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 Meiji Emperor most closely associated with?

    Answer: Japan

    Meiji Emperor is most closely associated with Japan.

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

    Answer: United States

    Abraham Lincoln is most closely associated with the United States.

  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 Catherine the Great primarily live or work?

    Answer: 18th century

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

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 Murasaki Shikibu especially known for?

    Answer: writing The Tale of Genji

    Murasaki Shikibu is especially known for writing The Tale of Genji.

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

    Answer: Ancient China

    Confucius is most closely associated with Ancient China.

  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. 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.

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. During which period did Christopher Columbus primarily live or work?

    Answer: 15th century

    Christopher Columbus primarily lived or worked during the 15th century.

  3. What is Ashoka especially known for?

    Answer: promoting Buddhist principles through inscriptions and edicts

    Ashoka is especially known for promoting Buddhist principles through inscriptions and edicts.

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

    Answer: France

    Napoleon Bonaparte is most closely associated with France.

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

    Answer: Roman Empire

    Augustus is most closely associated with Roman Empire.

Daily round

  1. What is Toussaint Louverture especially known for?

    Answer: leading during the Haitian Revolution

    Toussaint Louverture is especially known for leading during the Haitian Revolution.

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

    Answer: Macedon

    Alexander the Great is most closely associated with Macedon.

  3. 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.

  4. What is Joan of Arc especially known for?

    Answer: supporting French forces during the Hundred Years’ War

    Joan of Arc is especially known for supporting French forces during the Hundred Years’ 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. Which place or polity is Genghis Khan most closely associated with?

    Answer: Mongol Empire

    Genghis Khan is most closely associated with Mongol Empire.

  2. 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.

  3. During which period did Elizabeth I primarily live or work?

    Answer: 16th century

    Elizabeth I primarily lived or worked during the 16th century.

  4. What is Tokugawa Ieyasu especially known for?

    Answer: founding the Tokugawa shogunate

    Tokugawa Ieyasu is especially known for founding the Tokugawa shogunate.

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

    Answer: 14th century

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

Daily round

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. What is Genghis Khan especially known for?

    Answer: founding the Mongol Empire

    Genghis Khan is especially known for founding the Mongol Empire.

  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. Which place or polity is Murasaki Shikibu most closely associated with?

    Answer: Heian Japan

    Murasaki Shikibu is most closely associated with Heian Japan.

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 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. 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.

  4. 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.

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

    Answer: England

    Elizabeth I is most closely associated with England.