Wherio · July 26th, 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. Reagan and Gorbachev hold a dramatic arms-control summit there.
Answer: 🇮🇸 Iceland · Oct 11th, 1986
The Reykjavík Summit nearly produced total nuclear disarmament.
2. Saint Patrick returns as a missionary to the island traditionally associated with him.
Answer: 🇮🇪 Ireland · c. 432
St Patrick's arrival date is traditional.
3. Heinrich Schliemann excavates the site of Troy.
Answer: 🇹🇷 Turkey · 1870
The ruins of Troy turned out to be nine cities stacked in layers.
4. At its Summer Olympics, a gymnast scores the first perfect 10 in Olympic history.
Answer: 🇨🇦 Canada · Jul 18th, 1976
Nadia Comăneci's perfect routine happened at the Montreal Games.
5. A new constitution is promulgated there after 67% of voters approve it in a referendum.
Answer: 🇰🇪 Kenya · Aug 27th, 2010
Kenya's constitution limits presidential power and creates county governments.
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- Terry Fox begins his Marathon of Hope, setting out from the Atlantic coast to run across the world's second-largest country.
- A transcontinental railway is completed after a western province joins Confederation, linking a vast northern country from Atlantic to Pacific.
- A world's fair celebrating the 100th anniversary of Confederation draws more than 50 million visitors in six months.
- A vast new Arctic territory is carved out, giving its Inuit majority self-government.