Q 01/05

What is the German name for the German Shorthaired Pointer?

A) Deutsch Langhaar

B) Deutsch Drahthaar

C) Deutsch Kurzhaar

D) Deutscher Vorstehhund

Answer · why

C) Deutsch Kurzhaar

Kurzhaar means short-hair; the Langhaar and Drahthaar are its long-haired and wire-haired cousins.

Q 02/05

The German Shorthaired Pointer is described as a continental pointing dog of which type?

A) Braque

B) Épagneul

C) Griffon

D) Bracke

Answer · why

A) Braque

The FCI puts it in Group 7, Section 1.1, Continental Pointing Dogs of Braque type.

Q 03/05

The GSP is bred as an all-purpose gun dog able to hunt and retrieve where?

A) Only in open fields

B) Only in dense forest

C) On both land and water

D) Only from a boat

Answer · why

C) On both land and water

It also follows blood trails to wounded game and, traditionally, defended against poachers.

Q 04/05

All of Europe's pointing breeds are said to derive from which now-extinct breed?

A) The Old Danish Pointer

B) The Portuguese Podengo

C) The Old Spanish Pointer

D) The Norfolk Spaniel

Answer · why

C) The Old Spanish Pointer

It spread through France and the Low Countries to the princely houses of the German-speaking world.

Q 05/05

Before firearms, how were the ancestors of the German Shorthaired Pointer used in bird hunting?

A) To flush birds into snares

B) To swim after wounded ducks

C) With nets or falcons

D) To dig out nesting birds

Answer · why

C) With nets or falcons

The dog would freeze on the birds so the hunter could throw a net over them.