Wherio · September 20th, 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. An opera performance sparks riots in the southern provinces, igniting a revolution against Dutch rule.
Answer: 🇧🇪 Belgium · August 25th, 1830
The uprising created independent Belgium as a constitutional monarchy.
2. A famous bareback horse race is run around Siena's medieval Piazza del Campo.
Answer: 🇮🇹 Italy · 1633
The Palio di Siena is run twice each summer in the Piazza del Campo.
3. A communist movement abolishes the six-century-old monarchy of the 'land of a million elephants' and proclaims a people's republic.
Answer: 🇱🇦 Laos · 1975
The Pathet Lao replaced the kingdom with the Lao People's Democratic Republic.
4. Armed militants occupy Islam's holiest sanctuary on the western Arabian plateau and hold worshippers hostage.
Answer: 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · November 20th, 1979
Militants held Mecca's holiest site for two weeks.
5. Engineers at a Nordic telecom laboratory develop a short-range wireless system later named Bluetooth.
Answer: 🇸🇪 Sweden · 1994
The project began at Ericsson before a multinational group launched the standard.
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