Wherio · September 27th, 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 canal dug through desert sands opens, joining the Mediterranean to the Red Sea and reshaping world trade.
Answer: 🇪🇬 Egypt · Nov 17th, 1869
The Suez Canal cut thousands of kilometres off the voyage between Europe and Asia.
3. The eastern half of the island of Timor gains independence from Indonesia, becoming a new sovereign state.
Answer: 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste · May 20th, 2002
After militia violence followed the vote, Xanana Gusmao became East Timor's first president.
4. The last country in Europe grants women the national vote, by a referendum margin of barely a hundred ballots.
Answer: 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein · Jul 1st, 1984
Only men could vote, and they approved women's suffrage in Liechtenstein with 51.3 percent.
5. A crater lake exhales a huge cloud of carbon dioxide overnight, suffocating villages in a volcanic highland.
Answer: 🇨🇲 Cameroon · Aug 21st, 1986
Lake Nyos suffocated about 1,700 people, and degassing pipes now vent the lake.
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