What did Goodall see chimpanzees do that surprised scientists?

Use twigs as tools to fish termites

Jane Goodall Quiz: 10 Questions That Test What You Know

This Jane Goodall quiz covers her childhood dream of Africa, her mentor Louis Leakey, her research at Gombe, the discovery of chimpanzee tool use and her lifelong work for conservation. Ten questions test what you know about one of the world's best-known scientists.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

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Gombe
In which country did Jane Goodall begin studying chimpanzees in 1960?
Mentor
Which famous paleoanthropologist sent Goodall to study chimps?
Tools
What did Goodall see chimpanzees do that surprised scientists?
Names
What was unusual about how Goodall identified chimps?
David
Which chimpanzee was first seen using tools?
Diet
What else did Goodall discover chimps do?
Degree
Which university awarded Goodall a PhD without an undergraduate degree?
Institute
When was the Jane Goodall Institute founded?
Youth
What is the name of Goodall's youth program?
Honor
Which UN role did Goodall hold from 2002?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: In which country did Jane Goodall begin studying chimpanzees in 1960?
Answer: Tanzania
Her research site was Gombe Stream on the shore of Lake Tanganyika.
Q2: Which famous paleoanthropologist sent Goodall to study chimps?
Answer: Louis Leakey
Leakey believed studying apes could shed light on early humans.
Q3: What did Goodall see chimpanzees do that surprised scientists?
Answer: Use twigs as tools to fish termites
Until then, tool making was thought to define humans.
Q4: What was unusual about how Goodall identified chimps?
Answer: She gave them names
Scientists then usually used numbers.
Q5: Which chimpanzee was first seen using tools?
Answer: David Greybeard
He was also the first to accept her presence.
Q6: What else did Goodall discover chimps do?
Answer: Hunt and eat meat
This changed views of chimp diets.
Q7: Which university awarded Goodall a PhD without an undergraduate degree?
Answer: Cambridge
She completed it in 1966.
Q8: When was the Jane Goodall Institute founded?
Answer: 1977
It supports research and conservation.
Q9: What is the name of Goodall's youth program?
Answer: Roots & Shoots
It began in Tanzania in 1991.
Q10: Which UN role did Goodall hold from 2002?
Answer: Messenger of Peace
She traveled about 300 days a year to speak.

Jane Goodall Quiz – Life Among the Chimpanzees

Jane Goodall was born in London in 1934 and dreamed of Africa as a child. With no university degree, she was chosen by Louis Leakey in 1960 to study wild chimpanzees at Gombe in Tanzania, a choice many experts doubted at the time.

Her patient observations changed science. She saw chimpanzees make and use tools, hunt for meat, show emotions and form complex social relationships. Her work showed how closely related humans and chimpanzees are, and how much individual personality matters in animals.

Goodall later turned to conservation and education, founding the Jane Goodall Institute and the Roots & Shoots youth program. She spent decades traveling the world to speak about protecting animals, forests and the planet, inspiring generations of young scientists.

What This Quiz Teaches

This quiz is for nature and science fans exploring Jane Goodall's life.

Where she studied chimps
Who sent her there
What tool use showed
How she named chimps
What she did for conservation

Did You Know?

Gombe research is one of the longest wild animal studies.
Her childhood toy was a chimpanzee named Jubilee.
She became a Dame in 2004.
She wrote In the Shadow of Man.
Chimps share about 98% of DNA with humans.