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African or African't? Trivia Quiz

What achievements have Africans made - or maybe not made?

A multiple-choice quiz by Daikenro. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Daikenro

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
353,080

Updated
Feb 08 23

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
535

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who was the first African to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature? Hint

Wole Soyinka

J.M. Coetzee

Naguib Mahfouz

J.M.G. Le Cl�zio

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who was the first Pakistani to receive the Nobel Prize in Physics? Hint

Georges Charpak

Albert Fert

Abdus Salam

George Smoot

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Question 3 of 10

3. The first successful human heart transplant was performed by which African? Hint

Max Theiler

It was not performed by an African

Magdi Yacoub

Christiaan Barnard

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who was the first African to be Managing Director of the IMF? Hint

Yilma Deressa

Johannes Witteveen

No African has held this position

Youssef Boutros-Ghali

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who was the first African to win the Nobel Prize in Economics? Hint

Enoch Dogolea

Sylvia Nasar

There has been no African recipient

Amartya Sen

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which African-born invented the system of latitude and longitude? Hint

Archimedes

The inventor was not African-born

Cyrene

Eratosthenes

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who was the first African Secretary-General to the United Nations? Hint

Kurt Waldheim

Kofi Annan

Boutros Boutros-Ghali

U Thant

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who was the first African chosen as "Time" Person of the Year? Hint

Nelson Mandela

Anwar Sadat

Haile Selassie I

Kofi Annan

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who was the first African to go into space? Hint

Abdul Ahad Mohmand

No African has been into space

Muhammed Faris

Mark Shuttleworth

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who was the first African recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize? Hint

Mohamed Anwar Al-Sadat

Nelson Mandela

Albert Lutuli

Kofi Annan

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who was the first African to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature?

Answer: Wole Soyinka

Wole Soyinka from Nigeria received the prize in 1986. Other African Nobel laureates in Literature are Naguib Mahfouz (1988), Nadine Gordimer (1991), J.M. Coetzee (2003), and the French-Mauritian J.M.G. Le Cl�zio in 2008.

2. Who was the first Pakistani to receive the Nobel Prize in Physics?

Answer: Abdus Salam

Abdus Salam from Pakistan received the prize in 1979, together with Sheldon Lee Glashow and Steven Weinberg (both USA). George Smoot received the prize with John C. Mather in 2006 (both USA). The Frenchman Georges Charpak was the sole recipient in 1992; and Albert Fert (also France) was the sole recipient in 2007.

3. The first successful human heart transplant was performed by which African?

Answer: Christiaan Barnard

On 3 December 1967 Christiaan Barnard successfully transplanted a heart into Louis Washkansky.

Max Theiler received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1951.

Magdi Yacoub is one of the most renowned heart surgeons of the past forty years and a pioneer in further development of transplantion techniques.

4. Who was the first African to be Managing Director of the IMF?

Answer: No African has held this position

No African has held this position. In fact, the managing director has always been European.

5. Who was the first African to win the Nobel Prize in Economics?

Answer: There has been no African recipient

Sylvia Nasar is the author of "A Beautiful Mind", the biography on John Forbes Nash, who himself was a recipient of the prize in 1994. Amartya Sen received the prize in 1998, but is from India. Enoch Dogolea was Vice President of Liberia from 1997 to 2000.

6. Which African-born invented the system of latitude and longitude?

Answer: Eratosthenes

The system of latitude and longtidue was invented by Eratosthenes (c. 276BC- 195BC). Born in Cyrene (present-day Libya), he became the chief librarian of the Library of Alexandria.

7. Who was the first African Secretary-General to the United Nations?

Answer: Boutros Boutros-Ghali

Boutros Boutros-Ghali from Egypt served as Secretary-General from 1992 to 1996. He was succeeded by Ghanaian Kofi Anna. U Thant and Kurt Waldheim served as Secretary-General before Boutros-Ghali, but they were from Burma and Austria respectively.

8. Who was the first African chosen as "Time" Person of the Year?

Answer: Haile Selassie I

Haile Selassie I, emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974, was chosen as Time Person of the Year in 1935.

9. Who was the first African to go into space?

Answer: Mark Shuttleworth

South African Mark Shuttleworth was the first African in space on 25 April 2002. Muhammed Faris went into space on 22 July 1987 and Abdul Ahad Mohmand on 29 August 1988, but neither is African, being from Syria and Afghanistan respectively.

10. Who was the first African recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize?

Answer: Albert Lutuli

Albert Lutuli was the first African recipient in 1960 for his fight against apartheid in South Africa. For his efforts in ending the apartheid regime, Nelson Mandela received the prize in 1993 together with F.W. de Klerk. Mohamed Anwar Al-Sadat was a laureate together with Menachem Begin for their negotiations for peace between Egypt and Israel. Kofi Annan was a recipient in 2001.

Source: Author Daikenro

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