FERRET QUIZ

SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW FERRETS!


This fun quiz appeared in one of the Welfare's newsletters. There are no prizes for answering the questions correctly but we hope it will "agitate the little grey cells" as Poirot would say!

1. Can you think of three other names for ferrets?

2. What does a ferret have in common with Simply Red, The Eurythmics, Bryan Ferry and the London Symphony Orchestra?

3. Which famous artist painted a portrait of a lady holding a ferret?

4. Which US Navy has a ferret as its official mascot?

5. Is it true that ferrets can catch the common cold from a human?



6. In the Middle Ages how much money did you have to earn before you could legally keep a ferret?

7. What happened in New Zealand when ferrets were deliberately introduced to control the rabbit population?

8. What was the name of the 2004 romantic comedy film which featured a ferret?

9. Can you name two countries or states where it is illegal to keep ferrets or to keep them without a license?

10. Where did Caesar Augustus send ferrets in 6BC to control rabbits?

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