Cat Quiz questions!

[Roxabelle]

This Sunday, our family are doing a zoom call quiz. We each have to come up with a round of questions for our chosen subject - my subject is of course... CATS!

I’ve got some questions but I’d welcome suggestions!

The age range is between 9 years old to 80, and no one is a cat expert (or as obsessed with cats as I am...) so I’m trying to keep it light and fun Thanks in advance!

 

[cassiopea]

Let's see...not sure if you have these already but here goes!


True or False, Cats can be Right-Pawed, Left-Pawed or Both (True)

How many whiskers do Cats Have on each side? (12)

What was the punishment for killing a cat in Ancient Egypt? (Death)

What is a flavour that cats cannot taste? (Sweet)

True or False, Cats have a third eyelid (True)

True or False, Cats stare with their mouth hanging open because they have an extra organ that tastes scents in the air (True)

True or False, Cats with extra toes are called "Scissor Hand Cats" or "Leap Cats" (False, known as A Polydactyls or Hemingway cats)

Who are some famous people who loved cats? (Mark Twain, Abraham Lincoln, Edgar Allen Poe, Freddie Mercury, Bronte sisters, Florence Nightingale, Matisse etc etc)

How Many cats were deployed to the trenches and Navy ships during WWI to help the soldiers? (500,000)

 

[Roxabelle]

They are some purrfect questions, thank you!

 

[Mia6]

How do cats perspire? (Through their sweet paws)

 

[Mia6]

They are some purrfect questions, thank you!

Welcome to the Games!! I love your hair!

 

[Roxabelle]

Welcome to the Games!! I love your hair!

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Thank you! I just use pink shampoo

 

[Roxabelle]

These are the questions I went with in the end. I'll post the answers in a separate comment so you can see how many you get right!

1. In which year did Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats premier?

2. What was Stubbs, a tabby cat from Alaska, famous for?
A) He was the oldest living cat
B) He saved two children from a wolf
C) He was born with two faces
D) He was the town mayor

3. How many bones does a cat have in its entire body?

4. True or false: Cats share over 95% of their genetic makeup with tigers.

5. A group of cats is called a clowder. What is a group of kittens called?

6. What would Ancient Egyptians do when their pet cat died?
A) Shave their own eyebrows off
B) Eat nothing for three nights and days
C) Sacrifice the youngest child to Bastet, the Cat Goddess
D) Dress as cats to show respect

7. What is the name of Geppetto’s cat in Walt Disney’s Pinocchio?

8. True or false: Cats can be left-pawed, right-pawed, or ambidextrous.

9. Which special physical trait does a so-called “Hemingway cat” possess?

10. The musical Cats was based on a book of poems by T. S. Eliot. What was the book called?

 

[Roxabelle]

The answers:

1. 1981
2. D. He was the mayor of Talkeetna, Alaska for 20 years!
3. 244 (although I've seen conflicting answers on this...)
4. True! 95.6%
5. A Kindle
6. Shave their own eyebrows off
7. Figaro
8. True
9. Extra toes, also called Polydactyl cats
10. Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats

How did you do?