Wherio · June 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. Alexander the Great defeated a Persian force at the Granicus River in northwestern Anatolia.
Answer: 🇹🇷 Turkey · May 334 BC
The Battle of the Granicus opened Alexander the Great's conquest of Asia Minor in what is now Turkey.
2. A relief army defeated a Russian siege force at Narva in the Great Northern War.
Answer: 🇪🇪 Estonia · Nov 30th, 1700
The Battle of Narva was an early victory in the Great Northern War, fought in present-day Estonia.
3. Construction began on a mosque in the Maghreb whose minaret later inspired Seville's Giralda.
Answer: 🇲🇦 Morocco · 1147
Morocco's Koutoubia Mosque is renowned for the minaret that inspired the Giralda.
4. Germany claimed the northeastern part of New Guinea and nearby islands as a protectorate.
Answer: 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea · Nov 3rd, 1884
German New Guinea was a German protectorate that included territory in present-day Papua New Guinea.
5. A general election began a five-month dispute before Irfaan Ali was ultimately sworn in as president.
Answer: 🇬🇾 Guyana · Mar 2nd, 2020
The Guyanese general election ultimately brought Irfaan Ali to the presidency after a recount and prolonged dispute.
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- The luxury rail service that would later reach its Ottoman terminus beside the Bosporus begins its first journey.
- Heinrich Schliemann excavates the site of Troy.
- A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Hela Province in the mountainous interior of New Guinea, causing landslides and widespread damage.
- Enslaved people began a major uprising on plantations along the Canje River.
- Britain proclaimed a protectorate over southeastern New Guinea.
- Voters approved constitutional reforms following protests in a North African kingdom with Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts.