Christiaan Barnard Quiz

Christiaan Neethling Barnard was a South African cardiac surgeon who performed the world’s first successful human-to-human heart transplant.

Christiaan Barnard Quiz Questions

1. When was Christiaan Barnard born?
a) 22 March 1914
b) 4 June 1924
c) 17 July 1918
d) 8 November 1922

2. Where was Christiaan Barnard born?
a) Amsterdam
b) Durban
c) Beaufort West
d) Port Elizabeth

3. When was Christiaan Barnard resident surgeon?
a) 1953-1956
b) 1948-1950
c) 1964-1966
d) 1951-1952

4. Which university did Christiaan Barnard attend?
a) Oxford
b) Minnesota
c) Harvard
d) Yale

5. When did Christiaan Barnard perform the first human heart transplant?
a) 26 January 1969
b) 10 May 1978
c) 9 August 1965
d) 3 December 1967

6. Where was Christiaan Barnard senior cardiothoracic surgeon?
a) King’s College Hospital
b) Guy’s Hospital
c) Groote Schuur Hospital
d) St. George’s Hospital

7. How many days did Louis Washkansky live after his heart was replaced?
a) 18
b) 24
c) 15
d) 31

8. When did Christiaan Barnard write The Second Life?
a) 1967
b) 1993
c) 1977
d) 1984

9. When did Christiaan Barnard die?
a) 14 February 2009
b) 10 April 2008
c) 2 September 2001
d) 7 October 2005

10. Where did Christiaan Barnard die?
a) Paphos
b) Cape Town
c) Winburg
d) Lyndenburg

Christiaan Barnard Quiz Questions and Answers

1. When was Christiaan Barnard born?
d) 8 November 1922

2. Where was Christiaan Barnard born?
c) Beaufort West

3. When was Christiaan Barnard resident surgeon?
a) 1953-1956

4. Which university did Christiaan Barnard attend?
b) Minnesota

5. When did Christiaan Barnard perform the first human heart transplant?
d) 3 December 1967

6. Where was Christiaan Barnard senior cardiothoracic surgeon?
c) Groote Schuur Hospital

7. How many days did Louis Washkansky live after his heart was replaced?
a) 18

8. When did Christiaan Barnard write The Second Life?
b) 1993

9. When did Christiaan Barnard die?
c) 2 September 2001

10. Where did Christiaan Barnard die?
a) Paphos