Wherio · September 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 Himalayan kingdom holds its first National Assembly election as its king guides a transition to democracy.
Answer: 🇧🇹 Bhutan · March 24th, 2008
Bhutanese voters chose all 47 members of the new National Assembly.
2. A scholar writes the first great book of tea.
Answer: 🇨🇳 China · c. 760
Lu Yu's Classic of Tea codified an art.
3. The Knights Hospitaller expand a massive hilltop crusader castle guarding a pass between the Mediterranean coast and the inland plains.
Answer: 🇸🇾 Syria · 12th century
T.E. Lawrence called it the finest castle in the world.
4. The world's largest Muslim-majority nation declares independence.
Answer: 🇮🇩 Indonesia · August 17th, 1945
Sukarno read the proclamation in Jakarta.
5. A famous ocean explorer ranks a giant sinkhole in the hemisphere's largest Caribbean barrier reef among the world's top dive sites.
Answer: 🇧🇿 Belize · 1971
Cousteau charted the Great Blue Hole from the Calypso.
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