Can you get a purr-fect score?

                                 Test Your knowledge of feline facts with our fun quiz.

1. Domestic cats spend what percentage of their lives sleeping?
A) 37 percent
B) 45     "
C) 70     "
D) 56     "
2. Which of the following is the only big cat capable of purring?
A) Leopard
B) Cheetah
C) Cougar
D) Jaguar
3. True or False?   A cat's taste buds do not have receptors for sweet flavors.
4. Which of the following treatments can help cats suffering from idiopathic cystitis (a bladder infection)?
A) Providing interactive toys and tall cat trees
B) Keeping the litter box very clean
C) Reducing stress
D) All of the above
5. True or False?  The ability to respond to catnip is genetic.
6. What are the names of the two cats who pull the chariot of the Norse goddess Freya?
A) Loki and Thor
B) Bygul and Trjegul
C) Huginn and Muninn
D) Geri and Freki
7. Cats have been associated with people for how long?
A) 10,000 years
B) 5,000      "
C) 7,500      "
D) 2,000      "
8. What term is used to refer to cats with extra toes?
A) Multidigital
B) Phalanges
C) Polydactyl
D) Metatarsals
9. When you hear that familiar hacking sound in the middle of the night, your cat is getting ready to bring up what?
A) A dead mouse
B) Bile
C) A trichobezoar
D) A bolus
10. Which of the following is the most common pattern seen in cats?
A) Calico
B) Tabby
C) Tortoiseshell
D) Bicolor




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Answers :  1. (C) Domestic cats sleep 16 to 18 hours a day.
                   2. (B)
                   3. True - As far as we know, cats are the only mammals that lack the receptors for
                                   sweetness.
                   4. (D)
                   5. True - But kittens don't develop a response to catnip until they are 3 to 6 months
                                   old.
                   6. (B) Freya's cats are nameless in mythology, but fantasy author Diana L. Paxson
                              named them (tree-gold) in honor of Freya's associations with honey and ambe
                   7. (A)
                   8. (C)
                   9. (C) Trichobezoar is the scientific term for, yes, a hairball.
                 10. (B) The pattern comes in many different colors and serves as effective camouflage
                              When the sun shines just right on some solid-colored cats, you can see
                              underlying tabby markings.