Q 01/05

The name 'Basset' comes from the French word bas, meaning what?

A) Slow

B) Heavy

C) Wrinkled

D) Low

Answer · why

D) Low

Low. With the diminutive -et it means 'rather low', and for centuries the word covered any low-set hound, not one breed, which is why the Basset Hound...

Q 02/05

The Basset Hound was bred primarily to hunt what?

A) Rabbit and hare

B) Raccoon and opossum

C) Otter and beaver

D) Rats and mice

Answer · why

A) Rabbit and hare

Rabbit and hare. The hound's job was to push them out of dense brush toward the hunters, at a pace slow enough to follow on foot.

Q 03/05

The Basset Hound's nose is said to be second only to that of which breed?

A) The Bloodhound

B) The Beagle

C) The German Shepherd

D) The Foxhound

Answer · why

A) The Bloodhound

The Bloodhound. English breeders crossed the two in the 1890s to bring fresh blood and size into an inbred line, and the cross fixed the modern Basset...

Q 04/05

In 1883 an English earl brought some of America's first recorded Bassets to his ranch in which state?

A) Wyoming

B) Kentucky

C) Texas

D) Virginia

Answer · why

C) Texas

Texas. Lord Aylesford, shut out of English society after a divorce scandal, had just bought a cattle ranch at Big Spring and brought a pair over to hu...

Q 05/05

How many recognised 'basset'-type breeds are there in France?

A) Two

B) Six

C) Four

D) Nine

Answer · why

B) Six

They include the Basset Artésien Normand, Basset Bleu de Gascogne and the Grand and Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen.