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  • 1. What year was 'The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano' first published?
A) 1800
B) 1789
C) 1776
D) 1765
  • 2. Olaudah Equiano was born in which modern-day country?
A) Nigeria
B) Senegal
C) Ghana
D) South Africa
  • 3. What was Olaudah Equiano's original name?
A) Dauda Balogun
B) Kofi Annan
C) Chinua Achebe
D) Gustavus Vassa
  • 4. In addition to being an author, Equiano was also a:
A) Preacher
B) Politician
C) Merchant
D) Warrior
  • 5. What genre does Equiano's narrative belong to?
A) Poetry
B) Biography
C) Autobiography
D) Fiction
  • 6. Which notable figure did Equiano work alongside?
A) William Wilberforce
B) Granville Sharp
C) Thomas Jefferson
D) Abraham Lincoln
  • 7. What year did Olaudah Equiano pass away?
A) 1805
B) 1780
C) 1810
D) 1797
  • 8. Equiano's account serves to educate readers about:
A) The benefits of colonialism
B) The realities of slavery
C) Royal family histories
D) The prosperity of the plantations
  • 9. In which year was Olaudah Equiano baptized at St Margaret's, Westminster?
A) 1766
B) 1773
C) 1759
D) 1789
  • 10. Who purchased Olaudah Equiano's freedom in 1766?
A) Olaudah Equiano himself
B) Robert King
C) Captain James Doran
D) Lieutenant Michael Henry Pascal
  • 11. What significant act did Olaudah Equiano's autobiography help secure?
A) American Emancipation Proclamation
B) Spanish Slave Trade Ban
C) British Slave Trade Act 1807
D) French Abolition of Slavery Act
  • 12. Which war did Olaudah Equiano witness during his time with Lieutenant Pascal?
A) Napoleonic Wars
B) Seven Years' War
C) Crimean War
D) American Revolutionary War
  • 13. Who was Olaudah Equiano's godmother when he was baptized?
A) Robert King
B) Maynard Guerin
C) Sister-in-law of Pascal
D) Mary Guerin
  • 14. What role did Olaudah Equiano have on the Royal Navy ship?
A) Captain
B) Navigator
C) Valet and gunpowder hauler
D) Cook
  • 15. How many editions of 'The Interesting Narrative' were published during Equiano's life?
A) Seven
B) Twelve
C) Nine
D) Five
  • 16. What was the name of Olaudah Equiano's first owner in Virginia?
A) Maynard Guerin
B) Michael Henry Pascal
C) Robert King
D) James Doran
  • 17. What significant event did Equiano witness at the Siege of Louisbourg?
A) Signing of a peace treaty
B) Battle between pirates
C) Discovery of new land
D) A military siege during the Seven Years' War
  • 18. What was Olaudah Equiano's role in assisting the ship's crew?
A) Cooking meals for sailors
B) Repairing sails
C) Navigating the ship
D) Hauling gunpowder to the gun decks
  • 19. Who was Olaudah Equiano's second owner after being sold by Pascal?
A) Captain James Doran
B) Lieutenant Michael Henry Pascal
C) Robert King
D) Maynard Guerin
  • 20. What was the name of the ship that transported Equiano across the Atlantic Ocean?
A) European slave ship
B) Charming Sally
C) Santa Maria
D) Mayflower
  • 21. Who forced Olaudah Equiano to work on shipping routes and in stores?
A) Dr Charles Irving
B) Granville Sharp
C) George Whitefield
D) Robert King
  • 22. In what year did Olaudah Equiano achieve his freedom?
A) 1765
B) 1766
C) 1787
D) 1773
  • 23. How much was the purchase price for Olaudah Equiano's freedom in 2025 equivalent pounds?
A) £10,000
B) £40
C) £3,500
D) £6,100
  • 24. What was one of the items Olaudah Equiano sold during his profitable trading?
A) Fruits
B) Silk
C) Spices
D) Tea
  • 25. Which ship did Olaudah Equiano travel on to the Arctic in 1773?
