Wherio · November 6th, 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. Maya builders raise a stepped pyramid so aligned that a serpent of shadow slithers down its staircase at the equinoxes.
Answer: 🇲🇽 Mexico · 8th-12th century
El Castillo has approximately 91 steps on each side, which may total 365 with the platform, and an older temple lies inside it.
2. In South America, a host team suffers an infamous 7-1 defeat in a World Cup semifinal.
Answer: 🇧🇷 Brazil · Jul 8th, 2014
The Brazil v Germany match was Brazil's heaviest defeat in a World Cup.
3. The main wall of the world's largest hydroelectric dam is completed across a great river's gorges.
Answer: 🇨🇳 China · 2006
The Three Gorges Dam is the largest power station by capacity, and displaced over a million people.
4. A temple complex grows on a Bekaa Valley acropolis until the rise of Christianity.
Answer: 🇱🇧 Lebanon · Late 1st century BC-4th century
Baalbek's Temple of Jupiter sits on the trilithon, among the biggest stones ever moved.
5. The fourth king declares Gross National Happiness more important than Gross Domestic Product.
Answer: 🇧🇹 Bhutan · 1972
Bhutan wrote Gross National Happiness into its constitution and measures it by survey.
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