Wherio #41 — August 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. Banting and Best first isolate insulin in a northern North American lab.
Answer: 🇨🇦 Canada · 1921
Insulin turned diabetes from a death sentence into a manageable disease.
2. The golden Angel of Independence is unveiled.
Answer: 🇲🇽 Mexico · September 16th, 1910
The Angel of Independence marked Mexico's independence centennial on Reforma avenue.
3. A dictator opens a 'cinema city' studio complex.
Answer: 🇮🇹 Italy · April 28th, 1937
Cinecittà later hosted Ben-Hur and La Dolce Vita.
4. A court painter completes an enigmatic masterpiece of mirrors and dwarfs.
Answer: 🇪🇸 Spain · 1656
Velázquez's Las Meninas hangs in the Prado.
5. A 'Tulip Revolution' topples a post-Soviet president.
Answer: 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan · March 24th, 2005
Protesters stormed the White House in Bishkek.
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- A magnitude-8 earthquake devastates a capital built on an ancient lakebed.
- A city is flattened by history's largest pre-atomic explosion.