Wherio · October 26th, 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 sculptor who insisted he was no painter unveils a chapel ceiling of nine biblical scenes after four years on scaffolding.
Answer: 🇻🇦 Vatican · Nov 1st, 1512
Michelangelo painted the Genesis scenes standing with his head bent back, not lying down.
2. The Red Cross's first treaty establishes protections for wounded soldiers.
Answer: 🇨🇭 Switzerland · 1864
The First Geneva Convention recognized the Red Cross symbol to identify protected people and equipment.
3. Young samurai proclaim the restoration of imperial rule, ending seven centuries of shogun government and launching a race to modernize.
Answer: 🇯🇵 Japan · Jan 3rd, 1868
Satsuma and Choshu led an anti-Tokugawa alliance that restored imperial rule under Emperor Meiji.
4. A central bank begins collecting pre-Hispanic goldwork, building the world's largest treasury of ancient gold artifacts.
Answer: 🇨🇴 Colombia · 1934
The Museo del Oro's Muisca raft shows the gilded chieftain behind the legend of El Dorado.
5. UNESCO recognizes a traditional method of fermenting wine in giant buried clay vessels, practiced in the birthplace of wine.
Answer: 🇬🇪 Georgia · Dec 2013
Georgian finds push winemaking back about 8,000 years, and qvevri are buried to hold temperature.
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