Q 01/05

The Havanese is Cuba's national dog and holds which other distinction there?

A) Its most popular pet

B) Its only home-grown breed

C) Its only hunting breed

D) Its only terrier breed

Answer · why

B) Its only home-grown breed

Its only home-grown breed, though with immigrant roots: the Havanese was developed on the island from little lapdogs that European seafarers carried a...

Q 02/05

Small as it is, the Havanese is valued at home in which working role?

A) Ratter

B) Watchdog

C) Retriever

D) Truffle hound

Answer · why

B) Watchdog

Watchdog duty suits an alert little dog that sounds off when strangers approach: the international standard calls the Havanese easy to train as an ala...

Q 03/05

The Havanese's Cuban forerunners are thought to have been crossed with which breed?

A) Poodle

B) Chihuahua

C) Pomeranian

D) Papillon

Answer · why

A) Poodle

Poodle crosses are thought to have refined the breed in Cuba, so the newcomer who takes a Havanese for some sort of Poodle is not far wrong.

Q 04/05

In one tall tale, clever Cotons de Tulear barked as decoys to outwit which predators?

A) Leopards

B) Crocodiles

C) Hyenas

D) Pythons

Answer · why

B) Crocodiles

Crocodiles, the tale goes, rushed to the barking dog while the pack dashed upstream to cross the river in peace; breed historians treat the story as f...

Q 05/05

The Havanese's progenitors are believed to have sailed to Cuba from which island?

A) Ibiza

B) Madeira

C) Mallorca

D) Tenerife

Answer · why

D) Tenerife

Tenerife is the largest of the Canary Islands, whose name is usually traced to the Latin for 'islands of the dogs'; canary birds were named after the ...