Wherio · October 16th, 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 purpose-built modernist capital shaped like an airplane is inaugurated on an empty inland plateau.
Answer: 🇧🇷 Brazil · Apr 21st, 1960
Lucio Costa planned Brasilia and Oscar Niemeyer designed its buildings, in about four years.
2. Nearly half a million people gather on a dairy farm in Bethel for three days of peace and music.
Answer: 🇺🇸 United States of America · Aug 15th, 1969
Max Yasgur's dairy farm hosted more than 460,000 people, including a closing performance by Jimi Hendrix.
3. A subtropical seaside resort hosts the most expensive Olympics ever staged, and they are the Winter Games.
Answer: 🇷🇺 Russia · Feb 7th, 2014
Sochi cost around 50 billion dollars, the most expensive Olympics ever staged.
4. General San Martín assembles an army in Mendoza and leads it over some of the highest passes of the Andes.
Answer: 🇦🇷 Argentina · Jan 1817
San Martín's Army of the Andes navigated heights averaging 3,000 metres and entered Santiago after the crossing.
5. A lakeside town said to have held 365 churches, one for each day, is accepted as a World Heritage Site, and its ancient lake follows.
Answer: 🇲🇰 Macedonia · 1979
Ohrid's Literary School, established by Clement of Ohrid, became one of the First Bulgarian Empire's two major cultural centres.
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