Seven days of questions and answers

History Trivia Answers Archive

Review earlier daily rounds, reveal the correct answer, and use the short explanation to learn the fact behind each question. Page 1 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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Daily round

  1. Which place or polity is Mahatma Gandhi most closely associated with?

    Answer: India

    Mahatma Gandhi is most closely associated with India.

  2. What is Meiji Emperor especially known for?

    Answer: reigning during Japan’s rapid Meiji-era modernization

    Meiji Emperor is especially known for reigning during Japan’s rapid Meiji-era modernization.

  3. What is Marie Curie especially known for?

    Answer: conducting pioneering research on radioactivity

    Marie Curie is especially known for conducting pioneering research on radioactivity.

  4. Which place or polity is Joan of Arc most closely associated with?

    Answer: France

    Joan of Arc is most closely associated with France.

  5. During which period did Genghis Khan primarily live or work?

    Answer: 12th–13th centuries

    Genghis Khan primarily lived or worked during the 12th–13th centuries.

Daily round

  1. What is George Washington especially known for?

    Answer: commanding the Continental Army and becoming the first U.S. president

    George Washington is especially known for commanding the Continental Army and becoming the first U.S. president.

  2. What is Tokugawa Ieyasu especially known for?

    Answer: founding the Tokugawa shogunate

    Tokugawa Ieyasu is especially known for founding the Tokugawa shogunate.

  3. During which period did Hammurabi primarily live or work?

    Answer: 18th century BCE

    Hammurabi primarily lived or worked during the 18th century BCE.

  4. Which place or polity is Tokugawa Ieyasu most closely associated with?

    Answer: Japan

    Tokugawa Ieyasu is most closely associated with Japan.

  5. Which place or polity is Simón Bolívar most closely associated with?

    Answer: northern South America

    Simón Bolívar is most closely associated with northern South America.

Daily round

  1. During which period did Marco Polo primarily live or work?

    Answer: 13th century

    Marco Polo primarily lived or worked during the 13th century.

  2. Which place or polity is Catherine the Great most closely associated with?

    Answer: Russia

    Catherine the Great is most closely associated with Russia.

  3. During which period did Ashoka primarily live or work?

    Answer: 3rd century BCE

    Ashoka primarily lived or worked during the 3rd century BCE.

  4. What is Qin Shi Huang especially known for?

    Answer: becoming the first emperor of a unified China

    Qin Shi Huang is especially known for becoming the first emperor of a unified China.

  5. Which place or polity is Abraham Lincoln most closely associated with?

    Answer: United States

    Abraham Lincoln is most closely associated with the United States.

Daily round

  1. During which period did Constantine I primarily live or work?

    Answer: 4th century CE

    Constantine I primarily lived or worked during the 4th century CE.

  2. What is Christopher Columbus especially known for?

    Answer: leading the 1492 Atlantic voyage that reached the Caribbean

    Christopher Columbus is especially known for leading the 1492 Atlantic voyage that reached the Caribbean.

  3. Which place or polity is Toussaint Louverture most closely associated with?

    Answer: Saint-Domingue

    Toussaint Louverture is most closely associated with Saint-Domingue.

  4. Which place or polity is Meiji Emperor most closely associated with?

    Answer: Japan

    Meiji Emperor is most closely associated with Japan.

  5. During which period did Abraham Lincoln primarily live or work?

    Answer: 19th century

    Abraham Lincoln primarily lived or worked during the 19th century.

Daily round

  1. What is Johannes Gutenberg especially known for?

    Answer: advancing movable-type book printing in Europe

    Johannes Gutenberg is especially known for advancing movable-type book printing in Europe.

  2. Which place or polity is Napoleon Bonaparte most closely associated with?

    Answer: France

    Napoleon Bonaparte is most closely associated with France.

  3. Which place or polity is Julius Caesar most closely associated with?

    Answer: Roman Republic

    Julius Caesar is most closely associated with Roman Republic.

  4. Which place or polity is Ada Lovelace most closely associated with?

    Answer: Britain

    Ada Lovelace is most closely associated with Britain.

  5. During which period did Mahatma Gandhi primarily live or work?

    Answer: 20th century

    Mahatma Gandhi primarily lived or worked during the 20th century.

Daily round

  1. What is Alexander the Great especially known for?

    Answer: building an empire that reached from Greece into South Asia

    Alexander the Great is especially known for building an empire that reached from Greece into South Asia.

  2. During which period did Toussaint Louverture primarily live or work?

    Answer: 18th–19th centuries

    Toussaint Louverture primarily lived or worked during the 18th–19th centuries.

  3. What is Florence Nightingale especially known for?

    Answer: reforming nursing after work during the Crimean War

    Florence Nightingale is especially known for reforming nursing after work during the Crimean War.

  4. During which period did Nelson Mandela primarily live or work?

    Answer: 20th century

    Nelson Mandela primarily lived or worked during the 20th century.

  5. What is Marco Polo especially known for?

    Answer: becoming known for an account of journeys across Asia

    Marco Polo is especially known for becoming known for an account of journeys across Asia.

Daily round

  1. Which place or polity is Qin Shi Huang most closely associated with?

    Answer: Qin China

    Qin Shi Huang is most closely associated with Qin China.

  2. Which place or polity is Hatshepsut most closely associated with?

    Answer: Ancient Egypt

    Hatshepsut is most closely associated with Ancient Egypt.

  3. What is Simón Bolívar especially known for?

    Answer: leading independence movements against Spanish rule

    Simón Bolívar is especially known for leading independence movements against Spanish rule.

  4. Which place or polity is Augustus most closely associated with?

    Answer: Roman Empire

    Augustus is most closely associated with Roman Empire.

  5. Which place or polity is Galileo Galilei most closely associated with?

    Answer: Italy

    Galileo Galilei is most closely associated with Italy.