36 Dog Trivia Questions and Answers
Dog trivia for anyone who lives with one: breeds and where they come from, famous dogs of film, television and history, and a few facts about the animal itself. Some questions are easy enough for children and some will test a breeder. The answers are under each question.
There are 36 questions on this page. They are free to use for quiz nights, classrooms and pub quizzes, and each one links to its own page.
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1.The domestic dog is descended from which wild animal?
Answer: The wolf (gray wolf)
Open this question2.Which Mexican toy breed is the smallest recognized dog breed in the world?
Answer: Chihuahua
Open this question3.Which dog breed is known for its white coat marked with dark spots?
Answer: Dalmatian
Open this question4.Which breed of sighthound has long been used in organised coursing and in a form of track racing that bears its name?
Answer: Greyhound
Open this question5.Which large breed of working dog takes its name from a hospice at an Alpine pass between Switzerland and Italy?
Answer: St. Bernard
Open this question6.What was the name of the Soviet space dog that became the first animal to orbit the Earth?
Answer: Laika
Open this question7.The sled dog Balto led the final leg of the 1925 serum run to which Alaskan town?
Answer: Nome
Open this question8.A statue of the sled dog Balto stands in which New York City park?
Answer: Central Park
Open this question9.At which Tokyo railway station did the loyal dog Hachiko meet his owner every day, and keep waiting for him for almost ten years after the man's death?
Answer: Shibuya
Open this question10.What breed of dog was Hachiko?
Answer: Akita
Open this question11.What breed of dog is Lassie?
Answer: Rough Collie
Open this question12.In the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz", what breed of dog played Toto?
Answer: Cairn Terrier
Open this question13.What breed of dog was the film star Rin Tin Tin?
Answer: German Shepherd
Open this question14.What breed of dog is the cartoon character Scooby-Doo?
Answer: Great Dane
Open this question15.In the comic strip "Peanuts", what breed of dog is Snoopy?
Answer: Beagle
Open this question16.Which hunting dog from central Africa is known as the "barkless dog"?
Answer: Basenji
Open this question17.The dachshund was originally bred to hunt which burrowing animal?
Answer: The badger
Open this question18.Which dog breed has a tongue that is purple or blue-black?
Answer: Chow Chow
Open this question19.Which dog breed is famous as the preferred breed of Queen Elizabeth II, who owned more than thirty of them during her reign?
Answer: Pembroke Welsh Corgi
Open this question20.In Greek mythology, what is the name of the many-headed dog that guards the gates of the underworld?
Answer: Cerberus
Open this question21.What was the name of the dog painted by Francis Barraud in the picture "His Master's Voice"?
Answer: Nipper
Open this question22.The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show was first held in 1877 in which city?
Answer: New York City
Open this question23.Crufts, the British dog show founded in 1891, is named after which man?
Answer: Charles Cruft
Open this question24.The Labrador Retriever was developed from dogs imported from which Canadian island colony?
Answer: Newfoundland
Open this question25.The Dobermann is named after Louis Dobermann, a German who did which job besides breeding dogs?
Answer: Tax collector
Open this question26.Which Russian scientist is famous for his experiments on conditioned reflexes in dogs?
Answer: Ivan Pavlov
Open this question27.Greyfriars Bobby, the terrier said to have guarded his master's grave for 14 years, lived in which city?
Answer: Edinburgh
Open this question28.What was the name of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Scottish Terrier?
Answer: Fala
Open this question29.Richard Nixon said in a famous speech that he intended to keep one gift whatever happened: a cocker spaniel. What had his children named the dog?
Answer: Checkers
Open this question30.About how many teeth does a dog have?
Answer: 42
Open this question31.Which breed of large scent hound, with long ears and wrinkled skin, is famous for tracking people by smell?
Answer: Bloodhound
Open this question32.Which people of the Russian Far East first developed the Siberian Husky, for pulling sleds and for companionship?
Answer: The Chukchi
Open this question33.The Rhodesian Ridgeback was bred in southern Africa to help hunt which animal?
Answer: The lion
Open this question34.In J. M. Barrie's "Peter Pan", what is the name of the dog who serves as the Darling children's nurse?
Answer: Nana
Open this question35.In Homer's "Odyssey", what is the name of the faithful dog who recognizes Odysseus on his return home?
Answer: Argos
Open this question36.The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is run each year in which US state?
Answer: Alaska
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