Wherio · July 22nd, 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. A tsunami triggers the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
Answer: 🇯🇵 Japan · Mar 11th, 2011
The Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami caused the Fukushima accident.
2. The world's first commercial public bungy site opens from the Kawarau Gorge Suspension Bridge in this country.
Answer: 🇳🇿 New Zealand · 1988
AJ Hackett created a commercial public bungy site on the Kawarau Gorge Suspension Bridge in Queenstown.
3. The deepest hole ever drilled reaches over 12km deep.
Answer: 🇷🇺 Russia · 1989
Drilling at the Kola Superdeep Borehole ended due to a lack of funding.
4. A poet, painter, and printer of visions dies unsung.
Answer: 🇬🇧 England · Aug 12th, 1827
William Blake, who lived nearly all his life in London, was largely unrecognized during his life and later became a seminal figure in poetry and visual art.
5. A treaty at Karlowitz marks an empire's first great retreat.
Answer: 🇷🇸 Serbia · Jan 26th, 1699
The Treaty of Karlowitz forced the Ottomans to cede much of Hungary, and Karlowitz is present-day Sremski Karlovci.
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- Climbers make the first ascent of Aoraki / Mount Cook, their country's highest mountain, on Christmas Day.