Wherio · June 10th, 2026
Five real historical events. Guess where each one happened, then compare your score with the answers and locations below.
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1. Roman forces captured and destroyed a city that had fought them in three Punic Wars on North Africa's Mediterranean coast.
Answer: 🇹🇳 Tunisia · 146 BC
The Third Punic War ended with Rome's destruction of Carthage, in present-day Tunisia.
2. A Qajar shah in West Asia granted a British major a monopoly over tobacco, sparking a nationwide boycott.
Answer: 🇮🇷 Iran · 1890
The Tobacco Protest forced Naser al-Din Shah of Iran to cancel the tobacco concession.
4. The Chimu founded their capital, which would become the largest city in pre-Columbian South America, in a desert valley on the Pacific coast.
Answer: 🇵🇪 Peru · c. 850
Chan Chan was the Chimu capital, founded around 850 near the Moche Valley in Peru, and later became the largest city in pre-Columbian South America.
5. Mass protests after a disputed presidential runoff forced a new vote that Viktor Yushchenko won in a large eastern European country.
Answer: 🇺🇦 Ukraine · 2004
Ukraine's Orange Revolution led to the annulment and rerun of the disputed presidential runoff.
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