Wherio · July 8th, 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 7000 BC, a preceramic fishing culture on South America's arid Pacific coast near the Atacama Desert began making mummies of its dead.
Answer: 🇨🇱 Chile · c. 7000 BC
The Chinchorro mummies of northern Chile date back to 7000 BC and are older than those of ancient Egypt.
2. In 1616, Ngawang Namgyal left Tibet for a Himalayan land he would unify as a nation-state.
Answer: 🇧🇹 Bhutan · 1616
Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal arrived in Bhutan in 1616 and is credited with unifying the country as a nation-state.
3. On April 6, 1320, barons sent Pope John XXII a declaration asserting their kingdom's independence from England.
Answer: 🇬🇧 Scotland · April 6th, 1320
The Declaration of Arbroath was a 1320 letter to Pope John XXII asserting Scotland's independence from England.
4. In 1862, a law code formulated by an assembly of chiefs was issued in a South Pacific island kingdom; the assembly had first met three years earlier.
Answer: 🇹🇴 Tonga · 1862
Tonga's 1862 law code was formed by an assembly of chiefs first convened by George Tupou I in 1859.
5. On October 30, 2014, protesters set parliament ablaze in a landlocked West African country during an uprising against a president's attempt to extend his 27-year rule.
Answer: 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso · October 30th, 2014
The 2014 Burkinabe uprising forced President Blaise Compaore to resign after 27 years in power in Burkina Faso.
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- A socialist president, Salvador Allende, dies as the military bombs the presidential palace during a coup.
- A coral 'Stonehenge of the Pacific' trilithon is raised.