The Den of Geek Weekly Quiz! Movie & TV Dogs
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15 original movie, TV and geeky questions, on a chosen theme, once a week, every week. Join us to test your trivia knowledge, have a bit of fun, compare results, let us know what you think (Too easy? Too long? Not enough questions about Police Academy?) and – when we eventually get leaderboards sorted – make others gasp at your trivia mastery. There may even be prizes in the pipeline…
Week one: movie and TV dogs. Go, boy, fetch.
Movie & TV Dogs
1. Eddie from US sitcom Frasier was a wire-haired Jack Russell Terrier who shared his real name with which species, also the state mammal of Maine, USA?
a) Buffalo
b) Beaver
c) Moose
d) Coyote
2. Which was the only non-dog (but still a member of the family Canidae) to have been nominated for the Palm Dog award at Cannes Film Festival?
a) The Talking Fox from Antichrist (2009)
b)The Dingo from A Cry in the Dark (1988)
c) Akela the wolf in The Jungle Book live-action remake (2016)
d) Fantastic Mr Fox in Fantastic Mr Fox (2009).
3. Also featured in a 50th anniversary UK ad campaign for Dulux paints in 2011, what was the title of the theme song used in 1979 – 1985 Canadian TV series The Littlest Hobo?
a) Hound Dog
b) Secret of the Silent Hills
c) Linus and Lucy
d) Maybe Tomorrow
4. K9, the original robotic dog from classic-era Doctor Who, had a powerful laser weapon that emerged from where on his body?
a) Paws
b) Eyes
c) Nose
d) Anus
5. The ‘autobiography’ of female brindle Cairn Terrier Terry was titled I, Toto and told the story of her role in which classic 1930s movie?
a) The Wizard of Oz
b) Gone With the Wind
c) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
d) Stagecoach
6. In 2023 R-rated comedy movie Strays, which actor with the real name Eric Marlon Bishop but sharing a stage surname with an animal in the canid family, provides the voice of Bug?
a) Michael J. Fox
b) Jamie Foxx
c) Scott Wolf
d) Megan Fox
7. The corgi belonging to Captain Raymond Holt in sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine shares its name with which popular cheese, also the name of a famous gorge in South-West England?
a) Brie
b) Cheddar
c) Mozzarella
d) Parmesan
8. In the Harry Potter movies, Sirius Black could transform into a large black dog named Padfoot. Which actor, who describe his performance in the films as “mediocre”, played Sirius?
a) Timothy Spall
b) David Thewlis
c) Gary Oldman
d) Jim Broadbent
9. The Life of Larry, and Larry & Steve were two short animated films made by Seth Macfarlane about a man and his intellectual talking dog. Which long-running US series did they eventually become?
a) The Cleveland Show
b) American Dad
c) Family Guy
d) The Simpsons
10. Sharing its name with a brand of gaming headphones and an artificial turf producer, what is the dog in cartoon The Jetsons called?
a) Astro
b) Razer
c) Logitech
d) Corsair
11. Downgraded in 2006 from a planet to a dwarf planet, what is the name of the animated Disney dog owned by Mickey Mouse?
a) Eris
b) Ceres
c) Makemake
d) Pluto
12. Pixar filmmaker Bob Peterson voices Roz in Monsters Inc., Mr Ray in Finding Nemo, and enthusiastic golden retriever Dug in which of the studio’s beloved movies?
a) Up
b) Toy Story
c) Finding Nemo
d) The Incredibles
13. How many dogs, also the same number of bones in the human skull, played the titular Labrador Retriever Marley in 2008 weepie Marley & Me?
a) 54
b) 15
c) 2
d) 22
14. Which famous US actor starred alongside a drooly French Mastiff in a 1989 comedy, a slinky toy dog in an animated franchise, and an Irish Terrier Cross in a 2021 post-apocalyptic drama?
a) Will Smith
b) Owen Wilson
c) Tom Hanks
d) Harrison Ford
15. Walton Goggins’ character adopts a dog he names “Dogmeat” in which recent video game adaptation?
a) Borderlands
b) The Last of Us
c) Fallout
d) Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City
Answers!
Correct answers: 1c, 2a, 3d, 4c, 5a, 6b, 7b, 8c, 9c, 10a, 11d, 12a, 13d, 14c, 15c
0-5 You seem nice, but is there any chance you were thinking of cats?
6-10 Who’s a Good Boy? You’re a Good Boy!
11-15 Hot-diggity-dog, you’re a pack leader!
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Louisa Mellor is the Den of Geek UK TV Editor. She has written about TV, film and books for Den of Geek since 2010, and for…