The Presidents and Their Pets
Test your knowledge on the Presidents and their pets.
The Presidential Pet Museum in Washington D.C. holds information about the pets that once called the White House home. Quiz yourself on the names of the Presidents pets.
Washington D.C. Is full of information and museums about former presidents of the United States of America and now there is a museum for the presidential pets. The Presidential Pet Museum opened its doors in 1999 and holds information and artifacts about the animals that once called the White House home. The Presidential Pet Museum has a website for additional information about hours and location.
I thought a quiz would be fun. Match the president with the names of their pets. The answers are found below.
- President George H. W. Bush has dogs and cats and a pet long horn, what are their names?
- President Bill Clinton had a cat and a dog, do you remember their names?
- President George H. Bush had two English Springer Spaniels, one of which is the only presidential dog to write a book.
- President Ronald Reagan had two dogs at the White House, a Bouvier and a King Charles Cavalier Spaniel.
- President Jimmy Carter's daughter had a cat.
- President Gerald Ford had a Golden Retriever and Susan Ford had a Siamese cat.
- President Richard Nixon had 3 dogs in the White House, a poodle, a terrier, and an Irish Setter.
- President Lyndon B. Johnson had Beagles, remember the controversy when he picked one of them up by it's ears? He also had a white Collie and his favorite dog, a little mixed breed his daughter found at a Texas gas station.
- President John F. Kennedy had numerous pets at the White House including; ponies, dogs, cats, birds, hamsters, a rabbit, and the First Lady's Horse.
- President Dwight D. Eisenhower had a dog while living at the White House.
- .President Harry S. Truman's daughter had an Irish Setter.
- President Franklin Delano Roosevelt owned numerous dogs including his favorite Scottish Terrier.
a.) Major a German Shepherd, Meggie a Scotch Terrier, Winks Llewellyn Setter, Tiny an English Sheepdog, President a Great Dane, Blaze a Mastiff, and his faithful and loyal companion, Fa la the Scottish Terrier.
b.) Mike an Irish Setter.
c.) Heidi a Weimaraner.
d.) Miss Beazley a Scottish Terrier, and Spot, Barney, India, and Ofelia.
e.) Vicky the Poodle, Pasha the Terrier, and King Timahoe an Irish Setter.
f.) Charlie the Welsh terrier, Tom Kitten, a cat, and Robin the canary. Bluebell and Marybelle, both parakeets, and Macaroni, Tex, and Leprechaun, all ponies. Debbie and Billie the hamsters. Pushinka, Shannon, Wolf, and Clipper– dogs, Butterfly, White Tips, Blackie and Streaker– Pushinka and Charlie's pups. Also Zsa Zsa, a rabbit, and Sardar, the First Lady's Horse.
g.) Misty Malarky Ying Yang, a Siamese cat.
h.) Millie and Ranger.
i.) Him and Her – Beagles, also a white Collie named Blanco, and the famous Yuki.
j.) Socks and Buddy.
k.) Liberty and Shan.
l.) Lucky and Rex.
Answers: 1=d, 2=j, 3=h, 4=l, 5=g, 6=k, 7=e, 8=i, 9=f, 10=c, 11=b, 12=a
The information for the quiz is from the website - Presidential Pet Museum.
