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 7 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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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. 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.

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

    Answer: 20th century

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

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

    Answer: Byzantine Empire

    Justinian I is most closely associated with Byzantine Empire.

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

    Answer: 3rd century BCE

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

Daily round

  1. What is Leonardo da Vinci especially known for?

    Answer: painting the Mona Lisa

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

  2. 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.

  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. 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 George Washington primarily live or work?

    Answer: 18th century

    George Washington primarily lived or worked during the 18th century.

Daily round

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

    Answer: Ancient Athens

    Socrates is most closely associated with Ancient Athens.

  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. 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.

  4. 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.

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

    Answer: 13th century

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

Daily round

  1. What is Constantine I especially known for?

    Answer: refounding Byzantium as Constantinople

    Constantine I is especially known for refounding Byzantium as Constantinople.

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

    Answer: 18th century BCE

    Hammurabi primarily lived or worked during the 18th century BCE.

  3. 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.

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

    Answer: Babylonia

    Hammurabi is most closely associated with Babylonia.

  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.

Daily round

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

    Answer: 14th century

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

  2. 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.

  3. During which period did Nelson Mandela primarily live or work?

    Answer: 20th century

    Nelson Mandela primarily lived or worked during the 20th century.

  4. What is Hammurabi especially known for?

    Answer: issuing a famous ancient law code

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

  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 Galileo Galilei most closely associated with?

    Answer: Italy

    Galileo Galilei is most closely associated with Italy.

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

    Answer: 15th century BCE

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

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

    Answer: Spain

    Christopher Columbus is most closely associated with Spain.

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

    Answer: Roman Republic

    Julius Caesar is most closely associated with Roman Republic.

  5. 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.

Daily round

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. During which period did Murasaki Shikibu primarily live or work?

    Answer: 11th century

    Murasaki Shikibu primarily lived or worked during the 11th century.

  4. 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.

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

    Answer: 19th century

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