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

Southern Africa. Settlers at the Cape crossed the dogs they had brought from home with the half-wild ridged hunting dogs already living there, and the...

Q 02/05

What is a Rhodesian Ridgeback's ridge actually made of?

A) A fold of loose skin

B) Hair growing backwards

C) Raised knobs of bone

D) A strip of longer fur

Answer · why

B) Hair growing backwards

Hair growing backwards. The quirk came from the native dogs of the Cape, which carried the same reversed strip of coat long before the breed had a nam...

Q 03/05

Rhodesia, the country that gave the Rhodesian Ridgeback its name, is known today by what name?

A) Mozambique

B) Zimbabwe

C) Botswana

D) Namibia

Answer · why

B) Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe. The country changed its name in 1980 but the breed kept the old one, and the Zimbabwe Kennel Club is still one of the two bodies that supply...

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

Lions. The work gave the breed its early name, the Lion Dog, and the first breed club, founded in 1922, put that nickname in its own title.

Q 05/05

What does a Ridgeback do when it "bays" big game?

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

Harasses it with darting snaps. The pack feints in and out to pin the animal down for the hunter, and the popular belief that the dogs killed their qu...