Q 01/05

In which part of the world was the Rhodesian Ridgeback originally bred?

A) South America

B) Southeast Asia

C) Southern Europe

D) Southern Africa

Answer · why

D) Southern Africa

Its forebears were the ridged hunting dogs of the Khoikhoi, crossed with European breeds by Cape colonists.

Q 02/05

What is the breed's most distinctive physical feature?

A) A tightly curled tail

B) A blue-black tongue

C) A ridge of hair growing backwards

D) A double dewclaw on each leg

Answer · why

C) A ridge of hair growing backwards

The ridge is formed by two whorls of hair called crowns and tapers toward the hips.

Q 03/05

What is modern-day Rhodesia, where the breed standard was written, called?

A) Zambia

B) Zimbabwe

C) Botswana

D) Namibia

Answer · why

B) Zimbabwe

The standard was drafted in Bulawayo in 1922.

Q 04/05

Which big animal were Ridgebacks famously bred to hunt by baying?

A) Elephants

B) Crocodiles

C) Lions

D) Rhinoceroses

Answer · why

C) Lions

They harassed the lion with quick darting snaps rather than attacking it outright, until the hunter shot it.

Q 05/05

What does a Ridgeback do when it "bays" a lion?

A) Kills it with a throat bite

B) Harasses it with darting snaps

C) Drives it into a hunter's net

D) Tracks it silently and lies down

Answer · why

B) Harasses it with darting snaps

The dogs were also used to hunt boar and clear farms of wild pigs and baboons.