Wherio · November 5th, 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. An emperor who moved his capital north completes a walled palace of nearly a thousand buildings, closed to commoners for five centuries.
Answer: 🇨🇳 China · 1420
The Forbidden City housed 24 Ming and Qing emperors and is now the Palace Museum.
2. Parasite, a thriller from the southern state on a divided East Asian peninsula, becomes the first non-English-language film to win Best Picture.
Answer: 🇰🇷 South Korea · Feb 9th, 2020
Parasite became the first non-English-language film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture.
4. The author of Treasure Island, called Tusitala by islanders, dies at his Vailima estate and is buried atop Mount Vaea.
Answer: 🇼🇸 Samoa · Dec 3rd, 1894
Samoans called Stevenson Tusitala, teller of tales, and carried him up Mount Vaea.
5. Rubber wealth builds a lavish opera house with a tiled dome deep in the Amazon rainforest.
Answer: 🇧🇷 Brazil · Dec 31st, 1896
Manaus built the Amazon Theatre with Italian marble and French furnishings during the rubber boom.
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