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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. 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.

  2. During which period did Mahatma Gandhi primarily live or work?

    Answer: 20th century

    Mahatma Gandhi primarily lived or worked during the 20th century.

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

    Answer: Heian Japan

    Murasaki Shikibu is most closely associated with Heian Japan.

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

    Answer: Macedon

    Alexander the Great is most closely associated with Macedon.

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

    Answer: France

    Napoleon Bonaparte is most closely associated with France.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

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

    Answer: 3rd century BCE

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

  5. During which period did Florence Nightingale primarily live or work?

    Answer: 19th century

    Florence Nightingale primarily lived or worked during the 19th century.

Daily round

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

    Answer: Russia

    Peter the Great is most closely associated with Russia.

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

    Answer: Ancient China

    Confucius is most closely associated with Ancient China.

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

    Answer: 17th century

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

  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. 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.

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

    Answer: Venice

    Marco Polo is most closely associated with Venice.

  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. During which period did Cleopatra VII primarily live or work?

    Answer: 1st century BCE

    Cleopatra VII primarily lived or worked during the 1st century BCE.

  5. 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.

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 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.

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

    Answer: 19th century

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

  4. What is Constantine I especially known for?

    Answer: refounding Byzantium as Constantinople

    Constantine I is especially known for refounding Byzantium as Constantinople.

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

    Answer: England

    Isaac Newton is most closely associated with England.

Daily round

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

    Answer: Mauryan Empire

    Ashoka is most closely associated with Mauryan Empire.

  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 Socrates most closely associated with?

    Answer: Ancient Athens

    Socrates is most closely associated with Ancient Athens.

  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. 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.

Daily round

  1. 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.

  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. 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.

  4. Which place or polity is Joan of Arc most closely associated with?

    Answer: France

    Joan of Arc is most closely associated with France.

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

    Answer: Britain

    Florence Nightingale is most closely associated with Britain.