Cat Trivia Questions and Answers

What is the term for a group of kittens?

• Kindle
• Clowder
• Colony
• Cete

What is the term for a cat lover?

• Phillipos
• Ailurophile
• Cynophile

What is the name of the fold of skin (pouch) on the lower part of a cat’s ear? 

• Baculum
• Saccate
• Henry’s pocket or cutaneous marginal pouch
• Bursiform

What is a group of cats called? 

• Clowder
• Kindle
• Caravan
• Fluffle

What is a polydactyl cat? 

• A tailless cat
• A bald cat
• A cat with short legs
• A cat with extra toes

What is another term for a polydactyl cat? 

• Anderson cat
• Faulkner cat
• Hemingway cat
• Gibson cat

What is the largest breed of domestic cat?

• Maine Coon
• Egyptian Mau
• Persian cat
• Bengal

What is the smallest breed of domestic cat? 

• British Shorthair
• Burmese
• Devon Rex
• Singapura

Which breed of cat has short legs? 

Answer: Munchkin (Genetta, Bambino, Napoleon, Kinkalow, Lambkin and Skookum are also correct)

How did ancient Egyptians mourn the loss of a cat? 

• Shave their eyebrows
• Fast for a week
• Make a monument
• Build a shrine

What is the longhaired equivalent of the Russian Blue?

• Chartreux
• Russian longhair
• Nebelung
• Korat

What is the shorthaired equivalent of the Persian? 

• Exotic
• Shorthaired Persian
• Himalayan
• Chinchilla

Which breed of cat is a cross between a Siamese and a Burmese? 

• Ragdoll
• Asian
• Tonkinese
• Burmilla

What is the name for the bone in a cat’s penis? 

• Baculum
• Sacral
• Manubrium
• Pubis

What is another term used to describe a black and white cat? 

• Calico
• Smoke
• Tuxedo
• Tortoiseshell

Is it true that all ginger cats are male? 

• True
• False 

Note: Female cats can also be ginger, but must inherit the O gene from both parents

Name a breed of cat with curled ears? 

• Scottish Fold, Elf, American Curl
• Munchkin
• Exotic
• Ocelot

What is an unneutered male cat known as?

• Tom or Tomcat
• Gilbert
• Sam
• Moggy

What is a mother cat known as? 

• Doe
• Kindle
• Queen (dam is also correct)
• Molly

Which breed of cat is known for its love of water? 

• Turkish Angora
• Turkish Van
• Siamese
• Devon Rex

What was the punishment for killing a cat in ancient Egypt? 

• Death
• 50 lashes
• Fine
• Exile

Which part of a cat is as unique as a fingerprint? 

• Nosepad
• Paw pad
• Ears
• Eyes

What was the name of Bill and Hillary Clinton’s cat in the White House? 

• Socks
• Felix
• Garfield
• Tux

How many whiskers does a cat have on each side of its face? 

Answer: 12

What was the name of the cat in Alice in Wonderland? 

Answer: Cheshire Cat

What breed of cat was the Cheshire Cat? 

• British Shorthair
• Siamese
• Tabby
• Moggy

Name the oldest breed of cat from England

• British Shorthair
• Devon Rex
• Cornish Rex
• Burmilla

What breed of cat is featured in The Lady and the Tramp? 

• Siamese
• Burmese
• Tonkinese
• Asian

What is the earliest known ancestor of the domestic cat? 

• Felis silvestris lybica
• Asian leopard cat
• Proailurus
• Pseudaelurus

Which breed of cat was crossed with the Asian Leopard Cat to create a new breed?

• Ocicat
• Ocilot
• Savannah
• Bengal

What is the name of the first cloned cat? 

• Dolly
• CC
• Eve
• Allie

Which of these cat breeds has long hair? 

• Bengal
• Balinese
• Australian Mist
• Singapura

Name the pet cat of Hermonie Granger’s in Harry Potter

• Crookshanks
• Bangs
• Demeter
• Sprockets

How many toes do cats have? 

• 16
• 18
• 20
• 22

At what age does a kitten become an adult? 

• 6 months
• 9 months
• 12 months
• 14 months

What type of gait pattern does the cat use when walking?

• Direct register
• Indirect register

What is another name for a castrated (neutered) male cat? 

• Tom
• Boar
• Grimalkin
• Gib

Which is the oldest cat breed? 

• Siamese
• Persian
• Maine Coon
• Egyptian Mau

Cats can drink seawater

• True
• False

What is the name of the cat in The Simpsons? 

• Homer
• Felix
• Snowball
• Garfield

What is the loose flap of skin on a cat’s belly called? 

• Spay sway
• Primordial pouch
• Belly bag
• Belly flap

A cymric is a longhaired?

• Manx
• Siamese
• Burmese
• Egyptian Mau

Cats can taste sweet?

• True
• False

How many chromosomes does a domestic cat have? 

• 26
• 30
• 34
• 38

How many bones does a cat have?

• 210
• 220
• 230
• 240

What is a blep?

• When a cat leaves a portion of its tongue hanging out
• When a cat jumps and misses its target
• When a cat farts
• When a cat winks at you

A litter of kittens can have one or more fathers?

• True
• False

Which coat colour is the Maneki neko (lucky cat) based on?

• Tuxedo
• Calico 
• Black
• White

Almost all calico cats are female?

• True
• False

What is allogrooming?

• When a cat grooms itself
• When a cat grooms another cat
• When a cat grooms a person

Which is the wild-type tabby pattern?

• Classic tabby
• Mackerel tabby
• Spotted tabby

What’s another name used to describe a three-legged cat? 

• Tripod cat

Which breed of cat is also known as a Gremlin cat? 

• Tonkinese
• Devon Rex
• Cornish Rex
• Sphynx

Which is not a cat breed? 

• Nebelung
• Lykoi
• Caliby
• Khao Manee

Which breed of cat closely resembles the Siamese without the pointed coat pattern? 

• Oriental
• Burmilla
• Tiffanie
• LaPerm

Is a torbie a cat breed or coat colour/pattern?

• Breed
• Pattern

Where is the Balinese cat from? 

• Bali
• UK/USA

Which is the only part of the cat’s body able to sweat? 

• Nose
• Ears
• Paw pads

What is the LaPerm also known as? 

• Sheep cat
• Alpaca cat
• Teddy bear cat

What colour is the Korat cat? 

• Grey
• White
• Black
• Black and white