine needs a nose for crime. Which super-sniffing dog breed was the first animal to have its evidence deemed admissible in U.S. courts?
Answer: Bloodhound
78. Adolf Hitler’s dog Blondi, who was gifted to him as a puppy, was what breed?
Answer: German Shepherd
79. Which POTUS found himself in the proverbial doghouse after Life magazine published a photo of him holding his pet beagle (who was, in fact, named “Him”) by his ears in 1964?
Answer: Lyndon B Johnson
80. According to ancient Greek literature, Argos, the dog of what wayward king of Ithaca, died of joy after seeing his master for the first time in decades?
Answer: Odysseus
81. To honor the state’s history of training them, what special kind of helpful working pup was declared New Jersey’s state dog in 2020?
Answer: Seeing eye
82. Jim Belushi plays a rage-a-holic San Diego detective who gets partnered with a dog in a 1989 movie with what very short, on-the-nose title?
Answer: K-9
83. The Japanese Raccoon Dog (as opposed to the mainland Raccoon Dog) is also known by what Japanese name? These animals are abundant in Japan, even in cities.
Answer: Tanuki
84. Adopted after his Alaskan antics by a Buckeye industrialist, you can visit the preserved body of what Iditarod-inspiring, antidote-schleppin' sled dog at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History?
Answer: Balto
85. If a Pomeranian dog is actually from Pomerania, that means it's from Germany or a voivodeship in what nearby country?
Answer: Poland
86. Franklin Roosevelt named his dog “Murray the Outlaw of Falahill” (“Fala” for short) after an ancestor that came from the same country as the pup’s breed. What kind of dog was Fala?
Answer: Scottish Terrier
87. The character of Eddie Crane on the popular ‘90s TV show "Frasier" was the family dog (named Moose in real life), but what breed of dog was he?
Answer: Jack Russell
88. A bulldog named Chance and a golden retriever named Shadow are two of the three protagonists of what 1993 Disney live-action family flick?
Answer: Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
89. A bulldog simply named "Dog” is the mascot of what PepsiCo subsidiary brand?
Answer: Mug Root Beer
90. What dog food brand introduced by General Foods in 1959 “Makes the gravy your dog is craving”, according to one of its 1987 commercials?
Answer: Gravy Train
91. What was the name of the time-traveling dog who was featured, along with his human boy companion, in segments of "The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends?"
Answer: Mr. Peabody
92. Dog head, plain donut body, rainbows coming out of its butt: That's Donut Dog, a tribute parody of what internet character?
Answer: Nyan Cat
93. Calling your dog “Fido” (which comes from the Latin term for “faithful”) has largely become a cliche. While the pet name for your pet goes back to Ancient Rome, it didn’t catch on in modern times until the 1860s. When he took office in 1861, which president made the name popular when he introduced his dog, Fido, to America? (Hint: The loyal hound attended his funeral a few years later.)
Answer: Abraham Lincoln
94. President Calvin Coolidge's favorite dog was what collie, who shares his alliterative name with a classic cocktail made with Scotch and vermouth?
Answer: Rob Roy
95. What was the name of the painting that featured a mutt named Nipper listening to a gramophone? This three-word title, sometimes abbreviated "HMV," later became a slogan associated with the Gramophone Company and RCA.
Answer: His Master's Voice
96. After a more than 30-year run for the Labrador Retriever, the most popular dog breed in America since 2022 has been what breed that originated in Paris?
Answer: French bulldog
97. What breed of terrier dog gets its name from the dividing line between England and Scotland, in the Cheviot Hills?
Answer: Border Terrier
98. What Belgian detective is seen with his dog Snowy in a "shark-proof submarine" on the cover of the graphic novel "Red Rackham's Treasure"?
Answer: Tintin
99. What charming toy dog, with a curled over tail and long silky hair in a multitude of colors, is the only dog native to Cuba?
Answer: Havanese
100. What breed of dog became well-known around the United States after then-President Barack Obama introduced two of them, named Bo and Sunny, to the White House?
Answer: Portuguese Water Dog
101. What is the homeowner's insurance exclusion that means that the insurer is not on the hook if your dog bites someone or damages property? This exclusion was originally developed for owners of breeds assumed to be aggressive, like Doberman Pinschers and Rottweilers.
Answer: Canine liability exclusion
102. A Hollywood tall tale surrounding the first ever Academy Awards claims that a dog received more Best Actor votes than any person. What four-legged friend, with over 20 films to his name by the time he went to doggy heaven, is the star of this movie myth?
Answer: Rin Tin Tin
103. What is the official state dog of New Hampshire? The name also refers to a variety of salmon.
Answer: Chinook
104. "Persian greyhounds" is a not entirely accurate nickname for what Egyptian dog breed that kinda looks like an Afghan hound with a summer buzz?
Answer: Salukis
105. In France, the dog is called Berger de Brie. Elsewhere, what name is given to the large, long-coated herding breed with the unusual feature of double dewclaws on its hind legs?
Answer: Briard
106. By what name deriving from the Russian for “swift” is the breed of dog previously known as the Russian Wolfhound, it having been bred in Russia for coursing and hunting, now known?
Answer: Borzoi
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