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 11 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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Daily round

  1. During which period did Joan of Arc primarily live or work?

    Answer: 15th century

    Joan of Arc primarily lived or worked during the 15th century.

  2. 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.

  3. Which place or polity is Alexander the Great most closely associated with?

    Answer: Macedon

    Alexander the Great is most closely associated with Macedon.

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

    Answer: Royal Prussia

    Nicolaus Copernicus is most closely associated with Royal Prussia.

  5. 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.

Daily round

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

    Answer: 20th century

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

  2. What is Leonardo da Vinci especially known for?

    Answer: painting the Mona Lisa

    Leonardo da Vinci is especially known for painting the Mona Lisa.

  3. What is Julius Caesar especially known for?

    Answer: leading Roman campaigns in Gaul

    Julius Caesar is especially known for leading Roman campaigns in Gaul.

  4. During which period did Peter the Great primarily live or work?

    Answer: 17th–18th centuries

    Peter the Great primarily lived or worked during the 17th–18th centuries.

  5. During which period did Justinian I primarily live or work?

    Answer: 6th century CE

    Justinian I primarily lived or worked during the 6th century CE.

Daily round

  1. 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.

  2. During which period did Marie Curie primarily live or work?

    Answer: 19th–20th centuries

    Marie Curie primarily lived or worked during the 19th–20th centuries.

  3. What is Nelson Mandela especially known for?

    Answer: opposing apartheid and later becoming president

    Nelson Mandela is especially known for opposing apartheid and later becoming president.

  4. During which period did Mansa Musa primarily live or work?

    Answer: 14th century

    Mansa Musa primarily lived or worked during the 14th century.

  5. During which period did Meiji Emperor primarily live or work?

    Answer: 19th–20th centuries

    Meiji Emperor primarily lived or worked during the 19th–20th centuries.

Daily round

  1. What is Cleopatra VII especially known for?

    Answer: serving as the final active ruler of the Ptolemaic kingdom

    Cleopatra VII is especially known for serving as the final active ruler of the Ptolemaic kingdom.

  2. What is Tokugawa Ieyasu especially known for?

    Answer: founding the Tokugawa shogunate

    Tokugawa Ieyasu is especially known for founding the Tokugawa shogunate.

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

    Answer: France

    Joan of Arc is most closely associated with France.

  4. During which period did Isaac Newton primarily live or work?

    Answer: 17th century

    Isaac Newton primarily lived or worked during the 17th century.

  5. Which place or polity is Leonardo da Vinci most closely associated with?

    Answer: Renaissance Italy

    Leonardo da Vinci is most closely associated with Renaissance Italy.

Daily round

  1. During which period did Qin Shi Huang primarily live or work?

    Answer: 3rd century BCE

    Qin Shi Huang primarily lived or worked during the 3rd century BCE.

  2. What is Socrates especially known for?

    Answer: developing a questioning approach to philosophical inquiry

    Socrates is especially known for developing a questioning approach to philosophical inquiry.

  3. 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.

  4. What is Genghis Khan especially known for?

    Answer: founding the Mongol Empire

    Genghis Khan is especially known for founding the Mongol Empire.

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

    Answer: France

    Napoleon Bonaparte is most closely associated with France.

Daily round

  1. What is Justinian I especially known for?

    Answer: overseeing a major codification of Roman law

    Justinian I is especially known for overseeing a major codification of Roman law.

  2. What is Napoleon Bonaparte especially known for?

    Answer: ruling as emperor and establishing the Napoleonic Code

    Napoleon Bonaparte is especially known for ruling as emperor and establishing the Napoleonic Code.

  3. Which place or polity is Marie Curie most closely associated with?

    Answer: France and Poland

    Marie Curie is most closely associated with France and Poland.

  4. During which period did George Washington primarily live or work?

    Answer: 18th century

    George Washington primarily lived or worked during the 18th century.

  5. What is Confucius especially known for?

    Answer: teaching an ethical philosophy centered on virtue and relationships

    Confucius is especially known for teaching an ethical philosophy centered on virtue and relationships.

Daily round

  1. What is Constantine I especially known for?

    Answer: refounding Byzantium as Constantinople

    Constantine I is especially known for refounding Byzantium as Constantinople.

  2. During which period did Cleopatra VII primarily live or work?

    Answer: 1st century BCE

    Cleopatra VII primarily lived or worked during the 1st century BCE.

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

    Answer: Mauryan Empire

    Ashoka is most closely associated with Mauryan Empire.

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

    Answer: Holy Roman Empire

    Johannes Gutenberg is most closely associated with Holy Roman Empire.

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

    Answer: India

    Mahatma Gandhi is most closely associated with India.