Q 01/05

Pit bulls descend from 19th-century crosses of the Old English Bulldog with what?

A) Hounds

B) Terriers

C) Spaniels

D) Mastiffs

Answer · why

B) Terriers

The bull-and-terrier was bred in Britain for dog fighting and rat baiting, mixing bulldog power with terrier agility.

Q 02/05

Breeders crossed the Old English Bulldog with which agile breed to make fighting dogs?

A) Airedale Terrier

B) Black and Tan Terrier

C) Fox Terrier

D) Bedlington Terrier

Answer · why

B) Black and Tan Terrier

Breeders wanted a lighter, faster dog that kept the bulldog's tenacity.

Q 03/05

After the AKC rejected their dogs, APBT breeders founded which rival registry in 1898?

A) American Dog Breeders Association

B) Continental Kennel Club

C) United Kennel Club

D) American Bully Kennel Club

Answer · why

C) United Kennel Club

The new club did more than keep pedigrees: it also regulated dogfights.

Q 04/05

Under what name did the AKC first recognize pit bulls in the 1930s?

A) Yankee Terrier

B) Staffordshire Terrier

C) American Bull Terrier

D) Boston Bull

Answer · why

B) Staffordshire Terrier

The condition was that the dogs could not be used in organized fights.

Q 05/05

Which major registry still does not recognize the APBT as a breed?

A) United Kennel Club

B) American Dog Breeders Association

C) American Kennel Club

D) American Preservation Dog Registry

Answer · why

C) American Kennel Club

The UKC and the ADBA both register the breed; the AKC registers the closely related AmStaff instead.