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 12 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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Daily round

  1. Which place or polity is Florence Nightingale most closely associated with?

    Answer: Britain

    Florence Nightingale is most closely associated with Britain.

  2. What is Peter the Great especially known for?

    Answer: promoting extensive military and state reforms

    Peter the Great is especially known for promoting extensive military and state reforms.

  3. During which period did Florence Nightingale primarily live or work?

    Answer: 19th century

    Florence Nightingale primarily lived or worked during the 19th century.

  4. What is Hatshepsut especially known for?

    Answer: ruling as a female pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty

    Hatshepsut is especially known for ruling as a female pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty.

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

    Answer: Ancient Egypt

    Hatshepsut is most closely associated with Ancient Egypt.

Daily round

  1. What is Mahatma Gandhi especially known for?

    Answer: leading nonviolent resistance in the independence movement

    Mahatma Gandhi is especially known for leading nonviolent resistance in the independence movement.

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

    Answer: Roman Empire

    Constantine I is most closely associated with Roman Empire.

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

    Answer: Mongol Empire

    Genghis Khan is most closely associated with Mongol Empire.

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

    Answer: South Africa

    Nelson Mandela is most closely associated with South Africa.

  5. What is Katherine Johnson especially known for?

    Answer: calculating trajectories that supported NASA crewed spaceflight

    Katherine Johnson is especially known for calculating trajectories that supported NASA crewed spaceflight.

Daily round

  1. 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.

  2. During which period did Charlemagne primarily live or work?

    Answer: 8th–9th centuries

    Charlemagne primarily lived or worked during the 8th–9th centuries.

  3. What is Hammurabi especially known for?

    Answer: issuing a famous ancient law code

    Hammurabi is especially known for issuing a famous ancient law code.

  4. Which place or polity is Peter the Great most closely associated with?

    Answer: Russia

    Peter the Great is most closely associated with Russia.

  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. During which period did Tokugawa Ieyasu primarily live or work?

    Answer: 16th–17th centuries

    Tokugawa Ieyasu primarily lived or worked during the 16th–17th centuries.

  2. 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.

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

    Answer: Britain

    Ada Lovelace is most closely associated with Britain.

  4. What is Elizabeth I especially known for?

    Answer: reigning during the defeat of the Spanish Armada

    Elizabeth I is especially known for reigning during the defeat of the Spanish Armada.

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

    Answer: Japan

    Tokugawa Ieyasu is most closely associated with Japan.

Daily round

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

    Answer: Babylonia

    Hammurabi is most closely associated with Babylonia.

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

    Answer: Venice

    Marco Polo is most closely associated with Venice.

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

    Answer: England

    Isaac Newton is most closely associated with England.

  4. 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.

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

    Answer: 18th century BCE

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

Daily round

  1. What is Marie Curie especially known for?

    Answer: conducting pioneering research on radioactivity

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

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

    Answer: 19th century

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

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

    Answer: 1st century BCE

    Augustus primarily lived or worked during the 1st century BCE.

  4. What is Galileo Galilei especially known for?

    Answer: using telescopic observations to support heliocentric astronomy

    Galileo Galilei is especially known for using telescopic observations to support heliocentric astronomy.

  5. What is Nicolaus Copernicus especially known for?

    Answer: advancing a Sun-centered model of the planetary system

    Nicolaus Copernicus is especially known for advancing a Sun-centered model of the planetary system.

Daily round

  1. During which period did Nicolaus Copernicus primarily live or work?

    Answer: 16th century

    Nicolaus Copernicus primarily lived or worked during the 16th century.

  2. During which period did Galileo Galilei primarily live or work?

    Answer: 17th century

    Galileo Galilei primarily lived or worked during the 17th century.

  3. During which period did Johannes Gutenberg primarily live or work?

    Answer: 15th century

    Johannes Gutenberg primarily lived or worked during the 15th century.

  4. What is Mansa Musa especially known for?

    Answer: displaying Mali’s wealth during a pilgrimage to Mecca

    Mansa Musa is especially known for displaying Mali’s wealth during a pilgrimage to Mecca.

  5. During which period did Hatshepsut primarily live or work?

    Answer: 15th century BCE

    Hatshepsut primarily lived or worked during the 15th century BCE.