Wherio · September 1st, 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 biologist launches a women-led movement that plants millions of trees.
Answer: 🇰🇪 Kenya · 1977
The Green Belt Movement linked reforestation, livelihoods and democracy.
2. Monasteries perch atop the sandstone pinnacles of Meteora.
Answer: 🇬🇷 Greece · 14th century
Monks once ascended by nets and rope ladders.
3. Students and reformist officers topple a dictator in Central America's most populous nation.
Answer: 🇬🇹 Guatemala · October 20th, 1944
The October Revolution opened Guatemala's decade of reform, the Ten Years' Spring.
4. The world's first stock exchange trades a single company.
Answer: 🇳🇱 Netherlands · 1602
Amsterdam's exchange traded East India Company shares.
5. A royal rock-salt mine on the upper Vistula begins funding a kingdom.
Answer: 🇵🇱 Poland · 13th century
Wieliczka's chapels are carved entirely from salt.
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