Q 01/05

The Bulldog is a British breed of which type?

A) Spitz

B) Sighthound

C) Mastiff

D) Terrier

Answer · why

C) Mastiff

It is stocky and muscular with a large head, thick facial folds and a protruding lower jaw.

Q 02/05

The modern Bulldog descends from the Old English Bulldog, which was used for what sport?

A) Bull-baiting

B) Rat pitting

C) Fox hunting

D) Hare coursing

Answer · why

A) Bull-baiting

Wagers were placed on each dog, and the one that grabbed the tethered bull by the nose and pinned it won.

Q 03/05

Which act outlawed the Bulldog's original blood sport in England?

A) Animal Welfare Act 2006

B) Dangerous Dogs Act 1991

C) Protection of Animals Act 1911

D) Cruelty to Animals Act 1835

Answer · why

D) Cruelty to Animals Act 1835

It left the Old English Bulldog without a job in England, though emigrants found uses for the dogs in the New World.

Q 04/05

The earliest written reference to the word 'Bulldog', around 1631, appears in a letter asking for what?

A) A Bulldog for the King

B) Two good Bulldogs sent by ship

C) A Bulldog puppy for a christening

D) A Bulldog to guard a warehouse

Answer · why

B) Two good Bulldogs sent by ship

Preswick Eaton wrote 'procuer mee two good Bulldogs, and let them be sent by ye first shipp'.

Q 05/05

In 1666 Christopher Merret listed the Bulldog in Latin as Canis pugnax, describing it as what?

A) A Gentleman's Companion

B) A Butchers Bull or Bear Dog

C) A Fisherman's Retriever

D) A Shepherd's Guard

Answer · why

B) A Butchers Bull or Bear Dog

The entry appeared in his Pinax Rerum Naturalium Britannicarum.