Wherio · June 15th, 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. On June 24, 1497, a Bristol chronicle recorded that merchants had found land across the North Atlantic, an expedition later commemorated at this country's Cape Bonavista.
Answer: 🇨🇦 Canada · June 24th, 1497
The Canadian and British governments commemorated John Cabot's 1497 voyage at Cape Bonavista, Newfoundland, as his first landing site.
2. In June 1767, HMS Dolphin made the first recorded European landfall on Tahiti.
Answer: 🇵🇫 Fr. Polynesia · 1767-06
Samuel Wallis's voyage aboard HMS Dolphin made him the first recorded European navigator to visit Tahiti, in French Polynesia.
3. In 331 BC, Alexander the Great founded a port city on North Africa's Mediterranean coast that became a major Hellenistic center.
Answer: 🇪🇬 Egypt · 331 BC
Alexander the Great founded Alexandria in Egypt in 331 BC.
4. On June 5, 2017, a small mountainous state on the Adriatic coast became NATO's 29th member.
Answer: 🇲🇪 Montenegro · June 5th, 2017
Montenegro became NATO's 29th member in 2017.
5. On March 4, 1816, a treaty following a war with the East India Company required a Himalayan kingdom to cede territory.
Answer: 🇳🇵 Nepal · March 4th, 1816
The Treaty of Sugauli established Nepal's boundary after the Anglo-Nepalese War.
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