Louis Leakey Quiz

Louis Leakey Quiz Questions

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1. When was Louis Leakey born?
(a) 16 February 1914
(b) 21 May 1908
(c) 7 August 1903
(d) 12 December 1905

2. Where was Louis Leakey born?
(a)Kabete
(b)Entebbe
(c)Salisbury
(d)Alexandria

3. Which university did Louis Leakey attend?
(a) Bristol
(b) Cambridge
(c) Edinburgh
(d) Manchester

4. When did Louis Leakey begin his research at Olduvai Gorge?
(a) 1921
(b) 1918
(c) 1926
(d) 1931

5. When did Louis Leakey write Adam’s Ancestors?
(a) 1936
(b) 1934
(c) 1942
(d) 1945

6. Who of the following was not one of Leakey’s Angels?
(a) Birute Galdikas
(b) Dian Fossey
(c) Jane Goodall
(d) Rosalie Osborn

7. Where did Louis Leakey’s team discover the remains of Proconsul africanus?
(a) Rusinga Island
(b) Grand Canyon
(c) Nairobi
(d) Pretoria

8. When did Louis Leakey’s team discover the remains of Kenyapithecus?
(a) 1974
(b) 1948
(c) 1962
(d) 1956

9. When did Louis Leakey die?
(a) 31 January 1979
(b) 10 June 1988
(c) 15 July 1983
(d) 1 October 1972

10. Where did Louis Leakey die?
(a) Mombasa
(b) London
(c) Freetown
(d) Windhoek

Louis Leakey Quiz Questions with Answers

1. When was Louis Leakey born?
(c) 7 August 1903

2. Where was Louis Leakey born?
(a)Kabete

3. Which university did Louis Leakey attend?
(b) Cambridge

4. When did Louis Leakey begin his research at Olduvai Gorge?
(d) 1931

5. When did Louis Leakey write Adam’s Ancestors?
(b) 1934

6. Who of the following was not one of Leakey’s Angels?
(d) Rosalie Osborn

7. Where did Louis Leakey’s team discover the remains of Proconsul africanus?
(a) Rusinga Island

8. When did Louis Leakey’s team discover the remains of Kenyapithecus?
(c) 1962

9. When did Louis Leakey die?
(d) 1 October 1972

10. Where did Louis Leakey die?
(b) London

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