Wherio #28 — August 9th, 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 small island state between the Qatar peninsula and the Saudi coast, heartland of ancient Dilmun, declares independence as Britain withdraws east of Suez.
Answer: 🇧🇭 Bahrain · August 15th, 1971
Its ruler becomes emir of the newly sovereign country.
2. Two resistance fighters attack a senior Nazi official traveling in an open car.
Answer: 🇨🇿 Czechia · May 27th, 1942
The official is mortally wounded, and the occupation authorities answer with savage reprisals.
3. Rembrandt completes his huge group portrait The Night Watch.
Answer: 🇳🇱 Netherlands · 1642
The huge group portrait hangs in the Rijksmuseum.
4. Forty-seven masterless samurai storm an official's mansion in the shogun's eastern capital, then are ordered to die by seppuku.
Answer: 🇯🇵 Japan · 1703
The loyalty tale became a national legend.
5. A pop-art icon's museum opens near his parents' village.
Answer: 🇸🇰 Slovakia · 1991
Andy Warhol's family came from Miková.
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