Wherio · June 14th, 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. Three British provinces, two on the Atlantic and one spanning the St. Lawrence, united in a new dominion.
Answer: 🇨🇦 Canada · Jul 1st, 1867
Canadian Confederation united the Province of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick as the Dominion of Canada.
2. Seafarers established a village at Emily Bay on a remote South Pacific island.
Answer: 🇳🇫 Norfolk Island · 14th or 15th century
The early Polynesian settlement of Norfolk Island left its main village site at Emily Bay.
3. A Dutch trading company established a trading post and naval victualing station at the Cape of Good Hope.
Answer: 🇿🇦 South Africa · 1652
The Dutch Cape Colony began when the Dutch East India Company set up a trading post and naval victualing station at the Cape of Good Hope in present-day South Africa.
4. In the summer of 251, a Gothic army killed the Roman emperor Decius and his son at a battle in the lower Danube region.
Answer: 🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Summer of 251
The Battle of Abritus, fought in present-day Bulgaria, killed Emperor Decius and his son Herennius Etruscus.
5. Amid mass protests, a prime minister resigned in a landlocked country east of Turkey.
Answer: 🇦🇲 Armenia · Apr 23rd, 2018
The Armenian Velvet Revolution forced Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan to resign.
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