Wherio · October 11th, 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 world's first high-speed bullet train line opens between two great cities, days before an Olympic games.
Answer: 🇯🇵 Japan · Oct 1st, 1964
The Tokaido Shinkansen ran at over 200 km/h and became the world's busiest high-speed line.
2. A free encyclopedia that anyone can edit goes online, spun off from a stalled expert written project.
Answer: 🇺🇸 United States of America · Jan 15th, 2001
Wikipedia began as a feeder project for the expert-written Nupedia project, which was later shut down.
3. A national football team wins a record fifth World Cup title after beating Germany in an East Asian final.
Answer: 🇧🇷 Brazil · Jun 30th, 2002
Brazil's national team beat Germany in the final to claim a record fifth World Cup title.
4. Emperor Trajan founds a gridded colony for army veterans whose ruins survive remarkably intact at the edge of the Aurès Mountains.
Answer: 🇩🇿 Algeria · AD 100
Timgad's ruins preserve one of the best extant examples of a Roman grid plan.
5. The Nobel brothers turn their oil business into a shareholding company on the western shore of the Caspian Sea.
Answer: 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan · 1879
Branobel became one of the world's largest oil companies and helped pioneer pipeline transport near Baku.
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