Wherio · July 18th, 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. Lincoln delivers a two-minute address at Gettysburg.
Answer: 🇺🇸 United States of America · November 19th, 1863
The Gettysburg Address, a 271-word speech, followed a two-hour oration by another speaker.
2. A monk named Dom Pérignon made important contributions to the production of champagne wine.
Answer: 🇫🇷 France · late 1600s
The remains of the monastery where Dom Pérignon spent his adult life are now the property of the winery whose prestige cuvée is named after him.
3. A silver mountain funds a global empire.
Answer: 🇧🇴 Bolivia · 1545
Potosí's Cerro Rico produced an estimated 60% of the world's silver during the second half of the 16th century.
4. A jazz-loving king begins a seven-decade reign there.
Answer: 🇹🇭 Thailand · June 9th, 1946
Bhumibol became a jazz enthusiast and began playing the saxophone in 1942.
5. A revolutionary poet-priest becomes this country's culture minister.
Answer: 🇳🇮 Nicaragua · 1979
Ernesto Cardenal served the Sandinista government.
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