Q 01/05

The Labrador Retriever is named after a region of which former British 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 which country was the Labrador Retriever developed as a breed?

A) Britain

B) Canada

C) Netherlands

D) United States

Answer · why

A) Britain

British aristocrats crossed the imported colonial fishing dogs with local hunting dogs to fix the type during the 19th century.

Q 03/05

Labradors descend from which now-extinct landrace of fishing dog?

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 landrace was gone by the early 1980s, but the small white chest 'medallion' some Labs carry is a leftover of its tuxedo markings.

Q 04/05

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

A) Wheaten

B) Apricot

C) Champagne

D) Fox-red

Answer · why

D) Fox-red

Fox-red is still registered simply as yellow, though breeders sometimes market it as if it were a separate colour.

Q 05/05

The first yellow Labrador on record, born in 1899, was named what?

A) Ben of Hyde

B) Buccleuch Ned

C) Nell of Radclyffe

D) Malmesbury Tramp

Answer · why

A) Ben of Hyde

He came from the kennels of Major C.J. Radclyffe, only four years before the Kennel Club recognised the breed.