Can you name the words, names, or phrases beginning with 'cat'?

Clue	Answer
Person providing food for a party
Chemical species with a + charge
Whiskered aquatic creature
Major disaster
Engine attachment that reduces toxic emissions
Joseph Heller novel about army bombardier Yossarian
Tennessee Williams play that won the 1955 Pulitzer for Drama
Twin-hulled boat
Ballista or trebuchet
J. Crew mailing
Kurt Vonnegut novel in which 'ice-nine' freezes all the world's oceans
Network of tombs and tunnels beneath Rome
Cartoonist Guisewite, or her long-running comic strip
Region of Spain including Barcelona
Basis of most TVs before plasmas
Tree with heart-shaped leaves and white flowers
'Moon Shadow' singer
Diagonally; askew; out of whack
Diagonally opposite
Cord whip with multiple lashes

Clue	Answer
Cows
Utmost ethical responsibility, per Immanuel Kant
Large waterfall; eye condition
Western for which Lee Marvin won an Oscar
Emotional cleansing derived from drama, per Aristotle
Instructional summary of Christian doctrine
Dumbstruck; unresponsive
Advantageous position, metaphorically
63 BC conspiracy to overthrow the Roman Republic
Slogan associated with a particular person
Mathematical curve formed by a hanging chain
Larval form of a butterfly
Flexible tube used to remove fluid from the body, especially urine
Roman poet who loved Lesbia
Shrill howling or wailing sound
Centuries-long Gothic architecture project
Board game island for Settlers, Seafarers, Cities and Knights, etc.
Another word for a cougar/panther/puma; a University of Vermont athlete
Mountain range of southern New York
Sound made by a heckler
Try expanding the acronym.

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The 'Cat' Quiz

by jpahk

Created Jun 14, 2011 in Miscellaneous
Featured Jul 10, 2011
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	Drakoulias:	Jul 10th, 2011 at 04:16 GMT	18 points
	75% of you are missing out on one of the best board games ever made!!

	otarmy:	Jul 10th, 2011 at 04:53 GMT	18 points
	cat got your tongue should be accepted for Dumbstruck; unresponsive

	chikka2:	Jul 10th, 2011 at 05:18 GMT	15 points
	tried cathode ray and cathode tube...just couldn't get 'em together. very clever quiz, well set up.

	Jimh:	Jul 10th, 2011 at 05:26 GMT	7 points
	Just so you know, a catapult, a ballista, and a trebuchet are three different things. They are all ancient and medieval siege weapons, but to say they are the same thing is as inaccurate as if you were to say the same of a big spring, a crossbow, and a lacrosse stick.

	stwentzell:	Jul 10th, 2011 at 05:27 GMT	9 points
	I've always said kitty-wampus and kitty corner so I knew the answer but couldn't get them to work. Great quiz anyways

	soulfood:	Jul 10th, 2011 at 06:33 GMT	10 points
	I've also always said Kitty-corner so that one was weird for me. I also think that "Dumbstruck" is a poor description of the word catatonic. Good quiz though - not easy!

	nyoung:	Jul 10th, 2011 at 06:57 GMT	4 points
	If I got "Another word for a cougar/panther/puma; a University of Vermont athlete" wrong, as a student at uvm I would be ashamed.

	steeltown:	Jul 10th, 2011 at 07:29 GMT	8 points
	I always assumed it was cattywhompous, with the emphasis on the "Whomp."

	itswhatiam:	Jul 10th, 2011 at 07:40 GMT	3 points
	Please accept "cat got your tongue" for dumbstruck; unresponsive.

	KansasJayhawk:	Jul 10th, 2011 at 07:45 GMT	3 points
	Nice seeing Catan on there!

	joeflint82:	Jul 10th, 2011 at 11:17 GMT	6 points
	Damn, I managed to type 'Cataracts' before Sporcle recognised 'Cataract', I assumed it was wrong and deleted. I didn't know any of the novels, and my wild stab at 'Catcher in the Rye' didn't work :(. Fun quiz.

	joeflint82:	Jul 10th, 2011 at 12:28 GMT	13 points
	Maybe I sucked because I'm a dog person?

	quackman:	Jul 10th, 2011 at 12:34 GMT	6 points
	I was expecting a bonus answer for Yusuf Islam.

	koopa08:	Jul 10th, 2011 at 12:44 GMT	3 points
	Surprised to see no Catholicism/Catholic, Catcher in the Rye, Cato, etc.

	singin185:	Jul 10th, 2011 at 13:06 GMT	5 points
	I couldn't spell catawampus to save my life, mainly because I pronounce it catywompus.

	jago706:	Jul 10th, 2011 at 13:33 GMT	-2 points
	I think Cat Stevens is better known for "Morning Has Broken" or "Wild World"

	cuttywise:	Jul 10th, 2011 at 13:43 GMT	2 points
	Really enjoyed it. Funnest quiz I've done on Sporcle in more than a week. Nice to see Settlers of Catan and categorical imperative getting some love.

	Scyphus:	Jul 10th, 2011 at 14:28 GMT	5 points
	I think there are too many ways to spell catty-whompus; but, no Byzantine cavalry (cataphracts), violent upheaval (cataclysm), coffin platform (catafalque) or superfluity of mucus (catarrh)?

	SeaShellHat:	Jul 10th, 2011 at 14:55 GMT	5 points
	This was one of those great quizzes where I knew many answers through serendipitous, unlikely circumstances: a friend reciting the poem "Cataract of Lodore", a girl in my drama class praising Tennessee Williams, a paper in tenth grade about the categorical imperative...

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	sfrr44:	Jul 10th, 2011 at 18:00 GMT	3 points
	Way to get in a University of Vermont reference

	LostxinthexMusic:	Jul 10th, 2011 at 18:24 GMT	1 point
	I always say cattywonkered instead of catawampus. I didn't realize that wasn't a word XD

	ktappe:	Jul 10th, 2011 at 18:28 GMT	2 points
	This was indeed one of the best quizzes on Sporcle in recent weeks. Well done. @jago706: Agreed on "Wild World", but as a big Cat Stevens fan I'll say that "Moon Shadow" is better known to non-devotees than "Morning has Broken".

	jpahk:	Jul 10th, 2011 at 19:33 GMT	4 points
	lots of complaints, but it looks like some people really liked it. i tried to include a little bit of everything. "cat got your tongue" is something you might say to somebody who's dumbstruck or unresponsive, but it is not itself an adjective phrase meaning dumbstruck or unresponsive. that said, it's clever and if i had thought of it, i would've made it a bonus answer.

	jpahk:	Jul 10th, 2011 at 19:35 GMT	4 points
	@jimh: i know what a ballista and trebuchet are, and i know what the specific meaning of catapult is, but catapult can also mean any of a general class of siege engines in which tension is suddenly released to hurl a projectile at high speed. hence the clue. as for catawampus, there are a lot of possible spellings, but i tried pretty hard to track down all the ones that had any semblance of dictionary support and also began with "cat". same for cater-corner.

	cthulhu:	Jul 10th, 2011 at 21:11 GMT	2 points
	Isn't it slightly bad form to ruin the ending of a literary work if you don't have to? There are many other particulars of the work in question that could have been used.

	McP:	Jul 10th, 2011 at 21:22 GMT	3 points
	I like the nod to Kurt Vonnegut considering he's my favorite author and all, but cthulhu is right in a sense. Although the meaning and plot as a whole are still intact, you sort of ruined the novel's climax for anyone who has yet to read it.

	Lindsay:	Jul 10th, 2011 at 22:12 GMT	2 points
	Nice to see one of my alma maters (UVM) on here - Go Cats Go!