Q 01/05

The name Dachshund is German for what?

A) Sausage dog

B) Badger dog

C) Burrow hound

D) Long dog

Answer · why

B) Badger dog

Badger dog is the literal meaning of Dachshund: Dachs is the German word for badger and Hund the word for dog, the two joined into a single compound n...

Q 02/05

In modern Germany, what short name is most commonly used for the Dachshund?

A) Dachsi

B) Hundi

C) Dackel

D) Wurstl

Answer · why

C) Dackel

Dackel is the everyday German name for the breed; the full word Dachshund is rarely used in ordinary German speech, and it was the English-speaking wo...

Q 03/05

The Dachshund's short legs come from which inherited form of dwarfism?

A) Chondrodysplasia

B) Hip dysplasia

C) Osteoporosis

D) Scoliosis

Answer · why

A) Chondrodysplasia

Chondrodysplasia, a dwarfism that shortens the long bones, gives the Dachshund its legs; an extra copy of the FGF4 gene, a retrogene, drives it in sho...

Q 04/05

The miniature Dachshund was bred to hunt what?

A) Foxes

B) Rabbits

C) Wild boar

D) Otters

Answer · why

B) Rabbits

Rabbits were the quarry the miniature Dachshund was bred for, with a chest small enough to follow them into their warrens, while the standard size too...

Q 05/05

What is the Dachshund commonly nicknamed in the British Isles and Australasia?

A) Wiener dog

B) Doxie hound

C) Hot dog

D) Sausage dog

Answer · why

D) Sausage dog

Sausage dog is the everyday nickname in Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, earned by the long, low body; North Americans prefer wiener dog, ...