Wherio · September 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. Police break up a student march in the western capital of a federation, igniting the Velvet Revolution.
Answer: 🇨🇿 Czechia · Nov 17th, 1989
The Velvet Revolution ended communist rule in Czechoslovakia within weeks.
2. An iconic red telephone kiosk design debuts on the streets of a capital marked by Saint George's cross.
Answer: 🇬🇧 England · 1926
Giles Gilbert Scott's K2 box became a national symbol.
3. A victorious leader abolishes the army and turns the former Bellavista barracks into a national museum.
Answer: 🇨🇷 Costa Rica · Dec 1st, 1948
Costa Rica has had no military for over 75 years.
4. A revolutionary renames his country 'land of upright people'.
Answer: 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso · 1984
Thomas Sankara renamed Upper Volta before his assassination.
5. In the village of Săpânța in Maramureș County, a local artist begins a cemetery of witty painted epitaphs.
Answer: 🇷🇴 Romania · 1935
Săpânța's Merry Cemetery jokes about its dead.
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