Q 01/05

Retired racing Greyhounds, which can reach about 70 km/h, are usually what at home?

A) Bundles of energy

B) Couch potatoes

C) Guard dogs

D) Constant barkers

Answer · why

B) Couch potatoes

Couch potatoes: bred as sprinters rather than distance runners, most Greyhounds are content with short bursts of exercise and spend much of the day as...

Q 02/05

Which famous novel opens by giving its hero a lance, a lean nag and a greyhound for coursing?

A) Ivanhoe

B) The Three Musketeers

C) Don Quixote

D) Tom Jones

Answer · why

C) Don Quixote

Don Quixote's hidalgo keeps 'a lean hack, and a greyhound for coursing', and when he decides to become a knight-errant he renames the old nag Rocinant...

Q 03/05

What is the Greyhound's fastest running gait called?

A) Transverse gallop

B) Single suspension gallop

C) Hand gallop

D) Double suspension gallop

Answer · why

D) Double suspension gallop

Double suspension gallop: the dog is airborne twice in every stride, a big reason for its speed.

Q 04/05

Which Prussian king asked to be buried near his dogs at Sanssouci, a wish granted only in 1991?

A) Frederick I

B) Frederick the Great

C) Frederick William II

D) Wilhelm II

Answer · why

B) Frederick the Great

Frederick the Great: his nephew overrode the wish and buried him in Potsdam's Garrison Church, so he reached his terrace crypt only after German reuni...

Q 05/05

Which smaller cousin of the Greyhound did northern English coal miners race in 'rag' races?

A) Italian Greyhound

B) Whippet

C) Lurcher

D) Afghan Hound

Answer · why

B) Whippet

Whippet: before rag racing caught on, Victorian owners turned its hunting of rabbits and other small animals into a gambling sport.