Wherio · July 6th, 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 1500 BC, the Lapita culture first settled a central Pacific archipelago stretching 1,000 kilometres east to west.
Answer: 🇫🇯 Fiji · c. 1500 BC
Fiji was first settled by the Lapita culture around 1500 to 1000 BC.
2. On August 4, 1578, a Portuguese king died when an invading army was defeated at Alcacer Quibir in northwest Africa.
Answer: 🇲🇦 Morocco · August 4th, 1578
The Battle of Alcacer Quibir was a Moroccan victory over Portugal that killed King Sebastian I and led to a succession crisis.
3. In 1438, in the central Andes, Pachacuti became Sapa Inca and began transforming a highland kingdom into the Inca Empire.
Answer: 🇵🇪 Peru · 1438
Pachacuti was the ninth Sapa Inca and transformed the Kingdom of Cusco in present-day Peru into the Inca Empire.
4. On March 26, 1873, a Dutch expedition was sent against a sultanate at Sumatra's northern tip, beginning a conflict that lasted decades.
Answer: 🇮🇩 Indonesia · March 26th, 1873
The Aceh War was fought between the Aceh Sultanate and the Netherlands in what is now Indonesia.
5. On July 22, 2011, a far-right terrorist bombed government buildings and attacked a youth camp on an island in northern Europe, killing 77 people.
Answer: 🇳🇴 Norway · July 22nd, 2011
The 2011 Norway attacks were two far-right terrorist attacks by Anders Behring Breivik that killed 77 people.
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- On 16 November 1532, Francisco Pizarro's small force captured the Inca ruler Atahualpa in a surprise attack in the Andes.
- On February 20, 2016, the strongest tropical cyclone recorded in the Southern Hemisphere made landfall on a South Pacific archipelago.
- On July 1, 2011, voters approved constitutional reforms following protests in a North African kingdom with Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts.