Q 01/05

Which term do breeders use for the terrier trait of fighting on when losing, prized in the pit bull's ancestors?

A) Sharpness

B) Gameness

C) Steadiness

D) Biddability

Answer · why

B) Gameness

Gameness came from the terrier side of the early crosses and strength from the bulldog, and immigrants carried the resulting bull-and-terrier across t...

Q 02/05

Which NFL quarterback pleaded guilty in 2007 to running the Bad Newz Kennels dogfighting ring?

A) Donovan McNabb

B) Michael Vick

C) Daunte Culpepper

D) Vince Young

Answer · why

B) Michael Vick

Michael Vick's kennel had a second act: 22 of its most traumatized pit bulls went to a Utah sanctuary, where many earned good-citizen certificates and...

Q 03/05

Which registry, founded in 1898, was the first to recognize the pit bull as a breed?

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 United Kennel Club was founded by Chauncey Bennett, who gave registration number 1 to his own pit bull, a dog named Bennett's Ring.

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

Staffordshire Terrier was a fresh name for dogs an older registry already listed as pit bulls, and some dogs still carry both: an AmStaff to one club,...

Q 05/05

What is the term for surgically trimming a dog's ear flaps, long common on pit bulls?

A) Docking

B) Cropping

C) Notching

D) Bobbing

Answer · why

B) Cropping

Cropping is optional in the pit bull's main breed standard, which accepts natural ears too and says no dog may be marked down for them, because some c...