Showbiz Animals Quiz - MSN Encarta

Which of the following famous dogs wrote the book My Life as a Dog?

Lassie

Asta

Benji

Eddie, a.k.a. Moose

Morris, the famous 9Lives spokescat, has been portrayed by several cats. Where have all of these cats come from?

Illinois

Private breeders

Rescues or shelters

They are all descendants of the original Morris.

Which of these classic Hollywood stars did NOT get to work with Asta, the wire-haired fox terrier?

Clark Gable

Myrna Loy

Katharine Hepburn

Cary Grant

Which of the following animal stars won more than one PATSY (Picture Animal Top Star of the Year) award for "Best Animal Actor"?

Toto, the dog

Mr. Ed, the horse

Arnold, the pig

Rin Tin Tin, the dog

Mr. Bigglesworth, Doctor Evil's cat from the Austin Powers movies, is a Canadian hairless. What is another name for this unusual breed?

Sphynx

Abyssinian

Persian

Siamese

How much was Toto paid to make the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz?

$10 a week

$125 a week

$500 a week

Nothing, she worked for free.

Fang, the boarhound of Harry Potter fame, was actually played by another type of dog in the films. Which breed was the animal actor?

Great Dane

Bloodhound

Neapolitan mastiff

Irish wolfhound

Roy Rogers was so fond of Trigger--the Golden Palomino stallion that he rode onscreen in his television series, in more than 80 films, and during countless personal appearances--that he bought him.

True

False

Cheeta, the chimpanzee most famous for his roles in several Tarzan movies of the 1930s and 1940s, also happens to be ...

played by a small human boy in an ape suit.

the subject of pioneering studies by zoologist Jane Goodall.

a female chimpanzee, not the male she played in Tarzan movies.

the longest-lived nonhuman primate on record.

Lassie was always played by a female dog.

True

False