Wherio · July 11th, 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. Lapita people buried their dead at Teouma on Efate, creating the oldest known cemetery in the Pacific.
Answer: 🇻🇺 Vanuatu · c. 1000 BC
Teouma in Vanuatu is a Lapita archaeological site containing the oldest known cemetery in the Pacific.
2. The invading army of the Saadi dynasty defeated Songhai forces at Tondibi near the Niger River in West Africa.
Answer: 🇲🇱 Mali · Mar 13th, 1591
The Battle of Tondibi was the decisive confrontation in Morocco's invasion of the Songhai Empire, and the victory guaranteed the empire's downfall.
3. Maya builders constructed Caana, a 43 metre sky palace, at a major political center in the foothills of the Maya Mountains.
Answer: 🇧🇿 Belize · After 800
Caana at Caracol in Belize is the country's tallest manmade structure.
4. French gunboats forced passage up the Chao Phraya River after exchanging fire with a fort at its mouth in Southeast Asia.
Answer: 🇹🇭 Thailand · Jul 13th, 1893
The Paknam incident was a naval confrontation in Thailand between France and Siam, in which French gunboats passed the fort at Paknam.
5. A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck near the Adriatic coast in southeastern Europe, killing 51 people.
Answer: 🇦🇱 Albania · Nov 26th, 2019
The Albania earthquake was a magnitude 6.4 quake that killed 51 people and caused widespread damage.
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