Dogs

Question 1

This pattern in a dog’s coat is often mentioned in association with a particular color. The pattern is characterized by mottled patches of color in a solid or piebald coat, blue or odd-colored eyes and can affect skin pigment.

Answer 1

Merle

Question 2

This type of terrier is named after its ability to squeeze into human-made heaps of stones.

Answer 2

Cairn

Question 3

Roman soldiers brought the ancestors of the Bernese Mountain Dog to this country over 2,000 years ago.

Answer 3

Switzerland

Question 4

The Affenpinscher was a forebear of this dog that’s named for a European capital.

Answer 4

Brussels Griffon

Question 5

What river valley in central Yorkshire lent its name to the largest breed of terrier?

Answer 5

Airdale

Question 6

In 1931 this Japanese breed was designated a national monument in its native land.

Answer 6

Akita

Question 7

The domesticated dog is the familiaris subspecies of the animal taxonomically classified by what genus and species?

Answer 7

Canis Lupis

Question 8

What is the fastest dog breed in the world?

Answer 8

Greyhound

Question 9

What colors of the spectrum do dogs typically see?

Answer 9

Yellow, blue and gray

Question 10

What type of dog’s two breeds originated in the regions of Pembrokeshire and Cardiganshire, Wales?

Answer 10

That most Welsh of dog breeds, the Corgi, comes in both Pembroke and Cardigan breeds.

Question 11

The popular breed of dog that was known—mostly due to political or discriminatory reasons—in some locations for a period of time as Alsatian is best-known today by what other name?

Answer 11

German Shepherd

Question 12

This dog breed with pricked ears and pointed muzzles takes its name from German for “pointed”

Answer 12

Spitz