Wherio · September 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 Soviet republic declares state sovereignty, beginning its path toward independence.
Answer: 🇧🇾 Belarus · July 27th, 1990
The declaration laid the legal basis for an independent Belarus.
2. Swiss soldiers get lost during an exercise and accidentally 'invade' the tiny alpine principality next door.
Answer: 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein · 2007
The Swiss troops wandered into Liechtenstein by accident, and nobody noticed at first.
3. Months after declaring independence from France, a new republic stretching from the Red River delta to the Mekong holds its first national election.
Answer: 🇻🇳 Vietnam · January 6th, 1946
Vietnam's first National Assembly was elected as conflict with France intensified.
4. A canal finally cuts through the isthmus linking the Peloponnese to the mainland.
Answer: 🇬🇷 Greece · 1893
Nero had started digging it 1,800 years earlier.
5. On 3 August 1960, a French territory becomes an independent republic.
Answer: 🇳🇪 Niger · August 3rd, 1960
Niger declared independence from France on 3 August 1960.
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- The ancient Olympic Games begin at Olympia in classical antiquity.
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