Wherio · October 24th, 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. Disneyland opens in southern California.
Answer: 🇺🇸 United States of America · Jul 17th, 1955
Disneyland was the only theme park designed and built to completion under Walt Disney's direct supervision.
2. A local farmer's son leads an American lecturer up a ridge to a lost Inca citadel above the Urubamba River.
Answer: 🇵🇪 Peru · Jul 24th, 1911
Hiram Bingham brought Machu Picchu to international attention; it was likely built as an estate for Pachacuti.
3. A long-dormant volcano erupts in the Southeast Asian archipelago known for jeepneys, briefly cooling the planet.
Answer: 🇵🇭 Philippines · Jun 15th, 1991
Pinatubo's sulfur aerosols reached the stratosphere and cooled the planet for about two years.
4. An economics professor turns his experiment in tiny collateral free loans to village women into a bank for the poor.
Answer: 🇧🇩 Bangladesh · Oct 1983
Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank shared the Nobel Peace Prize, and the bank provides microcredit without collateral.
5. A nation lets citizens cast binding votes over the internet in a nationwide election, a world first.
Answer: 🇪🇪 Estonia · Oct 2005
Estonians vote with ID smart cards and may recast a ballot, with only the last one counting.
More historical events
- Nearly half a million people gather on a dairy farm in Bethel for three days of peace and music.
- An archaeologist excavates a desert pyramid complex in the Andean country home to Machu Picchu, later recognized as the oldest known city in the Americas.
- A free encyclopedia that anyone can edit goes online, spun off from a stalled expert written project.
- Two brothers achieve the first sustained powered flight of a controlled heavier-than-air aircraft.
- Construction of a colossal monument depicting four national leaders ends.
- A car ferry sinks during an overnight crossing of the Baltic Sea, killing 852 people.