David Livingstone Quiz

David Livingstone, by Frederick Havill, given to the National Portrait Gallery, London in 1896. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

David Livingstone Quiz Questions

1. When was David Livingstone born?
a) 19 March 1813
b) 17 June 1810
c) 1 September 1802
d) 5 December 1816

2. Where was David Livingstone born?
a) Aberdeen
b) Blantyre
c) Glasgow
d) Edinburgh

3. When did David Livingstone join the London Missionary Society?
a) 1852
b) 1846
c) 1838
d) 1832

Statue of missionary and explorer David Livingstone http://www.princes-street.com/interest/thomas-guthrie.html, www.princes-street.com (1818-1873) in Princes Street Gardens. Nederlands: Standbeeld van missionaris en ontdekkingsreiziger David Livingstone (1818-1873) in Princes Street Gardens. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

4. When did David Livingstone reach Cape Town?
a) 14 March 1841
b) 22 April 1836
c) 9 July 1834
d) 3 November 1828

5. When did David Livingstone marry Mary Moffat?
a) 15 October 1837
b) 19 May 1835
c) 2 August 1842
d) 2 January 1845

6. Which organization awarded a gold medal to David Livingstone for the discovery of Lake Ngami?
a) East India Company
b) Royal Geographical Society
c) National Geographic Society
d) Bank of England

7. Which lake did David Livingstone discover on 8 November 1867?
a) Mweru
b) Bangweulu
c) Superior
d) Tanganyika

Henry Morton Stanley meets David Livingstone in Ujiji, 1871. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

8. What did Henry Stanley say when he found David Livingstone?
a) “Dr. Livingstone, How do you do?”
b) “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?”
c) “Mission accomplished.”
d) “Good to see you David.”

9. When did David Livingstone die?
a) 8 February 1868
b) 1 May 1873
c) 21 September 1881
d) 9 December 1876

10. Where did David Livingstone die?
a) Chitambo
b) Kalabo
c) Zambezi
d) Lusaka

David Livingstone Quiz Questions with Answers

1. When was David Livingstone born?
a) 19 March 1813

2. Where was David Livingstone born?
b) Blantyre

3. When did David Livingstone join the London Missionary Society?
c) 1838

4. When did David Livingstone reach Cape Town?
a) 14 March 1841

5. When did David Livingstone marry Mary Moffat?
d) 2 January 1845

6. Which organization awarded a gold medal to David Livingstone for the discovery of Lake Ngami?
b) Royal Geographical Society

7. Which lake did David Livingstone discover on 8 November 1867?
a) Mweru

8. What did Henry Stanley say when he found David Livingstone?
b) “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?”

9. When did David Livingstone die?
b) 1 May 1873

10. Where did David Livingstone die?
a) Chitambo

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