Q 01/05

The Labrador Retriever takes its name from a region of which former colony?

A) Nova Scotia

B) Tasmania

C) Newfoundland

D) Bermuda

Answer · why

C) Newfoundland

The Labrador region is the mainland part of today's Newfoundland and Labrador; the dogs themselves came from the island's fishing ports.

Q 02/05

In American Kennel Club shows, the Labrador competes in which of the club's seven breed groups?

A) Herding

B) Working

C) Sporting

D) Hound

Answer · why

C) Sporting

Sporting is the AKC's group for spaniels, pointers, setters and retrievers, because those breeds were first developed to work closely with hunters, fi...

Q 03/05

Labradors descend from which now-extinct working breed of the North Atlantic fishing fleets?

A) English Water Spaniel

B) St. John's water dog

C) Tweed Water Spaniel

D) Norfolk Retriever

Answer · why

B) St. John's water dog

The St. John's water dog died out in the 1980s, but the small white chest patch some Labradors still carry is a leftover of its black-and-white tuxedo...

Q 04/05

Yellow Labradors range in shade from creamy white all the way to what?

A) Wheaten

B) Apricot

C) Mahogany

D) Fox-red

Answer · why

D) Fox-red

Fox-red is not a separate colour: kennel clubs record it as plain yellow, and breeders have been selecting ever darker dogs because the deep shade sel...

Q 05/05

Spike, a Labrador-mastiff cross found in a California animal shelter, played the title dog in which 1957 Disney film?

A) Old Yeller

B) Big Red

C) Greyfriars Bobby

D) The Shaggy Dog

Answer · why

A) Old Yeller

Old Yeller nearly had another star: trainer Frank Weatherwax had paid three dollars for Spike, and Disney first turned the dog down as too playful to ...