Wherio · November 13th, 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. An empress buys 225 paintings from a Berlin merchant, founding what will grow into one of the world's greatest museums.
Answer: 🇷🇺 Russia · 1764
Catherine the Great's 225 paintings founded the Hermitage collection.
2. A group of developers releases a peer-to-peer telecommunications application.
Answer: 🇪🇪 Estonia · Aug 29th, 2003
Skype was created by Estonian developers and later acquired by eBay for $2.6 billion.
3. Sony, an electronics company from an East Asian archipelago, launches the Walkman, transforming music listening on the move.
Answer: 🇯🇵 Japan · Jul 1st, 1979
Sony's Walkman was a portable cassette player that changed personal music listening worldwide.
4. The Great Mosque of Djenne, the world's largest mud brick building, is rebuilt in an annual festival of communal labor.
Answer: 🇲🇱 Mali · 1907
Djenne's mosque is the largest mud brick building in the world, replastered every year.
5. A desert town of cave dwellings and fortified granaries lends its name, barely altered, to a fictional planet.
Answer: 🇹🇳 Tunisia · 1977
George Lucas named Luke Skywalker's fictional home planet Tatooine.
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