Q 01/05

The word 'cocker' comes from the breed's original use flushing which bird?

A) Woodcock

B) Snipe

C) Pheasant

D) Grouse

Answer · why

A) Woodcock

The Oxford English Dictionary gives the derivation, and the American cousin was likewise developed to retrieve quail and woodcock.

Q 02/05

Because of its constantly wagging tail, the English Cocker is nicknamed "the ____ Spaniel". Which word?

A) Happy

B) Cheerful

C) Jolly

D) Merry

Answer · why

D) Merry

It also holds a record of sorts for producing one of the most varied litter sizes of any breed.

Q 03/05

The differentiation of spaniels into the separate breeds we know today began in which period?

A) The 16th century

B) The mid-19th century

C) The 17th century

D) The early 20th century

Answer · why

B) The mid-19th century

Before that, land spaniels were split up loosely by weight rather than by breed.

Q 04/05

In the 1850s and 1860s, small dogs from which spaniel's litters were also called Cockers?

A) Irish Water

B) Clumber

C) Sussex

D) Norfolk

Answer · why

C) Sussex

Welsh Springer Spaniels and Devonshire Cockers were recorded as types of Cocker in the same decades.

Q 05/05

Spaniels in England were originally divided into land spaniels and what other kind?

A) Toy

B) Moor

C) Water

D) Hill

Answer · why

C) Water

Spaniel-type dogs appear in art and literature going back almost 500 years.