Q 01/05

What does the word 'corgi' mean in Welsh?

A) Red dog

B) Dwarf dog

C) River dog

D) Hill dog

Answer · why

B) Dwarf dog

Dwarf dog. The name joins the Welsh cor, dwarf, and ci, dog; Welsh softens the c to a g inside a compound, which is why nobody says 'corci'.

Q 02/05

The Pembroke Welsh Corgi was originally bred to herd which animals?

A) Reindeer

B) Goats

C) Cattle

D) Donkeys

Answer · why

C) Cattle

Cattle. Standing barely a foot tall, a corgi could dart in behind a herd many times its size and stay low enough for the answering kicks to sail over ...

Q 03/05

Pembrokeshire and Cardiganshire, home of the two corgi breeds, lie in which part of Wales?

A) North Wales

B) The Welsh Marches

C) West Wales

D) The South Wales Valleys

Answer · why

C) West Wales

West Wales. Cardiganshire returned to the map as a county in April 1996 and lasted a single day before it was renamed Ceredigion, so the Cardigan corg...

Q 04/05

The Pembroke Welsh Corgi descends from which family of dogs?

A) Spitz

B) Mastiff

C) Sighthound

D) Scent hound

Answer · why

A) Spitz

Spitz. The pricked ears and pointed muzzle are family traits; the breed club isn't sure which northern dogs its ancestors were, but every candidate it...

Q 05/05

Why did Elizabeth II stop breeding corgis late in her reign?

A) Fear of inbreeding

B) The kennels closed

C) To leave none behind

D) To cut palace costs

Answer · why

C) To leave none behind

To leave none behind. After owning more than 30 corgis, she is said to have told a friend who urged her to keep going that she didn't want any young d...