Wherio #17 — July 29th, 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 landmark opera house with white sail-like shells officially opens on a southern harbor.
Answer: 🇦🇺 Australia · October 20th, 1973
Its Danish architect never returned to see it finished.
2. A British colony on South America’s northern coast becomes an independent Commonwealth realm.
Answer: 🇬🇾 Guyana · May 26th, 1966
British Guiana gains independence and adopts a new national name.
3. A republic leaves a collapsing federation without a shot fired.
Answer: 🇲🇰 Macedonia · September 8th, 1991
Its referendum passed almost unanimously.
4. The Bounty mutiny erupts beside the volcanic island of Tofua.
Answer: 🇹🇴 Tonga · April 28th, 1789
Bligh and eighteen loyalists were set adrift near Tofua before an epic open-boat voyage.
5. A new constitution introduces universal adult voting.
Answer: 🇯🇲 Jamaica · November 20th, 1944
The first election under the reform is held the following month.
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- A strong flavored dark brown spread goes on sale and divides the world.
- A dingo takes a baby, and a mother is wrongly convicted.
- A coral 'Stonehenge of the Pacific' trilithon is raised.
- A submarine volcano north of the main island erupts with a blast that sends tsunamis across the Pacific.
- Officers who trade in rum depose the governor of a remote southern penal colony, its only military coup.