Q 01/05

How long was the Labrador Retriever's No. 1 AKC popularity reign, which ended in 2022?

A) 12 years

B) 22 years

C) 31 years

D) 40 years

Answer · why

C) 31 years

The Labrador Retriever held the AKC's No. 1 spot for 31 years, from the 1991 through the 2021 rankings, the longest reign in the history of the list.

Q 02/05

How many teeth does an adult dog have?

A) 28

B) 32

C) 42

D) 36

Answer · why

C) 42

An adult dog has 42 permanent teeth, 20 in the upper jaw and 22 in the lower, replacing 28 puppy teeth; the carnassials do the meat-shearing work.

Q 03/05

Which dog is famous for waiting at a Tokyo train station for nearly 10 years after its owner's death?

A) Balto

B) Lassie

C) Hachiko

D) Rin Tin Tin

Answer · why

C) Hachiko

Hachiko met the evening train at Shibuya Station for more than nine years after his owner, Professor Hidesaburo Ueno, died in 1925; a bronze statue ou...

Q 04/05

What breed was Lassie, the famous TV and movie dog?

A) Rough Collie

B) Shetland Sheepdog

C) Border Collie

D) Australian Shepherd

Answer · why

A) Rough Collie

Lassie is a Rough Collie: Eric Knight's 1938 story made the character famous, and Pal, the Rough Collie who played her in the 1943 film, founded the l...

Q 05/05

Dogs have around 1,700 taste buds; roughly how many do humans have?

A) 900

B) 3,000

C) 9,000

D) 30,000

Answer · why

C) 9,000

Humans have roughly 9,000 taste buds, about five times a dog's 1,700, which is one reason dogs judge food far more by smell than by taste.