Q 01/05

George Lucas owned an Alaskan Malamute that inspired Chewbacca and gave its name to which film hero?

A) Han Solo

B) Luke Skywalker

C) Indiana Jones

D) Flash Gordon

Answer · why

C) Indiana Jones

Indiana Jones even admits it on screen: in The Last Crusade his father reveals that Indiana was the family dog's name. Lucas's Malamute rode beside hi...

Q 02/05

Toto in the 1939 classic The Wizard of Oz was played by Terry, a female dog of which breed?

A) Scottish Terrier

B) Norwich Terrier

C) Miniature Schnauzer

D) Cairn Terrier

Answer · why

D) Cairn Terrier

Cairn Terrier Terry earned $125 a week as Toto, more than many of the film's human actors and more than the average American worker of the day.

Q 03/05

Which giant three-headed dog guards a forbidden third-floor corridor in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone?

A) Fang

B) Norbert

C) Fluffy

D) Buckbeak

Answer · why

C) Fluffy

Fluffy drops off to sleep whenever music plays, a weakness his keeper Hagrid lets slip to the wrong person.

Q 04/05

Which loyal dog does the Grinch disguise as a reindeer to pull his sleigh down to Whoville?

A) Max

B) Rex

C) Spot

D) Buster

Answer · why

A) Max

Max the reluctant reindeer was drawn from life: the director of the 1966 cartoon modelled its version on his own childhood dog.

Q 05/05

In Disney's 1957 tearjerker Old Yeller, which disease does the dog catch after fighting off a wolf?

A) Distemper

B) Rabies

C) Anthrax

D) Tetanus

Answer · why

B) Rabies

Rabies, called hydrophobia in the film, leaves young Travis no choice but to shoot the dog who saved his family. The story is set in Texas just after ...