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 4 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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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 Toussaint Louverture especially known for?

    Answer: leading during the Haitian Revolution

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

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

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

    Answer: 17th century

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

Daily round

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

    Answer: Ptolemaic Egypt

    Cleopatra VII is most closely associated with Ptolemaic Egypt.

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

    Answer: Ancient China

    Confucius is most closely associated with Ancient China.

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

    Answer: Japan

    Meiji Emperor is most closely associated with Japan.

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

    Answer: 16th century

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

  5. 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.

Daily round

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

    Answer: 3rd century BCE

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

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

    Answer: Babylonia

    Hammurabi is most closely associated with Babylonia.

  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. 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.

  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. Which place or polity is Christopher Columbus most closely associated with?

    Answer: Spain

    Christopher Columbus is most closely associated with Spain.

  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. 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.

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

    Answer: 8th–9th centuries

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

  5. 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.

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

    Answer: 13th century

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

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

    Answer: Britain

    Florence Nightingale is most closely associated with Britain.

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

    Answer: United States

    Katherine Johnson is most closely associated with the United States.

  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 Abraham Lincoln especially known for?

    Answer: preserving the Union and advancing emancipation during the Civil War

    Abraham Lincoln is especially known for preserving the Union and advancing emancipation during the Civil War.

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

    Answer: Mali Empire

    Mansa Musa is most closely associated with Mali Empire.

  3. 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.

  4. What is Marie Curie especially known for?

    Answer: conducting pioneering research on radioactivity

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

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

    Answer: Frankish Empire

    Charlemagne is most closely associated with Frankish Empire.

  2. What is Ada Lovelace especially known for?

    Answer: writing an algorithm for Charles Babbage’s proposed Analytical Engine

    Ada Lovelace is especially known for writing an algorithm for Charles Babbage’s proposed Analytical Engine.

  3. What is Leonardo da Vinci especially known for?

    Answer: painting the Mona Lisa

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

  4. 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.

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

    Answer: Mauryan Empire

    Ashoka is most closely associated with Mauryan Empire.