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David Livingstone discovers Victoria Falls - Exam
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  • 1. Who discovered Victoria Falls?
A) Marco Polo
B) Henry Stanley
C) David Livingstone
D) Christopher Columbus
  • 2. In which African country are Victoria Falls located?
A) Zambia
B) Kenya
C) South Africa
D) Nigeria
  • 3. What is the indigenous name for Victoria Falls?
A) Table Mountain
B) Mosi-oa-Tunya
C) Kilimanjaro
D) Serengeti
  • 4. What continent is Victoria Falls located on?
A) Asia
B) South America
C) Europe
D) Africa
  • 5. What river forms Victoria Falls?
A) Zambezi River
B) Congo River
C) Nile River
D) Limpopo River
  • 6. What type of climate can be found around Victoria Falls?
A) Arctic
B) Tropical
C) Desert
D) Mediterranean
  • 7. What famous explorer is known to have crossed Africa and met David Livingstone near Victoria Falls?
A) James Cook
B) Vasco da Gama
C) Ferdinand Magellan
D) Henry Stanley
  • 8. How tall is the largest curtain of water at Victoria Falls?
A) 90 meters
B) 75 meters
C) 120 meters
D) 108 meters
  • 9. In what year did David Livingstone discover Victoria Falls?
A) 1863
B) 1855
C) 1847
D) 1870
  • 10. On which date was David Livingstone born?
A) 14 April 1820
B) 19 March 1813
C) 23 June 1805
D) 1 May 1873
  • 11. In which town in Scotland was David Livingstone born?
A) Glasgow
B) Edinburgh
C) Aberdeen
D) Blantyre
  • 12. What occupation did Neil Livingstone have that involved distributing Christian literature?
A) Church pastor
B) Door-to-door tea salesman
C) Cotton mill worker
D) Bookshop owner
  • 13. David Livingstone's father was known for which of the following habits?
A) Smoker
B) Heavy drinker
C) Teetotaler
D) Gambler
  • 14. What type of literature did Neil Livingstone distribute on his travels?
A) Christian tracts
B) Novels
C) Political pamphlets
D) Science journals
  • 15. At what age was David Livingstone employed at the cotton mill in Blantyre Works?
A) Eight
B) Twenty
C) Fifteen
D) Ten
  • 16. How many hours a day did David and his brother work as piecers at the cotton mill?
A) Fourteen
B) Twelve
C) Sixteen
D) Ten
  • 17. What was one of Neil Livingstone's concerns regarding David's reading material?
A) Science books were undermining Christianity
B) History books were too boring
C) Novels were inappropriate for his age
D) Mathematics books were too difficult
  • 18. Which book helped David Livingstone reconcile faith and science?
A) The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
B) Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
C) Paradise Lost by John Milton
D) Philosophy of a Future State by Thomas Dick
  • 19. Who was the Blantyre evangelist that influenced David Livingstone?
A) John Wesley
B) Thomas Burke
C) George Whitefield
D) Charles Finney
  • 20. At what age did David Livingstone leave the Church of Scotland for a Congregational church?
A) Twenty
B) Ten
C) Eighteen
D) Fifteen
  • 21. Which preacher's teachings influenced Livingstone to accept salvation was open to all who ask for it?
A) Thomas Dick
B) Ralph Wardlaw
C) Charles Finney
D) Karl Gützlaff
  • 22. What did David Livingstone use lines from Robert Burns' song to express?
A) Love for nature
B) Interest in politics
C) Desire for wealth
D) Empathy with all who labour
  • 23. What was the name of the cotton mill where David worked as a piecer and later as a spinner?
A) Edinburgh Textile Factory
B) Aberdeen Spinning Mill
C) H. Monteith's Blantyre cotton mill
D) Glasgow Cotton Works
  • 24. What did David Livingstone hum from Robert Burns' song to express his egalitarian beliefs?
A) "Tam O'Shanter"
B) "A Red, Red Rose"
C) "To a Mouse"
D) "When man to man, the world o'er/Shall brothers be for a' that"
  • 25. Which university did David Livingstone join in 1836?
A) Anderson's University, Glasgow
B) University of Edinburgh
C) Cambridge University
D) Oxford University
  • 26. Who tutored David Livingstone in Latin to prepare for medical school?
