Wherio · July 24th, 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. The Chernobyl nuclear reactor explodes.
Answer: 🇺🇦 Ukraine · Apr 26th, 1986
The plant sits near Pripyat in what is now Ukraine.
2. Mao Zedong launches the Cultural Revolution.
Answer: 🇨🇳 China · 1966
The Cultural Revolution closed schools and universities, and tens of millions were persecuted.
3. The Klondike's gateway ports boom: Skagway and the Chilkoot Trail.
Answer: 🇺🇸 United States of America · 1897
Prospectors who chose the Chilkoot Trail were ferried to Dyea by small boat or ferry.
4. The first modern Olympic Games are held there.
Answer: 🇬🇷 Greece · Apr 6th, 1896
The first relay was created for the Berlin Games.
5. A manor in Buckinghamshire becomes the principal center of Allied code-breaking during the Second World War.
Answer: 🇬🇧 England · 1939-1945
Bletchley Park's work stayed classified for 30 years.
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