Q 01/05

In which city did the French Bulldog take shape as a breed in the nineteenth century?

A) Paris

B) Rouen

C) Marseille

D) Lyon

Answer · why

A) Paris

Paris. France's breed club calls it the only dog breed native to the capital, raised in its working-class districts before the cafés and salons took i...

Q 02/05

Which displaced English tradespeople carried Toy Bulldogs to Normandy during the Industrial Revolution?

A) Cornish tin miners

B) Sheffield cutlers

C) Lancashire cotton spinners

D) Nottingham lace workers

Answer · why

D) Nottingham lace workers

Nottingham lace workers. Their toy bulldogs founded a new breed in France, and when it reached England in the 1890s under a French name, Bulldog tradi...

Q 03/05

In 2020 the Kentucky hamlet of Rabbit Hash elected a French Bulldog named Wilbur to which office?

A) Sheriff

B) Judge

C) Mayor

D) Treasurer

Answer · why

C) Mayor

Mayor. Rabbit Hash began electing dogs in 1998 as a fundraiser for its historical society: each vote cost a dollar, and Wilbur's backers bought more t...

Q 04/05

Which Star Wars actor took her French Bulldog, Gary, to premieres, talk shows and red carpets?

A) Carrie Fisher

B) Natalie Portman

C) Daisy Ridley

D) Felicity Jones

Answer · why

A) Carrie Fisher

Carrie Fisher. She got Gary as a therapy dog to help with her bipolar disorder, and said a Force Awakens screening was so loud he stayed awake to watc...

Q 05/05

Bouledogue is French for bulldog, but its halves, boule and dogue, are French words meaning what?

A) Bull and hound

B) Round and small

C) Bowl and dog

D) Ball and mastiff

Answer · why

D) Ball and mastiff

Ball and mastiff. The match is a happy accident: French dictionaries trace bouledogue straight to the English bull-dog, a dog bred to bait bulls.