A) James Young
B) Richard Wardlaw
C) Daniel Gallagher
D) Andrew Buchanan
  • 27. What organization did David Livingstone apply to become a missionary with in October 1837?
A) Charing Cross Hospital Medical School
B) The London Missionary Society (LMS)
C) The Congregational Church College
D) Anderson's University
  • 28. Where did David Livingstone receive initial training as a probationary candidate?
A) Cheshunt College
B) Glasgow, Scotland
C) Blantyre village school
D) Ongar, Essex
  • 29. Who assessed David Livingstone's character as having 'sense and quiet vigour'?
A) The Reverend Richard Cecil
B) Richard Wardlaw
C) Andrew Buchanan
D) Daniel Gallagher
  • 30. Where did David Livingstone continue his clinical training?
A) Charing Cross Hospital Medical School
B) Ongar, Essex
C) Anderson's University, Glasgow
D) Blantyre village school
  • 31. When did David Livingstone qualify as a licentiate of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow?
A) 20 November 1840
B) June 1839
C) 16 November 1840
D) January 1838
  • 32. Where was David Livingstone ordained as a minister of the church?
A) Albion Chapel, Finsbury
B) Glasgow University
C) Charing Cross Hospital
D) Ongar, Essex
  • 33. Who conducted David Livingstone's ordination service?
A) The London Missionary Society directors
B) The Reverend Richard Cecil and J. J. Freeman
C) Richard Wardlaw and James Young
D) Daniel Gallagher and Andrew Buchanan
  • 34. Why did the LMS directors initially hesitate to send Livingstone to China?
A) They believed there were already enough missionaries in China.
B) China was not considered a priority for missionary work.
C) Livingstone had expressed a lack of interest in going to China.
D) The looming First Opium War made them cautious.
  • 35. What did Fowell Buxton argue at the Exeter Hall meeting?
A) Slavery was necessary for economic development in Africa.
B) Missionaries should focus only on preaching the gospel.
C) The African slave trade would end if chiefs could obtain European goods through legitimate trade.
D) Christian missions should avoid involvement in commerce.
  • 36. Where did Livingstone go ashore during the voyage to Cape Town?
A) Simon's Bay
B) Kuruman Mission
C) Algoa Bay
D) Rio de Janeiro
  • 37. What was Livingstone's destination after leaving Algoa Bay?
A) Simon's Bay
B) Kuruman Mission
C) Cape Town
D) Mabotsa
  • 38. Who accompanied Livingstone on the trek from Algoa Bay to Kuruman?
A) Ross and his wife
B) Paul and Mebalwe
C) Roger Edwards
D) Moffat and his family
  • 39. How many miles did Livingstone trek with Roger Edwards to investigate a new station?
A) 1200 miles (1931 km)
B) 1000 miles (1609 km)
C) 750 miles (1,210 km)
D) 500 miles (805 km)
  • 40. What area did Livingstone and Edwards investigate for a potential new mission station?
A) Mabotsa, Botswana
B) Kuruman Mission
C) Simon's Bay
D) Cape Town
  • 41. When did Edwards get LMS approval to set up a mission station at Mabotsa?
A) January 1844
B) September 1842
C) June 1843
D) March 1845
  • 42. Who did Livingstone marry on 9 January 1845?
A) Ross's wife
B) Edwards's wife
C) Mary Moffat
D) Mrs Philip
  • 43. Who saved Livingstone's life during the lion attack?
A) Mebalwe
B) Paul
C) Mary Moffat
D) Roger Edwards
  • 44. What was the outcome of Livingstone's broken bone after it was set by himself and Edwards?
A) The bone bonded strongly
B) He needed immediate surgery
C) It required another setting
D) The bone did not heal properly
  • 45. Where did Livingstone go for recuperation after the lion attack?
A) Mabotsa
B) Kuruman
C) Cape Town
D) Simon's Bay
  • 46. Who tended to Livingstone during his recuperation at Kuruman?
A) Edwards's wife
B) Moffat's daughter Mary
C) Mrs Philip
D) Ross's wife
  • 47. Who did Livingstone convert at Kolobeng Mission in 1849?
A) Ross
B) Moffat
C) Edwards
D) Chief Sechele
  • 48. In which year did Livingstone cross the Kalahari Desert and reach Lake Ngami?
