Q 01/05

Springer spaniels got their name because they were used to do what to game birds?

A) Flush them into the air

B) Herd them into nets

C) Point at them silently

D) Retrieve them from water

Answer · why

A) Flush them into the air

The bird was 'sprung' so a trained falcon or hawk could bring it down to the handler.

Q 02/05

Until the early 20th century, springers shared litters with which breed?

A) Clumber Spaniel

B) Cocker Spaniel

C) Welsh Springer

D) Field Spaniel

Answer · why

B) Cocker Spaniel

The smaller pups hunted woodcock while the larger littermates sprang other game.

Q 03/05

The English Springer descends from which mid-19th-century spaniels?

A) Sussex or Clumber

B) Devon or Cornish

C) Kent or Surrey

D) Norfolk or Shropshire

Answer · why

D) Norfolk or Shropshire

By the 1850s both strains were shown under the single name Norfolk spaniel.

Q 04/05

In what year did the Kennel Club recognise the English Springer Spaniel as a distinct breed?

A) 1876

B) 1899

C) 1902

D) 1885

Answer · why

C) 1902

The standard combined the Spaniel Club of England's physical standard with the Sporting Spaniel Society's ability standard.

Q 05/05

In what year did the American Kennel Club recognise the breed?

A) 1910

B) 1960

C) 1946

D) 1925

Answer · why

A) 1910

Four years later the first English Field Champion, Rivington Sam, was crowned.