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CW Journal : Autumn 04 : The Eighteenth Century Goes to the Dogs


Canine Quiz

Many of the great personalities of the eighteenth century owned dogs, whose nicknames have survived the passage of two or three centuries. Match the person and pet to the pooch's name:

1. Alexander Pope's Great Dane

2. Frederick the Great's greyhound

3. Sir Walter Scott's wolfhound

4. Isaac Newton's Pomeranian

5. Marie Antoinette's pug

6. Queen Charlotte's spaniel

7. Madame de Pompadour's spaniel

8. Madame de Pompadour's poodle

9. Louis XV's greyhound

10. Josephine's pug
  Nimrod

Fortune

Mops

Badine

Bounce

Ines

Misse

Diamond

Biche

Mimi

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