Wherio #29 — August 10th, 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 young Pacific colony moves its capital from its largest city to a more central harbor town.
Answer: 🇳🇿 New Zealand · 1865
It remains the world's southernmost capital city.
2. Renovating his home, a man breaks through a wall into a multi-level underground city carved from the volcanic rock of Cappadocia.
Answer: 🇹🇷 Turkey · 1963
Derinkuyu could shelter thousands, many levels deep.
3. Colonists disguised as natives dump 342 chests of British tea into a harbor in protest.
Answer: 🇺🇸 United States of America · December 16th, 1773
Protesters disguised as Mohawks boarded three ships at night.
4. The first postwar multiparty parliament convenes in a crescent-shaped Yugoslav republic with a long, island-strewn Adriatic coastline.
Answer: 🇭🇷 Croatia · May 30th, 1990
A nationalist party forms the government after defeating the communists.
5. Peaceful protesters carrying flowers force a president to resign after disputed elections.
Answer: 🇬🇪 Georgia · November 23rd, 2003
The nonviolent uprising becomes known for the roses carried by demonstrators.
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