Wherio · August 22nd, 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. Banting and Best first isolate insulin at the university behind the Varsity Blues.
Answer: 🇨🇦 Canada · 1921
Insulin is a peptide hormone that regulates carbohydrate, fat, and protein metabolism.
2. The golden Angel of Independence is unveiled.
Answer: 🇲🇽 Mexico · September 16th, 1910
The Angel of Independence marked Mexico's independence centennial on Reforma avenue.
3. A dictator opens a 'cinema city' studio complex.
Answer: 🇮🇹 Italy · April 21st, 1937
Cinecittà later hosted Ben-Hur and La Dolce Vita.
4. A court painter completes an enigmatic masterpiece of mirrors and dwarfs.
Answer: 🇪🇸 Spain · 1656
Velázquez's Las Meninas hangs in the Prado.
5. A 'Tulip Revolution' topples a post-Soviet president.
Answer: 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan · March 24th, 2005
During the Tulip Revolution, the opposition took control of key state services in Bishkek.
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- At its 1976 Summer Olympics, a gymnast scores the first perfect 10 in Olympic history.
- A magnitude-8 earthquake devastates its city built on an ancient lakebed.