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 3 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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Daily round

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

    Answer: Mali Empire

    Mansa Musa is most closely associated with Mali Empire.

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

    Answer: Japan

    Tokugawa Ieyasu is most closely associated with Japan.

  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. 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.

  5. What is Hammurabi especially known for?

    Answer: issuing a famous ancient law code

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

Daily round

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

    Answer: United States

    Abraham Lincoln is most closely associated with the United States.

  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 Ada Lovelace most closely associated with?

    Answer: Britain

    Ada Lovelace is most closely associated with Britain.

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

    Answer: Mongol Empire

    Genghis Khan is most closely associated with Mongol Empire.

  5. 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.

Daily round

  1. During which period did Ada Lovelace primarily live or work?

    Answer: 19th century

    Ada Lovelace primarily lived or worked during the 19th century.

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

    Answer: Frankish Empire

    Charlemagne is most closely associated with Frankish Empire.

  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. What is Isaac Newton especially known for?

    Answer: formulating laws of motion and universal gravitation

    Isaac Newton is especially known for formulating laws of motion and universal gravitation.

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

    Answer: Ptolemaic Egypt

    Cleopatra VII is most closely associated with Ptolemaic Egypt.

Daily round

  1. During which period did Katherine Johnson primarily live or work?

    Answer: 20th century

    Katherine Johnson primarily lived or worked during the 20th century.

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

    Answer: United States

    Katherine Johnson is most closely associated with the United States.

  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 Leonardo da Vinci primarily live or work?

    Answer: 15th–16th centuries

    Leonardo da Vinci primarily lived or worked during the 15th–16th centuries.

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

    Answer: Babylonia

    Hammurabi is most closely associated with Babylonia.

Daily round

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

    Answer: Britain

    Ada Lovelace is most closely associated with Britain.

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

    Answer: United States

    George Washington is most closely associated with the United States.

  3. 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.

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

    Answer: Russia

    Peter the Great is most closely associated with Russia.

Daily round

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

    Answer: United States

    Abraham Lincoln is most closely associated with the United States.

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

    Answer: 16th century

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

  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 Cleopatra VII primarily live or work?

    Answer: 1st century BCE

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

  5. 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.

Daily round

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. During which period did Catherine the Great primarily live or work?

    Answer: 18th century

    Catherine the Great primarily lived or worked during the 18th century.

  4. 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.

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

    Answer: 6th century BCE

    Confucius primarily lived or worked during the 6th century BCE.