Pets & Domestic Animals Quiz — 7 Free Questions

Question 1

This old English pig breed is white with a few large black patches, and it was once known as the 'orchard pig' or 'cottage pig' because it was kept in orchards to clear windfall apples. Which breed is shown here?

Question 2

This tall, lean, 'hot-blooded' breed was created in England in the 1600s and 1700s for racing at a flat gallop. Every one alive traces back in the male line to just three imported stallions. Which breed is shown here?

Question 3

A cat that falls will usually twist in mid-air so that it lands on its feet. What is this ability called?

Question 4

A cat purrs when it is content, but also when it is hurt, frightened, or giving birth. What do many scientists now think purring mainly does?

Question 5

This breed, which came from Spain and is now most numerous in Australia, grows the finest, softest wool of any sheep. A single animal can carry a fleece weighing several kilograms. Which breed is shown here?

Question 6

This American stock breed is marked by large patches of white together with any other colour, in bold two-tone patterns called tobiano and overo. It shares its stocky build and much of its bloodlines with the top American cattle-working breed. Which breed is shown here?

Question 7

This gentle, pointed breed with deep blue eyes and a pale golden body always has four white feet, as if wearing gloves, and legend links it to the temple cats of old Burma. Which breed is shown here?

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About Pets & Domestic Animals

How well do you know the animals that people keep? This quiz is all about pets and farm animals: the breeds of dogs, cats and horses; the animals raised for milk, wool, eggs and honey; the names we give their babies and their groups; how they behave and how to look after them; and the many jobs some of them do for us.

Each question asks something directly, such as 'which is the fastest breed of dog?', and then gives a few clear facts before you choose from four names. The topics are the ones people most often look up: the tallest and the smallest dog breeds, the largest breed of cat, the gentle giants among horses, why a cat purrs, which animal gives us wool, and what a baby sheep is called.

The questions are grouped by theme, so you might get a run of dog breeds, then cat breeds, then farm animals, then baby and group names, then care facts, then working animals. Some answers clear up common mix-ups too, such as whether a rabbit is a rodent, or whether the Great Dane really comes from Denmark.

Every answer comes with a short explanation and a photograph of the animal or breed, all freely licensed images from Wikimedia Commons. The wording is kept simple, and any harder word is explained. Every fact has been checked.