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50 free Weimaraner trivia questions with answers — nature quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
The Weimaraner is the silver-grey gun dog that takes its name from the city of Weimar, where Goethe's patron Grand Duke Karl August is said to have kept them at court. Registered for a while as a blue variant of the German Shorthaired Pointer, shown for the first time in Berlin in 1880, recognised as a breed in 1891 and nearly lost during the First World War, it remains, in Germany at least, a hunter's dog that the breed club says does not belong on a sofa. These 50 questions cover the breed's origins in Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and Thuringia, the van Dyck and Oudry paintings, the three types shown in 1880, the Erfurt club of 1897, FCI acceptance in 1954 and the modern German registration numbers. They also cover the standard: the heights and weights, the mouse-grey, roe-grey and silver-grey coat, the short and long coat varieties, the amber eyes and rounded ears, plus the neurological and eye diseases the breed is prone to, its 12.8-year lifespan and its second-highest risk of gastric torsion. A further set covers William Wegman's Weimaraners Man Ray and Fay Ray, their Sesame Street segments and Polaroid portraits, the Vizsla cousin it is often mistaken for, and the city and duke behind the name. The easy tier asks what colour the breed is; the expert tier wants the three kennel types of 1880 and the name of the Erfurt breed association. Every answer is cited to a page we checked and comes with a short explanation. Play it solo or print it for a gundog-club night.
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Q 01The Weimaraner is a hunting breed from which country?
Germany
It is named for the city of Weimar, now in the state of Thuringia.
Q 02The Weimaraner takes its name from which city?
Weimar
At the time the city lay in the Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.
Q 03In which modern German state does the breed's home city lie?
Thuringia
The state is known as the green heart of Germany for its dense forests.
Q 04In which year was the Weimaraner recognised as a distinct breed?
1891
A breed standard followed in 1896 and a club in Erfurt in 1897.
Q 05How does the German breed club view the Weimaraner as a pet?
Not suitable as a companion dog
It calls the breed a hunting dog through and through, and whelps go mainly to hunters.
Q 06Which 17th-century painter depicted silver-grey dogs resembling Weimaraners?
Antoon van Dyck
Jean-Baptiste Oudry painted similar dogs in the eighteenth century.
Q 07At whose court are Weimaraners said to have been kept in the early 1800s?
Karl August of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
The Grand Duke was also Goethe's patron and made Weimar Germany's intellectual centre.
Q 08From 1879 the Weimaraner was registered as a colour variant of which breed?
German Shorthaired Pointer
It was treated as a blue variant and entered in the Kurzhaar Klub stud-book.
Q 09In which city did Weimaraners first appear at a dog show in 1880?
Berlin
Fourteen dogs of three different types were presented.
Q 10How many Weimaraners were shown at that first 1880 show?
Fourteen
They came from three kennels and three types.
Q 11Which was the most elegant of the three Weimaraner types shown in 1880?
The Weissenfelser Hund
The Thuringer was the traditional type and the Sanderslebener sat between the two.
Q 12In which city was the first Weimaraner breed association founded in 1897?
Erfurt
Its long name was soon shortened to Verein zur Zuchtung des Weimaraner Vorstehhundes.
Q 13When did the Weimaraner come close to extinction?
Around the First World War
It was reconstituted from the few surviving examples.
Q 21How are a Weimaraner's ears described?
Pendent with rounded tips
The eyes are amber, from pale to dark.
Q 22Which of these is a neurological disease associated with the Weimaraner?
Cerebellar hypoplasia
Hypomyelinogenesis and spinal dysraphism are the others listed.
Q 23Which immune problem is listed as affecting male Weimaraners only?
Weimaraner neutrophil dysfunction
Pododermatitis and tricuspid dysplasia are also noted in dogs only.
Q 14In which year did the FCI definitively accept the Weimaraner?
1954
The German Shorthaired Pointer was accepted by the FCI in the same year.
Q 15About how many Weimaraners were registered in the homeland each year from 2007 to 2021?
485
The range ran from a low of 390 to a high of 607.
Q 16How tall does a male Weimaraner stand at the withers?
59 to 70 cm
Bitches stand about 57 to 65 cm.
Q 17What is the weight range for a male Weimaraner?
30 to 40 kg
Bitches weigh 25 to 35 kg.
Q 18Which three shades does the standard allow for the coat?
Mouse, roe and silver grey
Minor white markings on the feet and chest are tolerated.
Q 19What colour are a Weimaraner's eyes?
Amber
They range from pale to dark amber.
Q 20Which two coat lengths does the Weimaraner standard recognise?
Short or long
A double coat of intermediate length is sometimes seen as well.
Q 24What median lifespan did a 2024 UK study find for the Weimaraner?
12.8 years
That compared with 12.7 years for purebreds and 12 for crossbreeds.
Q 25What must a Weimaraner complete before it can be registered at home?
A working trial
The breed may track, point, flush or retrieve birds and other game.
Q 26Which American artist is famous for photographing his Weimaraners in costumes?
William Wegman
His dogs have appeared on Sesame Street and Saturday Night Live.
Q 27What was the name of Wegman's first Weimaraner, acquired in Long Beach?
Man Ray
He was known for his deadpan presence in photographs and videotapes.
Q 28Which publication named Wegman's dog Man of the Year after his death in 1982?
The Village Voice
Wegman did not get another dog until Fay Ray in 1986.
Q 29Which large-format camera did Wegman use extensively with Fay Ray?
Polaroid 20 x 24
Fay's 1989 litter gave him Battina, Crooky and Chundo.
Q 30In which children's TV show did Wegman's Weimaraners first appear in 1988?
Sesame Street
Fay Ray starred in segments such as Old McFay Counts to 40.