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Question 1: There are about 83 million pet dogs in the U.S. How many pet cats are there?

A. 14 million B. 45 million C. 75 million D. 96 million

Question 1: There are about 83 million pet dogs in the U.S. How many pet cats are there?

A. 14 million B. 45 million C. 75 million D. 96 million

Question 2: What often happens to a cat’s whiskers when the cat is feeling threatened or aggressive?

A. They point forward. B. They lie flat against the cat’s face. C. They retract into the cat’s body. D. They fall out.

Question 2: What often happens to a cat’s whiskers when the cat is feeling threatened or aggressive?

A. They point forward. B. They lie flat against the cat’s face. C. They retract into the cat’s body. D. They fall out.

Question 3: What color are kittens’ eyes when they are born? A. Blue. B. Brown. C. Red. D. Green.

Question 3: What color are kittens’ eyes when they are born? A. Blue. B. Brown. C. Red. D. Green.

Question 4: How many hours do cats typically sleep in one day? A. 4-6 hours B. 8-11 hours C. 12-16 hours D. 20-23 hours

Question 4: How many hours do cats typically sleep in one day? A. 4-6 hours B. 8-11 hours C. 12-16 hours D. 20-23 hours

Question 5: What breed of cat is this? A. Chihuahua B. Turkish C. Persian D. Sphynx

Question 5: What breed of cat is this? A. Chihuahua B. Turkish C. Persian D. Sphynx

Question 6: What breed of cat is this? A. Manx B. Maine Coon C. Persian D. Siberian

Question 6: What breed of cat is this? A. Manx B. Maine Coon C. Persian D. Siberian

Question 7: What breed of cat are these? A. Maine Coon B. Norwegian

Forest C. Abyssinian D. British

Shorthair

Question 7: What breed of cat are these? A. Maine Coon B. Norwegian

Forest C. Abyssinian D. British

Shorthair

Question 8: Singer Katy Perry has a Maine Coon Cat. What is it’s name?

A. Russell Brand B. Firework C. Roar D. Kitty Purry

Question 8: Singer Katy Perry has a Maine Coon Cat. What is it’s name?

A. Russell Brand B. Firework C. Roar D. Kitty Purry

Question 9: Which former president had a cat named “Socks” in the White House?

A. Bill Clinton B. George W. Bush C. George H. W. Bush D. Ronald Reagan

Question 9: Which former president had a cat named “Socks” in the White House?

A. Bill Clinton B. George W. Bush C. George H. W. Bush D. Ronald Reagan

Question 10: What is the name of this 1965 film starring Hayley Mills and a Siamese cat?

A. The Cat Trap B. Summer Magic C. That Darn Cat! D. My Cat Fred

Question 10: What is the name of this 1965 film starring Hayley Mills and a Siamese cat?

A. The Cat Trap B. Summer Magic C. That Darn Cat! D. My Cat Fred

Question 11: What is the name of this 1978 movie about a cat called Jake? A. The Cat from

Outer Space B. The Time

Traveling Cat C. Free Jake D. Planet of the

Cats

Question 11: What is the name of this 1978 movie about a cat called Jake? A. The Cat from

Outer Space B. The Time

Traveling Cat C. Free Jake D. Planet of the

Cats

Question 12: This book by Sheila Burnford about two dogs and a Siamese cat was later turned into a famous movie. What is its title?

A. Three Friends B. Across the

Wilderness C. The Incredible

Journey D. Fleas

Question 12: This book by Sheila Burnford about two dogs and a Siamese cat was later turned into a famous movie. What is its title?

A. Three Friends B. Across the

Wilderness C. The Incredible

Journey D. Fleas

Question 13: What is the name of the movie featuring these cat villains called Si and Am?

A. Bambi B. Mary Poppins C. All Dogs go to

Heaven D. Lady and the

Tramp

Question 13: What is the name of the movie featuring these cat villains called Si and Am?

A. Bambi B. Mary Poppins C. All Dogs go to

Heaven D. Lady and the

Tramp

Question 14: What is the name of this cat villain from the movie Cinderella?

A. Lucifer B. Bruno C. Tremaine D. Prince

Question 14: What is the name of this cat villain from the movie Cinderella?

A. Lucifer B. Bruno C. Tremaine D. Prince

Question 15: What brand of cat food had popular commercials featuring a cat named Baxter who called his owner on the phone? A. Fancy Feast B. Friskies C. Meow Mix D. Science Diet

Question 15: What brand of cat food had popular commercials featuring a cat named Baxter who called his owner on the phone? A. Fancy Feast B. Friskies C. Meow Mix D. Science Diet

Question 16: What is the name of a tune popular in the 1960s that had also had a dance associated with it?

A. The Alley Cat B. Herding Cats C. The Cat Boogie D. Cat Steppin’

Question 16: What is the name of a tune popular in the 1960s that had also had a dance associated with it?

A. The Alley Cat B. Herding Cats C. The Cat Boogie D. Cat Steppin’

Question 17: In Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, why does the Queen of Hearts have difficulty in sentencing the Cheshire Cat to a beheading? A. Because she is fond of cats. B. Because the Cheshire Cat’s body disappears,

leaving only a head and nothing to cut it off of. C. Because the Cheshire Cat has eight more lives

anyway. D. Because the Cheshire Cat turns into a pig.

Question 17: In Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, why does the Queen of Hearts have difficulty in sentencing the Cheshire Cat to a beheading? A. Because she is fond of cats. B. Because the Cheshire Cat’s body disappears,

leaving only a head and nothing to cut it off of. C. Because the Cheshire Cat has eight more lives

anyway. D. Because the Cheshire Cat turns into a pig.

Question 18: In the fairy tale “Puss in Boots,” how does the miller’s son come to own a cat?

A. He saves it from a wolf that was about to eat it.

B. He finds it in a barn. C. The cat starts following

him and won’t go away.

D.He inherits the cat when his father dies.

Question 18: In the fairy tale “Puss in Boots,” how does the miller’s son come to own a cat?

A. He saves it from a wolf that was about to eat it.

B. He finds it in a barn. C. The cat starts following

him and won’t go away.

D.He inherits the cat when his father dies.

Question 19: A famous cartoon cat, popular first in animated short films and then in newspaper comics, became the first cartoon character to be made into a parade balloon in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. What is this character’s name?

A. Garfield B. Felix the Cat C. Tom D. Le Chat

Question 19: A famous cartoon cat, popular first in animated short films and then in newspaper comics, became the first cartoon character to be made into a parade balloon in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. What is this character’s name?

A. Garfield B. Felix the Cat C. Tom D. Le Chat

Question 20: What is the name of the ancient Egyptian cat goddess who represented protection, motherhood and fertility?

A. Isis B. Hathor C. Unut D. Bast

Question 20: What is the name of the ancient Egyptian cat goddess who represented protection, motherhood and fertility?

A. Isis B. Hathor C. Unut D. Bast

Question 21: What is the name of the scientist who famously used a cat in an example to illustrate principles of quantum mechanics?

A. Erwin Schrödinger B. Albert Einstein C. Stephen Hawking D. Niels Bohr

Question 21: What is the name of the scientist who famously used a cat in an example to illustrate principles of quantum mechanics?

A. Erwin Schrödinger B. Albert Einstein C. Stephen Hawking D. Niels Bohr