Wherio #43 — August 24th, 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. The Orient Express reaches its Ottoman terminus beside the Bosporus for the first time.
Answer: 🇹🇷 Turkey · 1883
A Belgian sleeping-car company created the luxury service in 1883.
2. A lone 65-metre minaret of baked brick hides in a remote gorge of the Hari River in the mountains of Ghor.
Answer: 🇦🇫 Afghanistan · c. 1190
The Minaret of Jam marks a vanished empire's capital.
3. Pelé scores the celebrated 1,000th goal of his career at a vast stadium in the coastal southeast.
Answer: 🇧🇷 Brazil · November 19th, 1969
Pele dedicated his thousandth goal, o milesimo, to Brazil's children.
4. The Peace of Breda confirms Dutch control of Run, a tiny nutmeg-producing island in the Banda group of the Maluku archipelago.
Answer: 🇮🇩 Indonesia · 1667
Under the Treaty of Breda the Dutch kept nutmeg rich Run while England kept Manhattan.
5. A federation on the Malay Peninsula becomes independent from Britain.
Answer: 🇲🇾 Malaysia · August 31st, 1957
Tunku Abdul Rahman became the Federation of Malaya's first prime minister.
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