Q 01/05

Most black cats have eyes of which colour, thanks to their high melanin content?

A) Golden

B) Blue

C) Green

D) Grey

Answer · why

A) Golden

The Bombay breed standard goes further and demands copper-gold eyes; green is a fault.

Q 02/05

Which is the only cat breed that comes exclusively in black?

A) Chartreux

B) Bombay

C) Korat

D) Havana Brown

Answer · why

B) Bombay

The Cat Fanciers' Association allows solid black as an option in 21 other breeds, but this one is black and nothing else.

Q 03/05

A black cat's coat can 'rust' to a reddish-brown shade after too much of what?

A) Salt water

B) Cold weather

C) Sunlight

D) Grooming

Answer · why

C) Sunlight

The black pigment eumelanin is fragile, and a shortage of the amino acid tyrosine can cause the same effect.

Q 04/05

A cat whose dark fur has white roots is known by what name?

A) Ghost coat

B) Silver ash

C) Frost point

D) Black smoke

Answer · why

D) Black smoke

Faint tabby markings can also show through on a solid black cat in certain light, because the tabby pattern is only suppressed, not erased.

Q 05/05

Which big cat was Nikki Horner's all-black breed, created in Louisville from 1958, meant to resemble in miniature?

A) A panther

B) A leopard

C) A puma

D) A bobcat

Answer · why

A) A panther

She crossed sable Burmese with black American Shorthairs; her first attempt failed and the second succeeded in 1965.