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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 8 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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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. What is Nelson Mandela especially known for?

    Answer: opposing apartheid and later becoming president

    Nelson Mandela is especially known for opposing apartheid and later becoming president.

  3. What is Confucius especially known for?

    Answer: teaching an ethical philosophy centered on virtue and relationships

    Confucius is especially known for teaching an ethical philosophy centered on virtue and relationships.

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

    Answer: 20th century

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

  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 Socrates especially known for?

    Answer: developing a questioning approach to philosophical inquiry

    Socrates is especially known for developing a questioning approach to philosophical inquiry.

  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 Cleopatra VII most closely associated with?

    Answer: Ptolemaic Egypt

    Cleopatra VII is most closely associated with Ptolemaic Egypt.

  5. What is Qin Shi Huang especially known for?

    Answer: becoming the first emperor of a unified China

    Qin Shi Huang is especially known for becoming the first emperor of a unified China.

Daily round

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

    Answer: Ancient Egypt

    Hatshepsut is most closely associated with Ancient Egypt.

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

    Answer: India

    Mahatma Gandhi is most closely associated with India.

  3. During which period did Genghis Khan primarily live or work?

    Answer: 12th–13th centuries

    Genghis Khan primarily lived or worked during the 12th–13th centuries.

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

    Answer: 15th century

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

  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 Elizabeth I most closely associated with?

    Answer: England

    Elizabeth I is most closely associated with England.

  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. During which period did Nicolaus Copernicus primarily live or work?

    Answer: 16th century

    Nicolaus Copernicus primarily lived or worked during the 16th century.

  4. 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.

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

    Answer: 5th century BCE

    Socrates primarily lived or worked during the 5th century BCE.

Daily round

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  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 Cleopatra VII especially known for?

    Answer: serving as the final active ruler of the Ptolemaic kingdom

    Cleopatra VII is especially known for serving as the final active ruler of the Ptolemaic kingdom.

  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. During which period did Christopher Columbus primarily live or work?

    Answer: 15th century

    Christopher Columbus primarily lived or worked during the 15th century.

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

    Answer: 16th century

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

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

    Answer: Roman Empire

    Augustus is most closely associated with Roman Empire.

  4. What is Genghis Khan especially known for?

    Answer: founding the Mongol Empire

    Genghis Khan is especially known for founding the Mongol Empire.

  5. 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.

Daily round

  1. During which period did Toussaint Louverture primarily live or work?

    Answer: 18th–19th centuries

    Toussaint Louverture primarily lived or worked during the 18th–19th centuries.

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

    Answer: Macedon

    Alexander the Great is most closely associated with Macedon.

  3. What is Isaac Newton especially known for?

    Answer: formulating laws of motion and universal gravitation

    Isaac Newton is especially known for formulating laws of motion and universal gravitation.

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

    Answer: Heian Japan

    Murasaki Shikibu is most closely associated with Heian Japan.

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

    Answer: Roman Empire

    Constantine I is most closely associated with Roman Empire.