Q 01/05

Which actor played the tidy detective stuck with Hooch, a Dogue de Bordeaux, in a 1989 cop comedy?

A) Tom Hanks

B) Steve Martin

C) Chevy Chase

D) James Belushi

Answer · why

A) Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks called the shoot one of his most demanding, because he had to react on camera to whatever his canine co-star decided to do.

Q 02/05

The Dogue de Bordeaux is named after a city on the Garonne famed as a global capital of what?

A) Cheese

B) Perfume

C) Wine

D) Mustard

Answer · why

C) Wine

Wine made the city's fortune, and since 2016 Bordeaux has devoted a whole riverside museum to it, the Cité du Vin.

Q 03/05

Which part of the Dogue de Bordeaux is claimed to be the largest of any dog, relative to body size?

A) Chest

B) Head

C) Paws

D) Tongue

Answer · why

B) Head

Head size is the breed's hallmark: on a male, the skull measures about as much around as the animal stands tall at the shoulder.

Q 04/05

Which Barcelona superstar welcomed a Dogue de Bordeaux puppy named Hulk into his family in 2016?

A) Luis Suárez

B) Gerard Piqué

C) Andrés Iniesta

D) Lionel Messi

Answer · why

D) Lionel Messi

Lionel Messi announced the puppy as a new member of the family in January 2016, and Hulk soon grew big enough to make his owner look small.

Q 05/05

What nearly wiped out the Dogue de Bordeaux before breeders gave it a fresh start in the 1960s?

A) The two world wars

B) A rabies epidemic

C) A national breeding ban

D) The Great Depression

Answer · why

A) The two world wars

The two world wars left the breed threatened with extinction, until a small group of French breeders set about rebuilding its foundation stock.