Wherio · August 4th, 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. A former French territory on the Atlantic edge of the Sahel becomes an independent republic.
Answer: 🇲🇷 Mauritania · November 28th, 1960
Mauritania's first president was Moktar Ould Daddah.
2. As tradition tells, a mud-and-timber mosque is founded in a savanna village north of the old Gold Coast forest belt.
Answer: 🇬🇭 Ghana · c. 1421
Larabanga is called the 'Mecca of West Africa'.
3. The world's tallest statue, the Statue of Unity, is unveiled.
Answer: 🇮🇳 India · October 31st, 2018
The Statue of Unity, at 182 m, is the world's tallest statue.
4. The Graf Spee is scuttled after being forced to put into port in this country.
Answer: 🇺🇾 Uruguay · December 17th, 1939
The damaged Graf Spee was forced into port at Montevideo, Uruguay, and then scuttled.
5. Officers who trade in rum depose the governor of a remote southern penal colony, its only military coup.
Answer: 🇦🇺 Australia · January 26th, 1808
The deposed governor was William Bligh, of Bounty fame.
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