Famous Cats Quiz: Places, People and Key Facts

Larry the cat has held the title Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office at 10 Downing Street since 2011, outlasting several prime ministers, and this famous cats quiz celebrates felines who made headlines. Meet Félicette in space, Hemingway's six-toed cats, Grumpy Cat and Garfield.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Larry
Which famous cat lives at 10 Downing Street?
Space
Which French cat flew to space in 1963?
Hemingway
What is special about many cats at Hemingway's home in Key West?
Grumpy
What was Grumpy Cat's real name?
Garfield
Who created Garfield?
Station
Which calico cat was stationmaster at a Japanese railway station?
Shackleton
Which cat sailed on Shackleton's Endurance expedition?
Socks
Which US president's family had a cat named Socks?
Cheshire
Which grinning cat appears in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland?
Maru
Which Japanese cat became an internet star by jumping into boxes?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Which famous cat lives at 10 Downing Street?
Answer: Larry
He holds the title Chief Mouser.
Q2: Which French cat flew to space in 1963?
Answer: Félicette
She survived the flight.
Q3: What is special about many cats at Hemingway's home in Key West?
Answer: They have extra toes
They are polydactyl.
Q4: What was Grumpy Cat's real name?
Answer: Tardar Sauce
Her frown came from dwarfism.
Q5: Who created Garfield?
Answer: Jim Davis
Garfield debuted in 1978.
Q6: Which calico cat was stationmaster at a Japanese railway station?
Answer: Tama
She helped save the Kishi line.
Q7: Which cat sailed on Shackleton's Endurance expedition?
Answer: Mrs. Chippy
He belonged to the ship's carpenter.
Q8: Which US president's family had a cat named Socks?
Answer: Bill Clinton
Socks lived in the White House.
Q9: Which grinning cat appears in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland?
Answer: Cheshire Cat
Lewis Carroll wrote it.
Q10: Which Japanese cat became an internet star by jumping into boxes?
Answer: Maru
His videos have millions of views.

Famous Cats Quiz – Felines in the Spotlight

Some cats have become famous through history, politics and popular culture. Larry has served as Chief Mouser at 10 Downing Street since 2011, and Socks lived in the White House with the Clinton family.

Other cats made history in unusual ways. Félicette became the first cat in space in 1963, Mrs. Chippy sailed to Antarctica with Shackleton and Tama the calico cat became a stationmaster, helping save a rural railway line in Japan.

Cats also rule books, cartoons and the internet. Lewis Carroll's Cheshire Cat, Jim Davis's Garfield, Grumpy Cat and Maru have charmed millions. Ernest Hemingway's polydactyl cats still roam his home in Key West, Florida.

What This Quiz Teaches

Cat lovers and pop culture fans will enjoy these questions.

Who Larry is
Which cat went to space
Which cats live at Hemingway's home
Which cats became internet stars
Which cats appear in books

Did You Know?

Palmerston was the Foreign Office cat.
Hamish McHamish was famous in St Andrews.
Stubbs was an honorary mayor in Alaska.
Nora the cat played piano online.
Oscar the cat was said to sense death.