Swine Vocabulary and Breed Quiz
Name ______________________________ Date ________________
1. Johnny wants to exhibit market swine at
this year’s San Antonio Livestock Show
and Rodeo. He reads the rule book and
finds out that he can only show a castrated
male hog in the “market” category. What
is this referred to as?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Landrace
Berkshire
Yorkshire
Chester White
3. Garrett’s Gilt just had her first litter of
12 Hampshire pigs. What is the process of
giving birth called in swine?
A.
B.
C.
D.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Boar
Barrow
Gilt
Stag
2. Paul is looking to buy a couple of sows
that would make great mothers in his
swine operation. Which breed should Paul
NOT look into buying?
E.
F.
G.
H.
4. Alvin is watching a Gilt show in
Houston and sees a hog walk through
that is black with white spots and has
droopy ears. What kind of pig did Alvin
just see?
Calving
Birthing
Farrowing
Weaning
4. A local breeder just had a litter of duroc
piglets. The breeder has had several calls
for people to come look at his piglets.
Some of these buyers are still deciding if
they want buy a duroc breed. Which of
these characteristics would the breeder
NOT describe his new piglets as?
A. Can be cherry red in color
B. Droopy ears
C. Fast gainers
D. Can be Black with a white belt in
color
Berkshire
Hampshire
Spotted Swine
Yorkshire
5. Timmy just had one of the best meals
of his life! He wasn’t even sure about
what he was eating, but he knew it was
from his family’s show pigs the year
before. What is the name of the meat
Timmy ate?
E.
F.
G.
H.
Veal
Pork
Tripas
Beef
7. Josh is a new member of the FFA and
wants to raise a hog for the county fair.
Because he has no experience with swine
his teacher chose his hog for him. Josh’s
hog was solid white in color with drooped
ears, and known for its mothering ability.
What kind of hog did Josh get?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Berkshire
Chester White
Duroc
Hampshire
8. Pete shows a female pig that has not
farrowed at the local county fair. What is
this pig called?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Gilt
Barrow
Boar
Stag
9. Lisa owns a sow that just had babies.
The sow had 10 baby pigs. What do we
refer to this group of baby pigs?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Litter
Piglet
Wean
Pack
10. Drew is working for a hog producer
over the summer. The producer raises
mainly American landraces. Drew decided
he should look up the history of landraces
to impress his boss. After Drew completed
his research he found out that the
American landrace is originally a
descendent from where?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Denmark
England
Ohio
Indiana
True/False
11. Maternal is the term that refers to an
animal that has motherly traits.
A. True
B. False
12. Durocs, Hampshires and Berkshires
tend to be terminal/ paternal breeds
because they produce good carcass sizes.
A. True
B. False
13. A Duroc is a black hog with white
points and erect ears.
A. True
B. False