Bull Terrier Trivia
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50 free Bull Terrier trivia questions with answers — nature quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
This Bull Terrier trivia quiz covers the 'egghead' from the fighting pits of Birmingham to the Target logo. History questions follow the bull-and-terrier crosses of the early 1800s, James Hinks and his white Bulldog Madman, Puss's debut at Cremorne Gardens in 1862, the Dalmatian, Whippet, Borzoi and Collie blood that refined the type, Lord Gladiator, the first dog with no stop at all, and Ted Lyon's coloured Bull Terriers, recognised by the AKC in 1936. The breed section covers the egg-shaped head, the triangular eyes almost unique in dogdom, the horizontal tail, the standard's colours, temperament, life expectancy, deafness rates in white dogs, lethal acrodermatitis and the German import ban despite a study finding no temperament difference from Golden Retrievers. Famous Bull Terriers include Patton's Willie, Roosevelt's Pete, Patsy Ann of Juneau, Spuds MacKenzie, Bullseye, Bill Sikes's Bull's-eye, Scud from Toy Story and Sparky from Frankenweenie. Questions run from easy to expert with a difficulty score on each, so it suits a family quiz or a devoted Bull Terrier owner. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia and breed references and each question carries its citation. Also try our Dogs and Staffordshire Bull Terrier quizzes.
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Q 01The Bull Terrier's most recognisable feature is a head described as what shape?
Egg-shaped
Egg-shaped. The first Bull Terriers of the 1860s still had the usual dip between forehead and muzzle; later breeders bred it away, and the unbroken curve from skull to nose became standard in the early 1900s.
Q 02What shape are a Bull Terrier's eyes?
Triangular
Triangular. Breeders deliberately bred for small, dark eyes sunk deep and set at a slant, chasing what the breed standard still calls a 'piercing glint'.
Q 03Which royal was convicted in 2002 after her Bull Terrier Dotty bit two children in Windsor Great Park?
Princess Anne
Princess Anne. She pleaded guilty under the Dangerous Dogs Act and was fined £500; the judge spared Dotty's life but ordered her to be trained and kept on a lead in public.
Q 04James Hinks, creator of the Bull Terrier, lived most of his life in which English city?
Birmingham
Birmingham. Hinks, a shoemaker's son, started out there trading poultry before he moved into dog dealing and bred the all-white terrier that made his name.
Q 05Rufus, a Colored Bull Terrier, won Best in Show in February 2006 at which dog show?
Westminster
Westminster. Rufus beat six other group winners at Madison Square Garden after an upset in the terrier group, and his owner retired him on the spot: 'This is his last show.'
Q 06Besides bulldogs and terriers, which breed did James Hinks cross into his early Bull Terriers?
Dalmatian
Dalmatian. Hinks kept no record of his crosses, but his son recalled that he used the spotted breed early on to give his new terriers their striking all-white coat.
Q 07Which breed, nicknamed the 'American Gentleman', shares the Bull Terrier's bulldog-and-terrier ancestry?
Boston Terrier
Boston Terrier. Bostonians bred it in the late 1800s from a bulldog-and-terrier cross, and its tuxedo-like markings and tidy manners earned it the nickname.
Q 08Early-1900s breeders brought colour into the all-white Bull Terrier by crossing it with which breed?
Staffordshire Bull Terrier
Staffordshire Bull Terrier. Crossing back to this close cousin put colour into a breed kept white for decades, and American shows now judge White and Colored Bull Terriers as separate varieties.
Q 09Which colour do the breed standards prefer in a coloured Bull Terrier?
Brindle
Brindle. Both the British and American standards break ties in its favour, and the colour has to dominate: the AKC disqualifies a 'coloured' dog that is mostly white.
Q 10On a white Bull Terrier, show standards accept coloured markings on which part of the dog only?
The head
The head. James Hinks bred his terriers to be pure white, so the white variety's standard still tolerates a dark ear or eye patch and nothing further back.
Q 11Which nickname did James Hinks's all-white Bull Terrier earn in Victorian Britain?
The White Cavalier
The White Cavalier. Hinks sold his civilised fighting dog as a gentleman's companion, and the name summed up its code: it would never start a fight but could always finish one.
Q 12By the breed standard, how should a Bull Terrier carry its tail?
Horizontally
Horizontally. Bull Terriers are also prone to chasing that tail compulsively, a habit Tufts vets studied in 145 affected dogs and linked to trance-like states.
Q 13Why is the Bull Terrier considered unsuitable for an inexperienced owner?
It is independent and stubborn
Q 21After his dog fought Eisenhower's, why did Patton say his own dog should be confined to quarters?
