Wherio #23 — August 4th, 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 former French territory on the Atlantic edge of the Sahel becomes an independent republic.
Answer: 🇲🇷 Mauritania · November 28th, 1960
Its first leader governs from a newly built capital near the Atlantic.
2. As tradition tells, a mud-and-timber mosque is founded in a savanna village north of the old Gold Coast forest belt.
Answer: 🇬🇭 Ghana · c. 1421
Larabanga is called the 'Mecca of West Africa'.
3. The world's tallest statue, the Statue of Unity, is unveiled.
Answer: 🇮🇳 India · October 31st, 2018
At 182 m it is nearly twice the height of Liberty.
4. The Graf Spee is scuttled in the River Plate off the estuary’s northern shore.
Answer: 🇺🇾 Uruguay · December 17th, 1939
The wreck lies off the neutral harbor on the estuary’s northern bank.
5. Officers who trade in rum depose the governor of a remote southern penal colony, its only military coup.
Answer: 🇦🇺 Australia · January 26th, 1808
The deposed governor was William Bligh, of Bounty fame.
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- The British Raj is partitioned into two new nations at midnight.