Wherio · July 15th, 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 British colonial administration is partitioned into two new nations at midnight, and its larger successor gains independence.
Answer: 🇮🇳 India · August 15th, 1947
Partition displaced over 10 million people.
2. The terraced turquoise lakes of Plitvice become a national park.
Answer: 🇭🇷 Croatia · 1949
Travertine dams separate its sixteen cascading lakes.
3. The Rumble in the Jungle stuns the boxing world.
Answer: 🇨🇩 Dem. Rep. Congo · October 30th, 1974
Ali's rope-a-dope beat Foreman in Kinshasa.
4. A physicist lifts off from Augsburg into the stratosphere in a sealed sphere.
Answer: 🇩🇪 Germany · May 27th, 1931
Auguste Piccard launched from Augsburg, reached over 15,000m, and inspired Tintin's Professor Calculus.
5. Two men climb a white mountain and win a scientific prize.
Answer: 🇫🇷 France · August 8th, 1786
Mont Blanc's first ascent launched alpinism; the summit straddles a border.
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