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 5 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

Play today's quiz

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

    Answer: 19th century

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

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

    Answer: 8th–9th centuries

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

  4. 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.

  5. What is Charlemagne especially known for?

    Answer: uniting much of western and central Europe under Frankish rule

    Charlemagne is especially known for uniting much of western and central Europe under Frankish rule.

Daily round

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

    Answer: Russia

    Catherine the Great is most closely associated with Russia.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  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. 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.

Daily round

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

    Answer: Saint-Domingue

    Toussaint Louverture is most closely associated with Saint-Domingue.

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

    Answer: 4th century BCE

    Alexander the Great primarily lived or worked during the 4th century BCE.

  4. 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.

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

    Answer: Spain

    Christopher Columbus is most closely associated with Spain.

Daily round

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

    Answer: Italy

    Galileo Galilei is most closely associated with Italy.

  2. 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.

  3. What is Marco Polo especially known for?

    Answer: becoming known for an account of journeys across Asia

    Marco Polo is especially known for becoming known for an account of journeys across Asia.

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

    Answer: Frankish Empire

    Charlemagne is most closely associated with Frankish Empire.

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

    Answer: 19th century

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

Daily round

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. What is Julius Caesar especially known for?

    Answer: leading Roman campaigns in Gaul

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

  5. 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.

Daily round

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

    Answer: 15th century

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

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

    Answer: 6th century BCE

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

  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 Hatshepsut primarily live or work?

    Answer: 15th century BCE

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

  5. During which period did Simón Bolívar primarily live or work?

    Answer: 19th century

    Simón Bolívar primarily lived or worked during the 19th century.

Daily round

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

    Answer: Roman Republic

    Julius Caesar is most closely associated with Roman Republic.

  2. What is Simón Bolívar especially known for?

    Answer: leading independence movements against Spanish rule

    Simón Bolívar is especially known for leading independence movements against Spanish rule.

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

    Answer: Britain

    Ada Lovelace is most closely associated with Britain.

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

    Answer: 20th century

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

  5. 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.