Wherio · July 12th, 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 2500 BC, a colossal limestone statue with a lion's body and human head was carved on the western bank of the Nile.
Answer: 🇪🇬 Egypt · c. 2500 BC
The Great Sphinx of Giza in Egypt was probably built during the reign of Khafre.
2. In 1513, an expedition crossing the narrow land bridge between the two American continents became the first Europeans to see the Pacific Ocean from the New World.
Answer: 🇵🇦 Panama · September 25th, 1513
Vasco Núñez de Balboa's expedition crossed the Isthmus of Panama and reached the Pacific Ocean.
3. On 29 May 1453, Ottoman forces captured the city on the Bosporus that had been the Byzantine Empire's capital.
Answer: 🇹🇷 Turkey · May 29th, 1453
The Fall of Constantinople ended the Byzantine Empire when Ottoman forces captured Constantinople in Turkey.
4. On 1 February 1864, Prussian and Austrian forces invaded a kingdom occupying most of the Jutland Peninsula, beginning a war that ended with its loss of Schleswig and Holstein.
Answer: 🇩🇰 Denmark · February 1st, 1864
The Second Schleswig War ended with Denmark ceding Schleswig, Holstein, and Lauenburg to Prussia and Austria.
5. On 19 May 2000, armed men seized Parliament and took the prime minister hostage in an island country in the South Pacific.
Answer: 🇫🇯 Fiji · May 19th, 2000
The 2000 Fijian coup d'état saw George Speight and his supporters hold Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry and other officials hostage.
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- A vast covered bazaar grows from two masonry trading halls in a great imperial capital.
- The luxury rail service that would later reach its Ottoman terminus beside the Bosporus begins its first journey.
- A new library rises on the Mediterranean shore to honor the famous ancient library that once stood there.
- A king signs the June Constitution that ends absolute monarchy.
- One of the world's oldest amusement parks, Tivoli Gardens, opens in its capital.