Q 01/05

The Border Collie takes its name from the frontier between which two countries?

A) England and Scotland

B) England and Wales

C) Ireland and Northern Ireland

D) France and Belgium

Answer · why

A) England and Scotland

The breed descends from the landrace sheepdogs once found all over the British Isles, but the border hill farms shaped the modern type.

Q 02/05

Border Collies are kept predominantly for what job?

A) Guarding property

B) Retrieving game birds

C) Herding sheep

D) Pulling sleds

Answer · why

C) Herding sheep

They also compete with great success in sheepdog trials, the sport built around that job.

Q 03/05

The word 'collie' is thought to come from an old Celtic word meaning what?

A) Useful

B) Black

C) Loyal

D) Swift

Answer · why

A) Useful

The word itself has its roots in the Scots language, and is older than the breed name.

Q 04/05

Who first used the term 'border collie' in 1915 to distinguish working dogs from show collies?

A) James Reid of the International Sheep Dog Society

B) Adam Telfer of Northumberland

C) Queen Victoria's kennel master

D) Stanley Coren, the psychologist

Answer · why

A) James Reid of the International Sheep Dog Society

The show collies had come from the same working stock but had changed after entering the show ring in 1860.

Q 05/05

Which dog, born in Northumberland in 1893, is regarded as the founding sire of the Border Collie breed?

A) Old Bob

B) Wiston Cap

C) Hindhope Jed

D) Old Hemp

Answer · why

D) Old Hemp

Every purebred Border Collie alive today can trace a line back to him.