CAT TRIVIA QUIZ - 30 Cats General Knowledge Trivia Questions and Answers Pub Quiz

CAT TRIVIA QUIZ - Cats General Knowledge Trivia Questions and Answers Pub Quiz

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** Cat General Knowledge Trivia Questions And Answers:

1. True or false? Cats were domesticated more than 10,000 years ago!
True. 10,000 to 12,000 years ago

2. Name the cat breeds below!
Siamese, Sphinx, Scottish Fold

3. Which part of the cat is unique like a human’s fingerprint?
Cat’s nose print

4. What was the earliest domesticated cat breed?
Egyptian Mau

5. What sensation do cats feel when they ingest or rub catnip on themselves?
Euphoria or blissful happiness

6. Name some reasons why cats purr?
Happiness, stress, asking for food or attention, communication with other cats

7. Cats have superior visual field and night vision to humans. What do they have more of in their eyes that makes this so?
More receptors or rods in their eyes

8. True or false? Cats use their whiskers to gauge whether or not they can fit through an opening.
True

9. How do cats mark their territory?
Rub territory with scent glands on cheeks, paws, base of tail

10. What percent of a day do cats spend grooming themselves?
They spend 30-50% of the day grooming themselves

11. What does it mean when a cat head butts you?
It likes you, so it marks you with pheromones to bond with you.

12. True or false? Cats are only right-handed.
False. Like humans they can be right or left handed.

13. What is the “cat righting reflex” phenomenon?
Cat’s ability to right themselves during a fall.

14. Does cutting a cat’s whiskers hurt it?
Not physically. But it causes them great stress since they use it to navigate.

15. What can’t cats taste due to lack of taste receptors?
Sugar or sweetness

16. Which country has about a dozen islands filled with cats or “cat islands”?
Japan

17. Name the following cats in pop culture!
Garfield, Sylvester the cat, Snowball II

18. True or false? In ancient China, sailors thought of cats as bad luck.
False. They view cats onboard their ship as good luck.

19. What do you call the fear of cats? (Bonus: What about the love or strong affinity for cats?)
Fear of cats = Felinophobia
Love of cats = Ailurophilia

20. The position of a cat’s tail can indicate its mood. What does a raised tail mean? What about a puffed-up one?
Raised tail = happy
Puffed-up = Fear or agitation

21. Cats are able to walk on their toes (digitigrade locomotion). What purpose does this serve?
Helps them to be more silent and stealthy.

22. True or false? Cats sleep for more than half the day.
True. They sleep 12-16 hours a day.

23. Cats have a small organ on the roof of their mouth called Jacobson’s or vomeronasal organ. What does this organ detect?
Pheromones or chemical signals

24. What is a “Cat kiss” and what is it a sign of?
Slowly blinks at you
Sign of trust in you

25. True or false? Cats forgive easily.
False. They never forgive those that cause them great anxiety or hurt.

26. Cats love high places. This behaviour is said to be inherited from their wild ancestors. What are some advantages of being in a high place?
Better view for hunting, and escape from predators

27. How do cats accurately pinpoint the source of sound?
Independently rotating ears

28. How many human years is one “cat year”?
First 2 cat years = 24 human years
Then every cat year = +4 human years

29. Which do cats prefer: running water or still water? Why?
Running water; Natural instinct that running water source is fresher than stagnant one.

30. Aside from sour, bitter, salty, umami (savouriness), cats have a taste for a molecule that supplies cells’ their energy. What is this molecule?
Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP)

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