Wherio #5 — July 17th, 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 leader once jailed by the British becomes founding father of a new East African nation.
Answer: 🇰🇪 Kenya · 1963
Jomo Kenyatta had been jailed by the British for seven years.
2. Lindbergh lands outside a major capital city after 33 hours alone over the Atlantic.
Answer: 🇫🇷 France · May 21st, 1927
100,000 people mobbed the Spirit of St. Louis at Le Bourget.
3. A city is flattened by history's largest pre-atomic explosion.
Answer: 🇨🇦 Canada · December 6th, 1917
Two ships collided in Halifax harbor; at least 1700 died.
4. The world's oldest active alliance is sealed between two seafaring realms.
Answer: 🇵🇹 Portugal · May 9th, 1386
The Treaty of Windsor still technically stands.
5. A university is founded that will call itself the West's oldest.
Answer: 🇮🇹 Italy · 1088
Bologna's law schools drew students from across Europe.
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