Q 01/05

The world's first veterinary school opened in 1761 in which city?

A) Lyon

B) Paris

C) Vienna

D) Edinburgh

Answer · why

A) Lyon

A second school followed at Alfort near Paris in 1765, and the model spread across Europe within decades.

Q 02/05

Which French horseman founded the world's first veterinary school?

A) Louis Pasteur

B) Claude Bourgelat

C) Granville Penn

D) Edward Jenner

Answer · why

B) Claude Bourgelat

He ran a riding academy and turned to animal medicine after watching cattle plague devastate French herds.

Q 03/05

The word 'veterinary' comes from the Latin 'veterinae', meaning what?

A) Healing hands

B) Cloven-hoofed

C) Working animals

D) Ancient wisdom

Answer · why

C) Working animals

The earliest vets were essentially horse and ox doctors, which is exactly what the Latin root implies.

Q 04/05

Which 17th-century English writer first used the word 'veterinarian' in print, in 1646?

A) John Milton

B) Samuel Pepys

C) Izaak Walton

D) Thomas Browne

Answer · why

D) Thomas Browne

The physician-author of Religio Medici coined dozens of English words, including 'electricity' and 'hallucination'.

Q 05/05

The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons was established by royal charter in which year?

A) 1844

B) 1866

C) 1889

D) 1911

Answer · why

A) 1844

The London veterinary college itself had been running since 1791, but it took another half-century to get a professional body.