Q 01/05

In Australia, goldendoodles are widely known by which shorter name?

A) Groodle

B) Cavoodle

C) Spoodle

D) Schnoodle

Answer · why

A) Groodle

Groodle. Australia has been coining 'oodle' names for Poodle crosses since 1989, when a guide-dog breeder in Victoria produced the first labradoodle l...

Q 02/05

The Obamas weighed a labradoodle before choosing which breed for the White House pet Bo?

A) Siberian Husky

B) Portuguese Water Dog

C) Wheaten Terrier

D) Boston Terrier

Answer · why

B) Portuguese Water Dog

Portuguese Water Dog. Bo was a gift from Senator Ted Kennedy, who kept the breed himself; one of the puppy's littermates was Kennedy's own dog, Cappy.

Q 03/05

Finley the Golden Retriever set a Guinness World Record in 2020 by holding six of what in his mouth?

A) Golf balls

B) Tennis balls

C) Dog biscuits

D) Frisbees

Answer · why

B) Tennis balls

Tennis balls. Nobody trained him: Finley began trotting back from games of fetch with four at a time when he was two, and his sixth ball beat a record...

Q 04/05

Which breed tops psychologist Stanley Coren's well-known ranking of dog intelligence, one place above the Poodle?

A) German Shepherd

B) Border Collie

C) Australian Shepherd

D) Old English Sheepdog

Answer · why

B) Border Collie

Border Collie. The Poodle came second and the Golden Retriever fourth, so a goldendoodle's two parent breeds both sit near the top for learning and ob...

Q 05/05

The Golden Retriever breed originated in which country?

A) England

B) Ireland

C) Scotland

D) Canada

Answer · why

C) Scotland

Scotland. For years the popular story was that the first dogs were bought from a Russian circus; the breeder's own leather-bound stud book, now kept a...