Wherio · September 8th, 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 Easter Rising breaks out against British rule.
Answer: 🇮🇪 Ireland · Apr 24th, 1916
Rebels proclaimed a republic from the General Post Office.
2. A solar-powered plane lands beside the Persian Gulf after completing the first fuel-free flight around the world.
Answer: 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates · Jul 26th, 2016
Solar Impulse 2 returned to the same Gulf airfield where its journey had begun.
3. A former French territory at the entrance to the Red Sea, opposite Yemen, gains independence after an overwhelming referendum.
Answer: 🇩🇯 Djibouti · Jun 27th, 1977
The referendum ended French rule in the territory that became Djibouti.
4. A bridge nicknamed 'the coathanger' opens over a harbor.
Answer: 🇦🇺 Australia · Mar 19th, 1932
A protester on horseback slashed the Sydney Harbour Bridge ribbon before the premier could.
5. A sultan's first siege of a great Danube city fails in autumn rains.
Answer: 🇦🇹 Austria · 1529
Vienna held; the empire's high-water mark came later.
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