Yesterday, October 15, was National Pug Day, and we thought it might be fun to see how much you know about this fabulous breed with a true or false quiz. Answers are at the very end.
- Any color other than fawn or black is a disqualification;
- Pugs date back to the Qing Dynasty in China;
- In Holland, the Pug is called a mopshond, which comes from the Dutch for “to gamble;”
- The Pug was considered the official dog of the House of Orange because a dog named Pompey served as the canine court jester;
- The Pug was once considered a subversive emblem of the Enlightenment, and England in particular;
- Pugs are known for their curly tails that curve up towards their bodies, but according to the AKC, a double curl is a fault;
- A Pug once received an online graduate degree from Purdue University;
- Around 1740, Roman Catholics formed a secret fraternal group called the Order of the Pug;
- On his wedding night, Napoleon was bitten on the leg by the Pug owned by his new wife, Josephine;
- Pugs were originally known as the lo-chiang-sze, or the foo goo dog;
- Forehead wrinkles that form a W shape resembled the Chinese character for “prince” which was the most highly favored wrinkle configuration;
- In Tibet, pugs were called lags k’yi, which means “hand dog.” This comes from a Tibetan legend about the origins of pugs.
Scroll down for the answers;
- True
- False. Pugs date back to the Han Dynasty
- False. In Holland, mopshond comes from the Dutch for “to grumble.”
- The Pug was considered the official dog of the House of Orange Pompey thwarted an assassination attempt on William the Silent
- True
- False. According to the AKC, a double curl in a Pug tail “is perfection.”
- False. A Pug named Chester Ludlow did get an online graduate degree but it was from Rochville University in 2009. He submitted his resume to the website and paid around $500 for entry. The whole thing was a stunt, however, pulled off by a website that reviewed online colleges to protect students from being duped by diploma mill fraud. Rochville University doesn’t exist:
- True. The Pope forbad Catholics from joining the Freemasons, so a group formed the Order of the Pug as a replacement;
- True. Josephine didn’t allow her Pug, “Fortuné,” to sleep anywhere but on her bed, and Fortuné didn’t much care to share it with Napoleon;
- False. Pugs were originally known as the lo-chiang-sze, or the foo dog;
- True
- True. In Tibet, Pugs were called lags k’yi, and according to legend, if a human touches a young eagle right after it is hatched, it will be transformed into a Pug
How did you do?
Image: A festive seventeen month old James Taylor, photo by Erin C. Tramill