A) 1849
B) 1852
C) 1854
D) 1851
  • 49. What did the Royal Geographical Society present to Livingstone for his journey to Lake Ngami?
A) A compass
B) A map of Africa
C) A letter of commendation
D) A chronometer watch
  • 50. How many Kololo warriors acted as interpreters and guides for Livingstone's investigation of trade routes?
A) 114
B) 75
C) 50
D) 27
  • 51. What name did Livingstone give to the waterfall he named after Queen Victoria?
A) Livingstone Falls
B) Victoria Falls
C) Ngami Falls
D) Kololo Falls
  • 52. Which ocean did Livingstone successfully reach by mapping most of the Zambezi river?
A) The Arctic Ocean
B) The Indian Ocean
C) The Pacific Ocean
D) The Atlantic Ocean
  • 53. Which two Arab traders crossed the continent from Zanzibar to Benguela in 1853–1854?
A) Arab traders
B) Portuguese traders
C) British explorers
D) Native African traders
  • 54. Which city did Livingstone and his party reach on the Atlantic in May 1854?
A) Quelimane
B) Luanda
C) Zanzibar
D) Linyanti
  • 55. In which year did David Livingstone return to Britain?
A) March 1858
B) June 1857
C) January 1855
D) December 1856
  • 56. Which publishing house published David Livingstone's 'Missionary Travels' in 1857?
A) British Government
B) The London Missionary Society
C) John Murray
D) Royal Geographical Society
  • 57. What was noted as containing little of interest in Livingstone's description?
A) Missionary Travels
B) British colonies
C) Portuguese Angola
D) Zambezi River
  • 58. Who put David Livingstone in touch with the foreign secretary?
A) John Murray
B) Roderick Murchison
C) The London Missionary Society
D) David Livingstone himself
  • 59. When did David Livingstone resign from the London Missionary Society?
A) 1858
B) 1860
C) 1857
D) 1855
  • 60. What type of river steamer was built in portable sections for the Zambezi expedition?
A) Pearl
B) Ma Robert
C) Pioneer
D) Lady Nyasa
  • 61. Which ship took Ma Robert out on its way to Ceylon?
A) Colonial Office steamer Pearl
B) Lady Nyasa
C) Ma Robert
D) Pioneer
  • 62. Where did the expedition collect twelve Kru seafarers to man the river steamer?
A) Zambezi
B) Shupanga
C) Freetown
D) Ceylon
  • 63. What natural obstacle made the Zambezi river impassable to boats past a certain point?
A) Shire River
B) Ruvuma River
C) Murchison Cataracts
D) Cahora Bassa rapids
  • 64. Which lake did some members of the expedition become the first to reach?
A) Lake Victoria
B) Lake Malawi
C) Lake Tanganyika
D) Lake Nyasa
  • 65. What type of vessel was provided by the Colonial Office in 1861 for further exploration?
A) Prefabricated Lady Nyasa
B) Colonial Office steamer Pearl
C) Wooden paddle survey vessel Pioneer
D) Iron river steamer Ma Robert
  • 66. What was the name of the river steamer specially designed to sail on Lake Nyasa?
A) Pioneer
B) Ma Robert
C) Pearl
D) Lady Nyasa
  • 67. What did the expedition have to clear from the paddle wheels frequently?
A) Corpses
B) Rocks
C) Shoals
D) Debris
  • 68. What was the name of the slave-hunter whose actions caused famine along the Shire River?
A) Mariano's Chikunda
B) Kru seafarers
C) Portuguese soldiers
D) Livingstone's followers
  • 69. In what year did the Zambezi Expedition return to England after being recalled by the government?
A) 1864
B) 1863
C) 1866
D) 1865
  • 70. Which of the following was NOT a type of material collected by John Kirk, Charles Meller, and Richard Thornton?
A) Geological
B) Astronomical
C) Ecological
D) Botanical
  • 71. Where did David Livingstone return to Africa from in January 1866?
A) Zanzibar
B) Cape Town
C) Lagos
D) Mombasa
  • 72. What happened to most of Livingstone's supplies by the time he reached Lake Malawi?
A) They were confiscated by authorities
B) They were destroyed in a fire
C) They were lost at sea
D) They had been stolen
  • 73. Where did Livingstone find himself extremely ill in 1869?
A) In the jungle
B) Near Zanzibar
C) At Lake Tanganyika
D) On Mount Kilimanjaro
  • 74. Who did Livingstone send his men to assist after the massacre?
