FELICE PRAGER
Three Sample Cat Quizzes
by
Felice Prager
The REAL TRUTH about CATS
by Felice Prager
In this quiz, the statements are either true or false. Can you get a
purrrrrrfect score?
1. Even though humans are 15 times larger than
the average cat, the human skeleton has only 206 bones, but house cats have 230
bones.
2. The domestic cat is the only
species able to hold its tail vertically while walking. Wild cats hold their
tail horizontally, or tucked between their legs while walking.
3. After cats eat, they usually
immediately bathe themselves. This is because their instinct tells them to
remove the food scent so predators will not smell the food and come after them.
4. A cat has no ability to taste sweet things.
5. Cheetahs are the only kind of cat in the world that cannot retract
their claws.
6. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
7. A cat’s jaw can move sideways. (Can you move yours sideways?)
8. Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while most dogs only have
about ten.
9. Cats
purr at 26 cycles per second, the same as an idling diesel engine.
10. If a cat is wagging its tail, it often means the cat
is in the middle of making a decision about something.
SCAT, CAT!
by Felice
Prager
For each question, see if you can CATch the answer with a CAT word. You may be surprised at how CATching it is to do this. CATch you later!
1. When precipitation is coming down in buckets outside during a large storm, you might say it is (4 words)
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2. This a thief who is especially crafty at getting into places like bedroom windows. The Pink Panther was one (2 words)
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3. This is a famous book by Dr. Seuss: (4 words)
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4. There are two ways to spell this word that is a magazine that might come in the mail filled with items you can buy by visiting a store, making a purchase on the Internet, or calling a toll free number.
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5. A person who does exactly what you do is very annoying. Some might call him this.
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6. When you have been running very fast for a long time, and you are winded and find it difficult to inhale and exhale, sometimes it is hard to do this. (3 words)
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7. You can go on one of these when there is no school. It can be at a beach, at a park, at someplace like Disneyland or Paris or the Riviera, on a cruise, or visiting relatives or friends in another place.
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8. You don’t have to go to school to get a good one of these, but you can. When you go to college it is called a higher form of this. A complete one includes math, English, science, history, geography, and many other subjects. Some people think you get the best kind of this is out in the real world.
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9. This person’s job is to stand behind home plate and return a ball to a pitcher. He wears a lot of protective gear and often squats when he is working. He and the pitcher use a special sign language sometimes.
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10. This is a complete failure, a disaster, a fiasco, and often a tragedy. Some people think a bad hair day is one of these, especially if the person has a date for the prom.
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The REAL
TRUTH about FAMOUS CATS
by Felice
Prager
Try this little quiz about cats.
Each statement is either true or false.
1. Napoleon
Bonaparte suffered from ailurophobia (fear of cats).
2. Cats are the only domestic
animals that walk directly on their claws, not on their paws. This method of
walking is called "digitigrade."
3. Calvin Coolidge, the thirtieth
President of the United States, liked cats and would often walk around the
office with his yellow cat draped over his shoulders like a fur piece.
4. Bill Clinton is allergic to
dust, mold, pollen, cats, Christmas trees, and dairy products.
5. Slippers, a gray cat with six toes on each paw, was a favorite of
President Theodore Roosevelt and was allowed to appear at diplomatic dinners.
6. The penalty for killing a cat 4,000 years ago in Ancient Egypt was
cleaning the Pharoah’s cat litter boxes.
7. A prehistoric horse called Eohippus was approximately the size of
today’s house cat.
8. In Ancient Egypt, when a cat died, people shaved off their eyebrows
as a sign of respect.
9. Selima was a real cat that belonged to Horace Walpole and was
immortalized by Thomas Grap in the poem, “Ode on the Death of a Favorite Cat
Drowned in a Tub of Goldfish.”
10. Kittens
are born both blind and deaf, but the vibration of their mother's purring is a
physical signal that the kittens can feel - it acts like a homing device,
signaling them to nurse.
THE ANSWERS
The REAL TRUTH about CATS
All of the answers are
true except for #7. Cats cannot move their jaws side.
SCAT, CAT!
- raining cats and dogs
- cat burglar
- The Cat in the Hat
- catalogue or catalog
- copycat
- catch your breath
- vacation
- education
- catcher
- catastrophe
The REAL TRUTH about FAMOUS CATS
All of the answers are true except #6.
In Ancient Egypt, the penalty for killing a cat was death
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Publishers
and Agents: Contact Information for Felice Prager
Felice Prager can create
puzzles and quizzes for your next project. The small sampling above of her published
quizzes just touches the surface of her abilities. These quizzes and puzzles
can be created for any topic and for any ability or age level.
Two collections of quizzes
are available for publication, as well.
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Felice Prager was recently named the WINNER of the “BEST
CAT QUIZZES AWARD” by
Humorist Roberta Beach Jacobson (a.k.a. The Cat Lady)
blogs from the litter.
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