Wherio · June 24th, 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. Eastern Polynesians settled a southwestern Pacific archipelago.
Answer: 🇳🇿 New Zealand · 1320-1350
The Maori are the indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand, descended from Polynesian settlers.
2. A magnitude 9.0 undersea earthquake off the Pacific coast of northeast Asia triggered a tsunami and nuclear accident.
Answer: 🇯🇵 Japan · Mar 11th, 2011
The Tohoku earthquake and tsunami devastated Japan's northeastern coast and led to the Fukushima nuclear accident.
3. A princess regent signed a law abolishing slavery in the last country in the Americas to do so.
Answer: 🇧🇷 Brazil · May 13th, 1888
The Lei Áurea, signed by Isabel, Princess Imperial, abolished slavery in Brazil.
4. Forces led by Imam Ahmad defeated a Portuguese expedition at Wofla near Lake Ashenge.
Answer: 🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Aug 28th, 1542
The Battle of Wofla was an Adal victory over a Portuguese expedition.
5. An allied fleet defeated Persian forces in the strait between Salamis and the Attic mainland.
Answer: 🇬🇷 Greece · 480 BC
The Battle of Salamis was a naval battle in Greece in which an allied fleet defeated Persian forces.
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