A) Manilla's brother
B) The Wagenya chieftain Kimburu
C) Local villagers
D) Dugumbe
  • 75. What award did Livingstone receive from the Royal Geographical Society of London?
A) Silver medal
B) Explorer's Trophy
C) Bronze medal
D) Gold medal
  • 76. How long had Livingstone lost contact with the outside world before Stanley found him?
A) eight years
B) two years
C) four years
D) six years
  • 77. Which newspaper sent Henry Morton Stanley to find Livingstone?
A) New York Herald
B) Daily Telegraph
C) The Times
D) London Gazette
  • 78. How many wives did Sechele have when Livingstone advised him to reduce the number?
A) seven
B) two
C) five
D) three
  • 79. Which tree is most likely under which Livingstone's heart was buried?
A) Mpundu tree
B) Acacia tree
C) Baobab tree
D) Mvula tree
  • 80. How long did it take for Livingstone's remains to be transported to Bagamoyo?
A) 120 days
B) 30 days
C) 63 days
D) 90 days
  • 81. Where were David Livingstone's remains interred after being returned to Britain?
A) Westminster Abbey
B) St. Paul's Cathedral
C) The British Museum
D) Savile Row
  • 82. What did Livingstone describe as 'the strangest disease' he saw?
A) Broken-heartedness among captured free men turned into slaves
B) Cholera
C) Smallpox
D) Malaria
  • 83. What was Livingstone's rank among the 100 Greatest Britons in a UK-wide vote?
A) 98th
B) 50th
C) Not listed at all.
D) 1st
  • 84. In which year did David Livingstone marry Mary Moffat?
A) 1862
B) 1845
C) 1876
D) 1857
  • 85. What was the cause of death for Mary, David Livingstone's wife?
A) Cholera
B) Typhoid
C) Bilharzia
D) Malaria
  • 86. What was Thomas's cause of death?
A) Tuberculosis
B) Bilharzia
C) Malaria
D) Drowning
  • 87. How old was Elizabeth, David Livingstone's daughter, when she died?
A) One year
B) Ten years
C) Two months
D) Five years
  • 88. Where did William Oswell die?
A) Egypt
B) Trinidad
C) Scotland
D) Africa
  • 89. What was the nickname of David Livingstone's son, William Oswell?
A) Zouga
B) Rupert
C) Thomas
D) Robert
  • 90. How many of David Livingstone's children survived to adulthood and had their own families?
A) Four
B) Three
C) Two
D) Five
  • 91. What was the name of Agnes, one of David Livingstone's daughters' husband?
A) Rupert Vincent
B) Horace Heath
C) A.L. Bruce
D) Robert Moffat
  • 92. What was the profession of Agnes's husband, A.L. Bruce?
A) Missionary
B) Soldier
C) Wealthy Scottish brewery executive
D) Doctor
  • 93. In which year was the Missionary Exhibition featuring items related to Livingstone held?
A) 1913
B) 1932
C) 2005
D) 1871
  • 94. Where was the principal centenary event for David Livingstone held in 1913?
A) University of Nebraska–Lincoln
B) Royal Albert Hall
C) Victoria Falls
D) Missionary Exhibition in Bromley
  • 95. Who designed the David Livingstone Centenary Medal?
A) Theodore Roosevelt
B) Randall Davidson
C) Gutzon Borglum
D) Harry Johnston
  • 96. In what year was Theodore Roosevelt awarded the David Livingstone Centenary Medal?
A) 1932
B) 1917
C) 1913
D) 1871
  • 97. Which institution has a room named after David Livingstone?
A) Eltham College
B) University of Auckland
C) Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
D) Corpus Christi College, Oxford
  • 98. Where is a bust of David Livingstone located?
A) David Livingstone Birthplace Museum in Blantyre
B) Royal Geographical Society, London
C) Strathclyde University, Glasgow
D) Wallace Monument near Stirling
  • 99. What is commemorated by a plaque at Hadley Green, High Barnet?
A) His first missionary journey
B) His work with the London Missionary Society
C) The centenary of his death
D) Livingstone's birth
  • 100. In which Canadian province can you find the Livingstone Range of mountains?
A) Newfoundland and Labrador
B) Nova Scotia
C) Ontario
D) Alberta
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