Q 01/05

The hairless Sphynx breed began with Prune, a kitten born bald in 1966, in which country?

A) Egypt

B) Mexico

C) Canada

D) Peru

Answer · why

C) Canada

Canada is where it began: Prune was born in Toronto to an ordinary black-and-white house cat. Early breeders called the cats Moonstones and Canadian H...

Q 02/05

Which shaggy breed is the largest domestic cat that is not a wild hybrid?

A) Siberian

B) Maine Coon

C) Pixie-bob

D) American Bobtail

Answer · why

B) Maine Coon

Maine Coon tails are long, bushy and ringed, which fed the impossible myth that the breed is part raccoon. Another legend says it descends from pets M...

Q 03/05

The dark face, ears, paws and tail of colorpoint cats come from a pigment enzyme sensitive to what?

A) Temperature

B) Light levels

C) Humidity

D) Hormones

Answer · why

A) Temperature

Temperature controls the pattern: the enzyme only makes pigment where the body is coolest. Kittens are born pale all over and darken at the extremitie...

Q 04/05

Which spotted breed did Jean Mill create by crossing house cats with the wild Asian leopard cat?

A) Egyptian Mau

B) Toyger

C) Bengal

D) Serengeti

Answer · why

C) Bengal

Bengal comes from the wild cat's scientific name, Prionailurus bengalensis. It is the only domestic breed with rosettes, the ringed spots worn by leop...

Q 05/05

Which breed began with Blackberry, a Louisiana stray whose kittens had unusually short legs?

A) Minuet

B) Bambino

C) Kinkalow

D) Munchkin

Answer · why

D) Munchkin

Munchkin breeders borrowed the name from the little people of L. Frank Baum's Oz. The short legs come from a gene so controversial that several countr...