Wherio #2 — July 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. Giant desert figures, visible only from the air, get their first serious study.
Answer: 🇵🇪 Peru · 1940-41
The Nazca Lines include a hummingbird 93 metres long.
2. A 640-year dynasty relinquishes power.
Answer: 🇦🇹 Austria · 1918-11
Karl I renounced participation in state affairs.
3. A dingo takes a baby, and a mother is wrongly convicted.
Answer: 🇦🇺 Australia · August 17th, 1980
Lindy Chamberlain was exonerated years later.
4. The world's prime meridian is chosen at a conference.
Answer: 🇺🇸 United States of America · 1884-10
Greenwich won the vote, at a meeting in Washington, DC.
5. Astronomers, among them a famed poet, reform the calendar at an imperial observatory.
Answer: 🇮🇷 Iran · 1079
Omar Khayyam helped build the Jalali calendar at Isfahan; variants are still in use.
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- A nation bans its own favorite drink.
- Two giant pandas arrive as diplomatic gifts.
- Lincoln delivers a two-minute address at Gettysburg.