Wherio · August 20th, 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. One side of a two-country waterfall system becomes a national park.
Answer: 🇦🇷 Argentina · 1934
Iguazu Falls straddles a border, and this park protects the Argentine side.
2. South America hosts its first Olympic Games in a famous Atlantic coastal metropolis.
Answer: 🇧🇷 Brazil · Aug 5th, 2016
Rio hosted the first Olympic Games held in South America.
3. A ten-day war ends with a small alpine state free.
Answer: 🇸🇮 Slovenia · 1991
Slovenia broke away from Yugoslavia in a brief conflict with few casualties.
4. Angkor is abandoned as a capital.
Answer: 🇰🇭 Cambodia · 15th century
Angkor's decline followed prolonged drought and war.
5. An astronomer proposes a 100-degree temperature scale.
Answer: 🇸🇪 Sweden · 1742
Celsius originally put boiling at 0 and freezing at 100.
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