Q 01/05

The Siberian Husky was originally developed by which indigenous people?

A) Chukchi

B) Inuit

C) Yakut

D) Sami

Answer · why

A) Chukchi

Chukchi: this people of far north-eastern Siberia needed an enduring dog that could haul light loads over vast frozen distances.

Q 02/05

What do mushers fit on their sled dogs' feet to protect the pads on a long, icy trail?

A) Gaiters

B) Booties

C) Spats

D) Mittens

Answer · why

B) Booties

Booties: these little fabric socks guard the pads against cuts and sores, and they wear out so quickly that a long-distance team can get through thous...

Q 03/05

When small Siberian sled dogs first reached Nome in 1908, locals mocked them as 'Siberian' what?

A) Rabbits

B) Weasels

C) Rats

D) Squirrels

Answer · why

C) Rats

Rats: weighing as little as 40 pounds, they looked puny beside the local sled dogs, yet after their first race a rival musher went to Siberia and brou...

Q 04/05

The Siberian Husky belongs to which genetic family of dogs?

A) Sighthound

B) Scenthound

C) Spitz

D) Molosser

Answer · why

C) Spitz

Spitz: the family of prick-eared, thick-coated northern dogs runs from sled pullers like the husky to the tiny Pomeranian, which was bred down from mu...

Q 05/05

The AKC calls which larger sled breed the Siberian Husky's 'burly cousin'?

A) Samoyed

B) Alaskan Malamute

C) Greenland Dog

D) Yakutian Laika

Answer · why

B) Alaskan Malamute

Alaskan Malamute: it was bred to haul heavy freight slowly and the husky to pull light loads fast, so a male Malamute weighs about 85 pounds against t...