A) Royal Navy Ship Endeavour
B) Arctic Explorer
C) HMS Beagle
D) HMS Racehorse
  • 26. Who developed a process to distill seawater that Olaudah Equiano worked with?
A) Dr Charles Irving
B) George Whitefield
C) Granville Sharp
D) Robert King
  • 27. Which year did Olaudah Equiano leave the Mosquito Coast?
A) 1777
B) 1776
C) 1783
D) 1768
  • 28. In which city did Olaudah Equiano settle where he became involved in the abolitionist movement?
A) New York
B) Edinburgh
C) London
D) Bristol
  • 29. When was the Equiano Society formed?
A) October 2012
B) January 2000
C) November 1996
D) July 2025
  • 30. What was the name of the massacre that Olaudah Equiano informed abolitionists about in 1783?
A) Bristol massacre
B) Amsterdam massacre
C) Zong massacre
D) London massacre
  • 31. Where is a statue of Equiano located in London?
A) Riverside Bridge
B) Union Street
C) Deptford
D) Telegraph Hill Lower Park, New Cross
  • 32. Which city did Equiano visit where his appearance was celebrated by abolitionists?
A) Sierra Leone
B) London
C) Nova Scotia
D) Belfast
  • 33. Which newspaper published Equiano's reply to James Tobin in 1788?
A) The Times
B) The Public Advertiser
C) The Northern Star
D) The Morning Chronicle
  • 34. Who launched a petition to keep Equiano in the National Curriculum?
A) Trinity College of Music
B) Google Cloud
C) The Daily Mail
D) Operation Black Vote
  • 35. What celestial body has a crater named 'Equiano'?
A) Mercury
B) Jupiter
C) Mars
D) Venus
  • 36. In which year did Susannah Cullen die?
A) 1797
B) 1795
C) 1796
D) 1800
  • 37. How many daughters did Olaudah Equiano have with Susannah Cullen?
A) One
B) Two
C) Four
D) Three
  • 38. In what year was Equiano's life included in the UK National Curriculum?
A) 2025
B) 1996
C) 2007
D) 2013
  • 39. In the play African Snow (2007), who played the role of Equiano?
A) Roger Alborough
B) Danny Sapani
C) Jeffery Kissoon
D) Israel Oyelumade
  • 40. During which month was Equiano celebrated as part of LGBTQ+ history in 2025?
A) Black History Month
B) National Curriculum Month
C) Google Doodle Month
D) LGBTQ+ history month
  • 41. Who portrayed Olaudah Equiano in the BBC television mini-series The Fight Against Slavery (1975)?
A) Jeffery Kissoon
B) Louis Mahoney
C) Youssou N'Dour
D) Danny Sapani
  • 42. Where is Anna Maria Equiano commemorated by a plaque?
A) Soho Church, London
B) Canterbury Cathedral, Kent
C) Westminster Abbey, London
D) St Andrew's Church, Chesterton, Cambridge
  • 43. Where was Olaudah Equiano buried?
A) Abney Park Cemetery
B) St Andrew's Church, Soham
C) Westminster Abbey
D) Whitefield's Tabernacle
  • 44. How many former slaves were transported from New York to Nova Scotia after the American Revolution?
A) 10,000
B) 5,000
C) 1,200
D) About 3,000
  • 45. On what date did Olaudah Equiano present an 'Address of Thanks' to the Quakers?
A) 15 August 1783
B) 30 November 1776
C) 12 December 1790
D) 21 October 1785
  • 46. Who portrayed Equiano in Margaret Busby's 2007 play An African Cargo?
A) Louis Mahoney
B) Danny Sapani
C) Israel Oyelumade
D) Jeffery Kissoon
  • 47. Who hosted Equiano in Belfast during his tour in May 1791?
A) Samuel Neilson
B) John Clarkson
C) James Tobin
D) Thomas Hardy
  • 48. What religious faith did Equiano embrace at the age of 14?
A) Christianity
B) Islam
C) Buddhism
D) Judaism
  • 49. In which county did Equiano live with his English wife and daughters?
