Wherio · September 12th, 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 Solidarity trade union is born in a Baltic shipyard strike.
Answer: 🇵🇱 Poland · Aug 31st, 1980
It became the first independent union in the Soviet bloc.
2. A mountainous South Asian kingdom bordering China's Wakhan Corridor sees its centuries-old monarchy abolished in a coup, becoming a republic.
Answer: 🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Jul 17th, 1973
Mohammed Daoud Khan declared Afghanistan a republic and became its first president.
3. The first FIFA World Cup ever held on African soil kicks off to vuvuzela horns.
Answer: 🇿🇦 South Africa · Jun 11th, 2010
Spain beat the Netherlands in the final at Soccer City in Johannesburg.
4. The Nok culture leaves behind Africa's oldest known terracottas.
Answer: 🇳🇬 Nigeria · c. 500 BC
The Nok terracotta sculptures were found by accident in tin mines.
5. A revolutionary congress freed from Spanish rule convenes in a church on the island of Luzon to draft laws and a constitution.
Answer: 🇵🇭 Philippines · Sep 15th, 1898
The Malolos Congress drafted the constitution that created the short-lived Philippine Republic.
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