Wherio · September 28th, 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 collapsed natural gas crater in the Karakum Desert is set alight and never stops burning, earning the name Door to Hell.
Answer: 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · c. 1971
Soviet engineers are said to have lit the Darvaza crater to prevent poisonous gases from spreading.
2. A Central American country becomes the first in the world to adopt bitcoin as legal tender.
Answer: 🇸🇻 El Salvador · Sep 7th, 2021
El Salvador's Bitcoin Law came with a government wallet app called Chivo and concerns about IMF talks.
3. Messi finally lifts the World Cup after a final decided on penalties.
Answer: 🇶🇦 Qatar · Dec 18th, 2022
Mbappe's hat trick was not enough, and Argentina beat France on penalties after a 3 to 3 draw.
4. A national park is created around volcanoes and gorilla habitat under Belgian colonial rule.
Answer: 🇨🇩 Dem. Rep. Congo · 1925-04
Virunga was created as a science-oriented wildlife reserve and includes the active Nyiragongo volcano.
5. A hydrogen bomb test at Bikini Atoll, in a remote Pacific island nation between Hawaii and Australia, runs far beyond predictions, showering distant atolls and a fishing boat with fallout.
Answer: 🇲🇭 Marshall Is. · Mar 1st, 1954
Castle Bravo's 15 megatons, far above predictions, contaminated Rongelap and the Lucky Dragon 5.
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