Wherio · August 18th, 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. Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human in space, launching from a remote steppe launch site.
Answer: 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Apr 12th, 1961
Vostok 1 launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome.
2. A king builds an observatory tower with a spiral ramp for horses.
Answer: 🇩🇰 Denmark · 1642
Copenhagen's Round Tower has a 7.5-turn spiral ramp to its observation deck.
3. A triangular chocolate bar of milk chocolate, nougat, almonds, and honey whose logo hides a bear is created.
Answer: 🇨🇭 Switzerland · 1908
Toblerone's peak hides a bear in its logo.
4. A meteor explodes over a city in its southern Ural region, injuring 1,491 people.
Answer: 🇷🇺 Russia · Feb 15th, 2013
Most Chelyabinsk injuries came from glass shattered by the shockwave.
5. Stephen the Great, this country's medieval ruler, rules until his death.
Answer: 🇲🇩 Moldova · 15th century
Stephen restored old fortresses and built new ones, strengthening Moldavia's defense system.
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