Wherio · November 8th, 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. The famous Vasa royal warship, later preserved nearly intact in a museum, heels over in a light gust and sinks on her maiden voyage.
Answer: 🇸🇪 Sweden · Aug 10th, 1628
The Vasa lay 333 years in Stockholm harbor before coming up almost intact.
2. A French army officer discovers a granodiorite stele in a Nile Delta fort, bearing three scripts.
Answer: 🇪🇬 Egypt · Jul 1799
Champollion announced his decipherment, and the Rosetta Stone is in the British Museum.
3. Launched from Florida, Apollo 11 lands the first humans on the Moon.
Answer: 🇺🇸 United States of America · Jul 20th, 1969
Apollo 11 was the United States mission that first landed humans on the Moon.
4. A wine producer's limestone galleries are registered by Guinness World Records as the world's biggest wine collection.
Answer: 🇲🇩 Moldova · 2005
Mileștii Mici holds nearly 2 million bottles in limestone cellars extending 200 kilometers.
5. An island nation creates the world's first shark sanctuary, banning commercial shark fishing within its waters.
Answer: 🇵🇼 Palau · 2009
Palau banned commercial shark fishing within its waters.
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