The other dog outranked his
The other dog outranked his. Eisenhower offered to lock up his own Scottish Terrier, Telek, instead, but Patton apologised and ruled that Willie, the junior officer's dog, was the one to be confined.
Q 22Which piece of a soldier's kit did General Patton have specially made for his Bull Terrier Willie?
Dog tags
Dog tags. Patton had regulation G.I. identity tags made for Willie, and after the general's death in December 1945 the dog was sent home to live out his days with the Patton family.
Q 23Pete, a White House dog often called a Bull Terrier, tore the French ambassador's trousers under which president?
It is independent and stubborn. Even the Kennel Club's breed standard calls the Bull Terrier 'obstinate', though it adds in the same breath that it is 'particularly good with people'.
Q 14A veterinary study using official aggression tests found no significant difference between Bull Terriers and which family breed?
Golden Retrievers
Golden Retrievers. Researchers put 38 Bull Terriers through a state test designed for 'dangerous' breeds, and 37 reacted appropriately in every situation, no worse than the 70 retrievers used as a benchmark.
Q 15Which now-extinct breed did James Hinks cross with bull-and-terriers to create the Bull Terrier?
English White Terrier
English White Terrier. Hinks wanted a cleaner-looking dog than the old pit fighters, with straighter legs and finer lines, and this sleek show terrier supplied them before dying out itself.
Q 16Which condition is far commoner in white Bull Terriers than coloured ones?
Deafness
Deafness. Breeders are urged to screen puppies with a brainstem hearing test, and owners to rule deafness out before writing off a pup as disobedient.
Q 17Lethal acrodermatitis in white Bull Terriers resembles a human disorder of absorbing which mineral?
Zinc
Zinc. In people the lookalike disease clears up with zinc supplements, but they do nothing for affected puppies, and in 2018 geneticists traced the dogs' version to a different gene altogether.
Q 18Which eye colour disqualifies a Bull Terrier from the American show ring?
Blue
Blue. It is the one fault that bars a white Bull Terrier outright under the American standard, where even a very crooked front only loses points; British judges merely call blue eyes 'undesirable'.
Q 19Vets advise screening Bull Terrier parents for inherited disease in which two organs?
Heart and kidneys
Heart and kidneys. Faulty heart valves and a hereditary kidney disease both run in the breed, and kidney failure is often far advanced by the time it shows, so parents are scanned and urine-tested first.
Q 20General George S. Patton's Bull Terrier Willie had previously belonged to whom?
A fallen RAF pilot
A fallen RAF pilot. The story goes that the dog, then called Punch, sometimes flew on bombing missions with his first master; when the airman failed to return, Patton's staff bought him in England in 1944.
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt. Pete had already bitten policemen and officials, and after he chased Ambassador Jusserand down a corridor and ripped his trousers, the dog was banished from the White House.
Q 24Patsy Ann, a 1930s Bull Terrier famed for meeting ships, was the 'Official Greeter' of which city?
Juneau, Alaska
Juneau, Alaska. Townsfolk swore she reached the right dock before a ship was even in sight, and a bronze statue put up in 1992 still watches the cruise ships come in.
Q 25Spuds MacKenzie, 'The Original Party Animal', advertised which product in the late 1980s?
Bud Light beer
Bud Light beer. Spuds debuted in a 1987 Super Bowl ad and sales reportedly jumped 20 per cent within a year, but the campaign was retired in 1989 amid complaints that it glamorised drinking.
Q 26Evie, the dog who played Spuds MacKenzie, was registered under which name?
Honey Tree Evil Eye
Honey Tree Evil Eye. Named for the Illinois kennel where she was born, Evie was a suburban family pet, and reporters who tracked her down in 1987 revealed that beer's best-known ladies' man was a she.
Q 27Since 1999, which US retailer has used a white Bull Terrier as its mascot?
Target
Target. The dog is called Bullseye after the store's red logo, which is painted around one eye with a non-toxic, vegetable-based colour that wipes straight off.
Q 28Which hockey commentator turned his Bull Terrier into a Canadian television celebrity?
Don Cherry
Don Cherry. Blue was a gift from his Boston Bruins players, Cherry said he modelled the team's scrappy style on the dog, and Blue went on to appear in the opening of his Coach's Corner segment.
Q 29In film versions of Oliver Twist, the Bull Terrier Bull's-eye belongs to which criminal?
Bill Sikes
Bill Sikes. After murdering Nancy, Sikes tries to drown the faithful dog because it could identify him, and in the 1968 film Oliver! it is Bull's-eye who leads the mob to his hideout.
Q 30Scud, the Bull Terrier in Toy Story, belongs to which character?
Sid Phillips
Sid Phillips. Scud chews up toys as happily as his owner blows them up, and his chase after Woody and Buzz ends when he runs into a road junction and is boxed in by swerving cars.