Q 01/05

In which Shakespeare play is the hot-headed Tybalt mocked as the 'King of Cats'?

A) Romeo and Juliet

B) Julius Caesar

C) Twelfth Night

D) The Merchant of Venice

Answer · why

A) Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet has Mercutio goad Tybalt as 'Good King of Cats', a jab at his name: Tibert, or Tybalt, is the Prince of Cats in the old Reynard the F...

Q 02/05

Which children's author wrote The Cat in the Hat?

A) Dr. Seuss

B) Roald Dahl

C) Maurice Sendak

D) Shel Silverstein

Answer · why

A) Dr. Seuss

Dr. Seuss published the book in 1957 after a publisher challenged him to write a first reader that children would not find boring; he managed it with ...

Q 03/05

What is a group of cats called?

A) A murder

B) A parliament

C) A clowder

D) A gaggle

Answer · why

C) A clowder

A clowder is the usual word for a group of cats, also called a glaring; the animals may live together in colonies, yet each one hunts alone.

Q 04/05

The Savannah breed was created by crossing domestic cats with which wild species?

A) Serval

B) Caracal

C) Ocelot

D) Jungle cat

Answer · why

A) Serval

Serval blood gives the Savannah its height and spots; the first kitten was born to a domestic cat in 1986, and that wild ancestry keeps the breed bann...

Q 05/05

The Bengal breed was created by crossing domestic cats with which wild species?

A) Asian leopard cat

B) Clouded leopard

C) Geoffroy's cat

D) African golden cat

Answer · why

A) Asian leopard cat

The Bengal descends from crosses between domestic cats and the Asian leopard cat, Prionailurus bengalensis, whose species name gave the breed its name...