Wherio #25 — August 6th, 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. The Red Fort hosts the first Independence Day address.
Answer: 🇮🇳 India · August 15th, 1947
Prime ministers have spoken from its ramparts every year since.
2. An 85-metre statue of a sword-raising mother crowns a battle-scarred hill above the Volga.
Answer: 🇷🇺 Russia · October 15th, 1967
The Motherland Calls commemorates Stalingrad.
3. The world's fastest train, a magnetic-levitation line, enters service in a booming East Asian megacity.
Answer: 🇨🇳 China · 2004
It covers 30 km to the airport in about seven minutes.
4. A king unites the Zulu clans.
Answer: 🇿🇦 South Africa · c. 1816
Shaka's military reforms built a regional power.
5. Police fire on students demanding recognition for their mother tongue, inspiring an international language day.
Answer: 🇧🇩 Bangladesh · February 21st, 1952
The language campaign becomes a foundation of Bengali national identity and later independence.
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