A) Suffolk
B) Norfolk
C) Essex
D) Cambridgeshire
  • 50. Who revived interest in Equiano's memoir in 1967?
A) Obiwu
B) Vincent Carretta
C) Paul Edwards
D) O. S. Ogede
  • 51. What legal case did Kirkpatrick violate when he kidnapped John Annis?
A) The Somersett Case (1772)
B) Dred Scott v. Sandford
C) Brown v. Board of Education
D) Marbury v. Madison
  • 52. Who authored the historical novel Remnant about Equiano’s daughter and sister?
A) Katie Sweeting
B) Marc Wadsworth
C) Dr Robert Hume
D) Chika Unigwe
  • 53. What did Google Doodle celebrate on 16 October 2017?
A) Equiano's statue dedication
B) The unveiling of the green plaque for Equiano
C) Equiano's inclusion in the National Curriculum
D) The 272nd year since Equiano's birth
  • 54. Which Senegalese musician played Equiano in the film Amazing Grace (2006)?
A) Youssou N'Dour
B) Louis Mahoney
C) Jeffery Kissoon
D) Israel Oyelumade
  • 55. In which BBC series did Danny Sapani portray Equiano?
A) The Fight Against Slavery
B) Amazing Grace
C) An African Cargo
D) Garrow's Law (2010)
  • 56. Who wrote the fictional memoir The Black Messiah about Equiano?
A) Katie Sweeting
B) Murray Watts
C) Chika Unigwe
D) Dr Robert Hume
  • 57. On what date is Olaudah Equiano remembered in the Church of England Calendar of Saints?
A) 30 July
B) 22 September
C) 16 October
D) 11 October
  • 58. Who made the sculpture 'Wall of the Ancestors' that includes Equiano's head?
A) Ann Cameron
B) Martin Bond
C) Operation Black Vote
D) Professor Ian Hall
  • 59. What was the main reason Equiano was dismissed from his position in Sierra Leone?
A) Leaving without permission
B) Protesting against financial mismanagement
C) Disagreeing with John Clarkson
D) Failing to secure enough provisions
  • 60. What was the name of Olaudah Equiano's first daughter?
A) Elizabeth
B) Susannah
C) Joanna
D) Anna Maria
  • 61. Who identified the location of Anna Maria Equiano's grave?
A) Cathy O’Neill
B) O. S. Ogede
C) Paul Edwards
D) Victoria Avery
  • 62. What was Equiano's role in relation to the black community in London?
A) He often served as a spokesman
B) He was their leader
C) He funded their activities
D) He organized protests
  • 63. Which exoplanet was officially named Equiano in 2019?
A) HD 43197 b
B) TRAPPIST-1e
C) Proxima Centauri b
D) Kepler-22b
  • 64. What did Britain offer to black people who fought for them during the American War of Independence?
A) Money
B) Citizenship
C) Freedom
D) Land grants
  • 65. In what year did Equiano become involved in helping the black poor of London?
A) 1800
B) 1776
C) 1783
D) 1791
  • 66. In Jason Young's 2007 short animated film, who portrayed Equiano?
A) Chris Rochester
B) Israel Oyelumade
C) Jeffery Kissoon
D) Danny Sapani
  • 67. Where did Olaudah Equiano live when he drew up his will?
A) Plaisterers' Hall, Addle Street, Aldermanbury
B) Whitefield's Tabernacle
C) Paddington Street, Westminster
D) John Street, Tottenham Court Road
  • 68. Which scholar defended the accuracy of Equiano's memoir?
A) Adam Hochschild
B) Vincent Carretta
C) Paul Lovejoy
D) O. S. Ogede
  • 69. What colony was founded in 1792 for freed slaves by Britain?
A) Trinidad and Tobago
B) Sierra Leone
C) Jamaica
D) Barbados
  • 70. In what year did Equiano feature in the exhibition 'Rise Up: Resistance, Revolution, Abolition'?
A) 2007
B) 2019
C) 2025
D) 1996
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