Wherio · August 3rd, 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 bloodless revolt begins in the country whose flag bears different emblems on each side.
Answer: 🇵🇾 Paraguay · May 14th, 1811
The Paraguayan governor accepts a governing junta the following day.
2. A new library rises on the Mediterranean shore to honor the famous ancient library that once stood there.
Answer: 🇪🇬 Egypt · Oct 16th, 2002
The Bibliotheca Alexandrina honors its lost predecessor.
3. The government ends martial law on the island just off China's southeastern coast.
Answer: 🇹🇼 Taiwan · Jul 15th, 1987
Taiwan's lifting of martial law permits opposition political parties to form legally for the first time.
4. Treasure hunters find a Tairona settlement of stone terraces and stairways deep in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.
Answer: 🇨🇴 Colombia · 1972
Looters found the jungle terraces before archaeologists.
5. Looters dig up a Bronze Age map of the heavens on the Mittelberg hill near Nebra.
Answer: 🇩🇪 Germany · 1999
The Nebra sky disc shows sun, moon, and Pleiades.
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