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 6 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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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. What is Genghis Khan especially known for?

    Answer: founding the Mongol Empire

    Genghis Khan is especially known for founding the Mongol Empire.

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

    Answer: Ancient Egypt

    Hatshepsut is most closely associated with Ancient Egypt.

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

    Answer: 19th century

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

  5. 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.

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. What is Meiji Emperor especially known for?

    Answer: reigning during Japan’s rapid Meiji-era modernization

    Meiji Emperor is especially known for reigning during Japan’s rapid Meiji-era modernization.

  3. During which period did Isaac Newton primarily live or work?

    Answer: 17th century

    Isaac Newton primarily lived or worked during the 17th century.

  4. 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.

  5. During which period did Julius Caesar primarily live or work?

    Answer: 1st century BCE

    Julius Caesar primarily lived or worked during the 1st century BCE.

Daily round

  1. What is Julius Caesar especially known for?

    Answer: leading Roman campaigns in Gaul

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

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

    Answer: Saint-Domingue

    Toussaint Louverture is most closely associated with Saint-Domingue.

  3. What is Augustus especially known for?

    Answer: becoming the first Roman emperor

    Augustus is especially known for becoming the first Roman emperor.

  4. 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.

  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 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.

  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 Nicolaus Copernicus most closely associated with?

    Answer: Royal Prussia

    Nicolaus Copernicus is most closely associated with Royal Prussia.

  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 Mahatma Gandhi most closely associated with?

    Answer: India

    Mahatma Gandhi is most closely associated with India.

Daily round

  1. What is Murasaki Shikibu especially known for?

    Answer: writing The Tale of Genji

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

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

    Answer: England

    Elizabeth I is most closely associated with England.

  3. 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.

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

    Answer: Russia

    Catherine the Great is most closely associated with Russia.

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

    Answer: Roman Republic

    Julius Caesar is most closely associated with Roman Republic.

Daily round

  1. What is Tokugawa Ieyasu especially known for?

    Answer: founding the Tokugawa shogunate

    Tokugawa Ieyasu is especially known for founding the Tokugawa shogunate.

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

    Answer: England

    Isaac Newton is most closely associated with England.

  3. 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.

  4. What is Johannes Gutenberg especially known for?

    Answer: advancing movable-type book printing in Europe

    Johannes Gutenberg is especially known for advancing movable-type book printing in Europe.

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

    Answer: Ancient Athens

    Socrates is most closely associated with Ancient Athens.

Daily round

  1. 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.

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

    Answer: 19th century

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

  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. 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.