Q 01/05

Which fictional hero did Goodall say she fell passionately in love with as a girl?

A) Robin Hood

B) Tarzan

C) Peter Pan

D) Mowgli

Answer · why

B) Tarzan

Tarzan won her heart in second-hand books, and she joked ever after that he had married the wrong Jane; reading them, she resolved to go to Africa and...

Q 02/05

In which country is Gombe Stream National Park, the site of Goodall's research?

A) Tanzania

B) Kenya

C) Rwanda

D) Uganda

Answer · why

A) Tanzania

Tanzania did not yet exist when she stepped ashore in 1960: Gombe was then a small game reserve in a British-run territory, and only later became a na...

Q 03/05

Which palaeontologist mentored Goodall and sent her to Gombe in 1960?

A) Richard Owen

B) Donald Johanson

C) Raymond Dart

D) Louis Leakey

Answer · why

D) Louis Leakey

Louis Leakey believed living great apes could hint at how early humans behaved, and he chose her precisely because she had no degree: he wanted a mind...

Q 04/05

What job was Goodall first offered when she telephoned a famous fossil hunter in Kenya in 1957?

A) Photographer

B) Secretary

C) Museum guide

D) Field cook

Answer · why

B) Secretary

Secretary: he hired her at his Nairobi museum on the spot, then took her fossil-digging at Olduvai Gorge, and only later revealed that he wanted someo...

Q 05/05

What set apart the Netflix interview with Goodall that was released in October 2025?

A) It was entirely in Swahili

B) Her grandson hosted it

C) It was held back until she died

D) It was filmed at Gombe

Answer · why

C) It was held back until she died

It was held back until she died: Famous Last Words films its guests in secret on the promise that nothing airs in their lifetime, and Goodall, the fir...