Q 01/05

What is the Poodle called in French?

A) Bichon

B) Chienne

C) Barbet

D) Caniche

Answer · why

D) Caniche

Both the French and German names point to the breed's original job retrieving shot game and lost arrows from water.

Q 02/05

Most cynologists believe the Poodle originated in which country?

A) France

B) Germany

C) Italy

D) Russia

Answer · why

B) Germany

The FCI and a minority of experts back France instead, and others have argued for Russia, Piedmont or Northwest Africa.

Q 03/05

The German name Pudel derives from the Low German word 'puddeln', meaning what?

A) To splash

B) To prance

C) To fetch

D) To curl

Answer · why

A) To splash

The Poodle was Germany's water dog, as the Barbet was France's and the Wetterhoun the Netherlands'.

Q 04/05

Which French water dog does the FCI consider the Poodle's ancestor?

A) Brittany

B) Briard

C) Barbet

D) Beauceron

Answer · why

C) Barbet

The word 'bichon' is also thought to derive from 'barbichon', little barbet, tying several curly breeds together.

Q 05/05

Larger Poodles were originally used by hunters to retrieve what?

A) Hares

B) Waterfowl

C) Wild boar

D) Foxes

Answer · why

B) Waterfowl

They also recovered lost arrows and crossbow bolts that had missed their mark.