Wherio #30 — August 11th, 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 vast Mughal mosque of red sandstone and white marble is completed beside a fortified old city on the Ravi plain.
Answer: 🇵🇰 Pakistan · 1673
The Badshahi Mosque in Lahore was the world's largest mosque for over 300 years.
2. A calving blue glacier descending from the southern Patagonian ice field becomes the heart of a national park east of the Andes.
Answer: 🇦🇷 Argentina · 1937
Perito Moreno famously ruptures its own ice dams.
3. An ancient Silk Road city becomes the dazzling capital of Timur's empire.
Answer: 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · 1370
Samarkand's Registan square is a masterpiece of Islamic architecture.
4. The world's longest rail tunnel opens deep under the Alps.
Answer: 🇨🇭 Switzerland · June 1st, 2016
The Gotthard Base Tunnel runs 57 km.
5. A pirate haven flourishes on a narrow island off the east coast of a much larger Indian Ocean island.
Answer: 🇲🇬 Madagascar · c. 1690–1720
Île Sainte-Marie hosted hundreds of pirates.
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