Wherio #20 — August 1st, 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 great walled port is founded on the Caribbean coast of South America.
Answer: 🇨🇴 Colombia · June 1st, 1533
Its massive walls repelled pirates for centuries.
2. The La Tomatina tomato fight tradition begins at a small eastern town.
Answer: 🇪🇸 Spain · 1945
Its origin story involves a disrupted parade and a vegetable stall.
3. The couturier Chanel launches her No. 5 perfume.
Answer: 🇫🇷 France · May 5th, 1921
It became the world's most famous perfume.
4. A country outlaws religion entirely, a world first.
Answer: 🇦🇱 Albania · 1967
Hoxha declared the world's first atheist state.
5. A warrior government is founded far from the emperor's court.
Answer: 🇯🇵 Japan · 1192
The Kamakura shogunate began seven centuries of samurai rule.
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