Q 01/05

The Dalmatian breed takes its name from a historical region of which modern country?

A) Croatia

B) Italy

C) Greece

D) Romania

Answer · why

A) Croatia

The FCI officially lists Croatia as the breed's country of origin, citing church chronicles going back centuries.

Q 02/05

What colour are Dalmatian puppies when they are born?

A) Solid black

B) Grey with faint spots

C) Plain white

D) Brown with white patches

Answer · why

C) Plain white

Plain white: the famous spots only begin to show at about two weeks old. Any dark mark a newborn does have is a patch rather than a spot, and it disqu...

Q 03/05

Besides black, what is the other standard spot colour in Dalmatians?

A) Blue

B) Lemon

C) Liver

D) Brindle

Answer · why

C) Liver

Liver is the only other colour the breed standard accepts. A Dalmatian is spotted black or liver, never both, and lemon, blue or tricolour markings ge...

Q 04/05

In Dodie Smith's novel and Disney's 1961 film, the stolen puppies are held at which gloomy country house?

A) Gallows Manor

B) Hell Hall

C) Dismal Lodge

D) Grimwood Grange

Answer · why

B) Hell Hall

Hell Hall is the de Vil family's run-down country seat, left in the care of the bumbling Badun brothers. The rescuers break in to find not just their ...

Q 05/05

The American breed standard sizes a Dalmatian's spots against which everyday objects?

A) Buttons

B) Bottle caps

C) Coins

D) Poker chips

Answer · why

C) Coins

Coins: the standard asks for spots between the size of a dime and a half-dollar, smaller on the head, legs and tail. Judges want each one round and di...