Q 01/05

The Bulldog is a British breed of which type?

A) Spitz

B) Sighthound

C) Mastiff

D) Terrier

Answer · why

C) Mastiff

Mastiff is the name a Tudor book of English dogs gives the dog used against bulls; by 1631 a letter could ask for a mastiff and bulldogs as two separa...

Q 02/05

The Old English Bulldog, ancestor of today's breed, was developed for which sport?

A) Bull-baiting

B) Bull riding

C) Bull-leaping

D) Running of the bulls

Answer · why

A) Bull-baiting

Bull-baiting set dogs on a tethered bull for wagers, and the one that pinned it by the nose won; centuries of that work gave the breed its low body an...

Q 03/05

Which organisation lobbied Parliament for the 1835 act that outlawed the Bulldog's original sport?

A) The Kennel Club

B) The Blue Cross

C) Battersea Dogs Home

D) The RSPCA

Answer · why

D) The RSPCA

The RSPCA was eleven years old and not yet royal when the 1835 act passed; with its sport gone the Bulldog nearly vanished, until fanciers bred the fi...

Q 04/05

In 1631 Prestwich Eaton wrote to London asking for 'two good Bulldogs' to be shipped to which country?

A) Spain

B) Portugal

C) France

D) Italy

Answer · why

A) Spain

Spain: Eaton was an Englishman writing from San Sebastian, and he wanted them put on the first ship, so the breed was prized enough to export even the...

Q 05/05

Which of these dog-world nicknames belongs to the Bulldog?

A) The Nanny Dog

B) The Lion Dog

C) The Gamekeeper's Night Dog

D) The Sourmug

Answer · why

D) The Sourmug

The Sourmug scowl is all front: behind it the modern Bulldog is a docile, gentle companion, bred away from the fighter it once was.