Wherio · June 22nd, 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. Around 900 BC, at least ten colossal basalt heads were buried in ravines in Mesoamerica.
Answer: 🇲🇽 Mexico · c. 900 BC
The Olmec colossal heads at San Lorenzo were buried in what is now Mexico.
2. On 14 October 1066, a Norman army defeated King Harold's forces at the Battle of Hastings on the south coast of Great Britain.
Answer: 🇬🇧 England · October 14th, 1066
The Battle of Hastings in England began the Norman Conquest of England.
3. On 22 January 1879, a small British garrison defended a mission station in southern Africa against a much larger Zulu force.
Answer: 🇿🇦 South Africa · January 22nd, 1879
The Battle of Rorke's Drift was a successful defense of a mission station in South Africa during the Anglo-Zulu War.
4. On March 16, 1565, a Spanish expedition leader and Datu Sikatuna sealed an alliance by drinking wine mixed with their blood on Bohol.
Answer: 🇵🇭 Philippines · March 16th, 1565
The Sandugo was a blood compact between Miguel Lopez de Legazpi and Datu Sikatuna in the Philippines.
5. On 15 March 2019, a gunman attacked two mosques in a city on the South Island, killing 51 people.
Answer: 🇳🇿 New Zealand · March 15th, 2019
The Christchurch mosque shootings were two terrorist attacks in New Zealand that killed 51 people.
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- After a long siege, Cortés and Indigenous allies capture the Aztec capital.
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