Wherio · October 18th, 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. Neolithic farmers raise Newgrange, a great passage tomb whose inner chamber catches the rising sun only at midwinter.
Answer: 🇮🇪 Ireland · c. 3100 BC
Newgrange is older than Stonehenge and the pyramids of Giza.
2. Coordinated gunmen attack hotels, a railway terminal, and a Jewish center in a major port on South Asia's western coast.
Answer: 🇮🇳 India · 26–29 Nov 2008
The Mumbai attacks were carried out by Lashkar-e-Taiba militants.
3. The James Webb Space Telescope launches from a tropical spaceport on South America's northeast coast.
Answer: 🇬🇫 French Guiana · Dec 25th, 2021
The James Webb Space Telescope is an infrared space telescope developed by NASA with European and Canadian partners.
4. Portuguese traders build a fortified trading post on the Gold Coast, the oldest European building south of the Sahara.
Answer: 🇬🇭 Ghana · 1482
Elmina Castle became a depot in the Atlantic slave trade.
5. A royal collection of Velázquez and Goya masterpieces opens to the public in a neoclassical museum building.
Answer: 🇪🇸 Spain · Nov 1819
The Prado's building was designed for natural science, and it now holds Velazquez's Las Meninas.
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