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1. How many whiskers does a cat have?
a)
24
b)
28
c)
It varies, between 16 and 20
2. How many teeth does a cat have?
a)
42
b)
30
c)
38
3. How fast can a cat run?
a)
22 miles per hour
b)
30 miles per hour
c) 15
miles per hour
4. Which of the following is true regarding
the plant species Nepeta, or catnip?
a)
About 80% of cats are euphoric
after catnip exposure
b)
The time it takes most cats to
be sensitive to another dose of catnip is 24 hours
c)
Lions, tigers, and leopards do
not experience catnip euphoria
5. True of False? Big cats, like the tiger,
lion, jaguar and leopard can roar but lack the ability to purr.
6. Cats are normally born with five toes on
each front foot, and four toes on the back. The author Ernest Hemingway
raised a colony of six-toed cats at his home in Key West, and the
offspring still live there today. They are descendants of a 6-toed cat
given to him by a sea-faring captain. What are cats with additional toes
called?
a)
polydactyl
b)
polydigitus
c)
polypedal
7.
Which of the following is FALSE regarding a cat’s estrus cycle?
a)
Outdoor cats breed when the
daylight is longer; in North America, roughly February to September
b)
Cats that live indoors may
cycle year round
c)
Outdoor cats in North America
breed in the late fall and winter, so kittens are born as the weather is
warming in the spring
8. Dogs go into estrus every 6 months. How
often do female cats go into estrus?
a)
every month
b)
every 2 weeks
c)
every 6 weeks
9. True or False? Cats with calico and
tortoiseshell coat patterns are always female.
10. Who said, “Cats are a fairly right-wing
group politically. They are lovers of the status quo. They don’t like
anything that might represent change. They hate marriages, divorces,
moving days, graduations, bar mitzvahs, bill collectors, rug shampooers,
painters, plumbers, electricians, television repairmen, out-call
masseuses, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and just about everything else, most of
which I agree with them about.”
a)
Dan Glickman
b)
David Letterman
c)
Kinky Friedman
Answers:
1. A. There are four rows of whiskers on
each side. The upper two rows move independently from the bottom two
rows. The whiskers measure distance a small air pressure changes.
2. B. Cats lose their baby teeth by 6 or 7
months. Adult dogs have 42 teeth.
3. B. When scared, cats can run about 30
miles an hour.
4. B. About 20% of cats lack the gene to
detect catnip. The reset period for euphoria after initial exposure is
about 2 hours. Big cats are susceptible to catnip.
5. False. The tiger, lion, jaguar and
leopard produce sounds similar to purring, but only when exhaling. The
domestic cat purrs during inhalation and exhalation.
6. C. Six toed feet are not uncommon, and
some cats have seven toes on a foot.
7. C. Outdoor cats breed according to a
longer daylight period, not the weather. Indoor cats often cycle year
round because they are exposed to artificial lighting.
8. C. During their longer daylight breeding
season, female cats go into heat approximately every 2 weeks until they
are bred
9. False. Calico and tortoiseshell coat
patterns are sex linked and these cats are almost always females. Male
calico or tortoiseshell cats do occur rarely, and they are always sterile.
10. C. Kinky Friedman |
