Wherio · July 19th, 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. Erbil, near the ancient land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, claims the title of oldest continuously inhabited city.
Answer: 🇮🇶 Iraq · 6,000+ years
Erbil's modern town stands on a tell topped by an Ottoman fort.
2. The metro in this chaotic megacity becomes the first in the world to be certified by the UN for reducing carbon emissions.
Answer: 🇮🇳 India · 2011
Delhi's metro now carries millions daily.
3. A doctor persuades officials there to remove a pump handle during a cholera outbreak.
Answer: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · 1854
John Snow's Broad Street map founded modern epidemiology.
4. A young Liverpool band sharpens its act in a port city's Reeperbahn clubs.
Answer: 🇩🇪 Germany · 1960-08
The Beatles played marathon sets in Hamburg's Reeperbahn.
5. Saladin destroys a crusader army near an extinct volcano.
Answer: 🇮🇱 Israel · July 4th, 1187
The Horns of Hattin were the battlefield's chief geographic feature.
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