Here's a fun game we played in honor of Ambrose the cat at one of my book signings. See how many of these famous "cats" you can guess. The answers are below but try not to peek!
1. Became famous doing cat food commercials
2. Put on his owner's shoe wear and turned into a mover and shaker
3. Ate breakfast at Tiffany's
4. Guy with a big smile, famous for his disappearing act
5. Belongs to Strawberry Shortcake
6. Is Tweety Bird's favorite feline
7. Went boating with a feathered friend
8. Solves mysteries with his human Temple Barr in Carole Nelson Douglas's mystery novels
9. Is a comic book celebrity:
10. Had only her memories left in CATS
11. Got his paws burned thanks to Tennessee Williams
12. Is big into stovepipe hats
13. Kim Novak's familiar in BELL, BOOK, AND CANDLE
14. Top musicians in Nashville are called this
15. The mama cat in Disney's THE ARISTOCATS
16. Before he was known as the King, Elvis was called this
17. A comic book star who looks a lot like Garfield
18. Greedy politicians and gluttonous felines
19. Lillian Jackson Braun's sleuthing kitty
20. Cartoon leader of a gang of alley cats
21. Literate kitty (This one is courtesy of Laura, who reminded me of this little kitty at the Olympia signing.)


Answers:
1. Morris (By the way, did you know? Morris was rescued from a Chicago shelter 20 minutes prior to being put down?)
2. Puss 'n Boots
3. Cat
4. the Cheshire Cat
5. Custard
6. Sylvester
7. the Pussycat (of owl and the pussycat fame)
8. Midnight Louie
9. Garfield
10. Grizabella
11. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
12. the Cat in the Hat
13. Pyewacket
14. Nashville Cats
15. Duchess
16. the Hillbilly Cat
17. Heathcliff
18. Fat Cats
19. Yum Yum (or CoCo)
20. Top Cat
21. Dewey the Library cat