Q 01/05

Which Disney film's street-smart hero is a mongrel said to be part Schnauzer and part terrier?

A) The Fox and the Hound

B) Lady and the Tramp

C) Oliver & Company

D) The Aristocats

Answer · why

B) Lady and the Tramp

Lady and the Tramp pairs its scruffy stray with a pampered Cocker Spaniel, and gives him a talent for escaping dog-catchers.

Q 02/05

German farmers first bred the bearded Schnauzer to hunt which pests in barns and stables?

A) Rats

B) Moles

C) Foxes

D) Crows

Answer · why

A) Rats

Rats were the enemy, and the Schnauzer's thick beard and bushy eyebrows did real work: breeders say the wiry hair shielded the dog's face from bites.

Q 03/05

A Giant Schnauzer named Monty became the first of his breed to win Best in Show at which dog show?

A) Crufts

B) Eurasia

C) Westminster

D) Sydney Royal

Answer · why

C) Westminster

Westminster had been held since 1877 without a Giant Schnauzer champion until Monty won in 2025, after taking his group three years running.

Q 04/05

Which martial-arts film legend owned a pet Miniature Schnauzer?

A) Jackie Chan

B) Steven Seagal

C) Bruce Lee

D) Donnie Yen

Answer · why

C) Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee is one of several famous Miniature Schnauzer owners: actress Mary Tyler Moore and the political couple Bob and Elizabeth Dole had them too.

Q 05/05

The name Schnauzer comes from a German word for which part of a dog's body?

A) Tail

B) Paw

C) Tongue

D) Snout

Answer · why

D) Snout

Snout is 'Schnauze' in German, and the related word 'Schnauz' means a moustache, so the name fits the breed's whiskery muzzle twice over.