Wherio · June 17th, 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. In 1836, settlers began the Great Trek from Cape Colony into the interior of southern Africa.
Answer: 🇿🇦 South Africa · 1836
The Great Trek was the migration of settlers from the Cape Colony into the interior of what is now South Africa.
2. On September 25, 1066, King Harold Godwinson defeated an invading Norwegian force near the River Derwent in northern Europe.
Answer: 🇬🇧 England · September 25th, 1066
The Battle of Stamford Bridge was Harold Godwinson's victory in England over Harald Hardrada's Norwegian invaders.
3. Around 1200 BC, the Olmec civilization began flourishing in tropical lowlands along the Gulf coast of Mesoamerica.
Answer: 🇲🇽 Mexico · c. 1200 BC
The Olmec civilization was the earliest known major civilization of Mesoamerica, flourishing in what is now Mexico from about 1200 to 400 BC.
4. On February 20, 2016, the strongest tropical cyclone recorded in the Southern Hemisphere made landfall on a South Pacific archipelago.
Answer: 🇫🇯 Fiji · February 20th, 2016
Cyclone Winston devastated Fiji after making landfall as a Category 5 tropical cyclone.
5. In 1516, an Ottoman army defeated the Mamluks at Marj Dabiq, opening the Levant to Ottoman conquest.
Answer: 🇸🇾 Syria · August 24th, 1516
The Battle of Marj Dabiq gave Selim I's Ottoman army a decisive victory over the Mamluk Sultanate in Syria.
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