I went to a quiz last night and one of the questions was… ‘How many whiskers does a cat have?’
I said, six, three at each side.
Another member of the team said, ‘Twenty whiskers’.
Another member said, ‘Thirty whiskers’.
Who do you think was right?
If you haven’t got a cat… how many whiskers would you think they have?
Are you talking whiskers on cheeks or are you including eyebrow whiskers and those few “whiskers” on their legs?
My cats often had odd numbers of whiskers on each side of face - and the numbers would change as whiskers fell out and re-grew.
They generally had about a dozen on each side of the face, give or take a few, about half a dozen above each eye and about three on the back of each front leg.
I’ve had cats of all colours - the whiskers were easy to count on the black cats with white bibs, paws and whiskers! 
Sorry, Boot but the quizmaster didn’t specify where? I just presumed on their ‘cheeks’!
So you’re guessing, approx 24?
Yes - if you’re talking on cheeks only, I’d guess about 24.
Matilda is gorgeous! 
She is!! 
Ruthio, Matilda is very pretty but l think she has more whiskers on the left hand side than the right!
Nemo has 14 whiskers of various lengths on each cheek and 7 above each eye.
Willow has fewer, quite short, whiskers and refused to let me count them - said she was too busy sleeping.
All your cats are very pretty and should be on the front of chocolate boxes.
Alice, I loved your cat’s ‘whiskers’!
Have any of you read any of Lilian Jackson Braun books
They are delightful who dunnits, solved by a siamese cat.
The answer was… 30. I was shocked as whenever l draw a picture of a cat, l always draw 3 whiskers on each side!!
Oh well, l was only 24 whiskers out!!
Another question was, what is a group of kittens called?
Litter?
Nope! Good try though!
Kindle?
Yes! Mags, you are right!
I bet not a lot of people know that!
A Kindle of Kittens, A Clowder of Cats
