Wherio · June 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. Builders raised the megalithic temple complex of Hagar Qim overlooking the Mediterranean.
Answer: 🇲🇹 Malta · c. 3600 BC
Hagar Qim is a megalithic temple complex in Malta.
2. A Dutch East India Company expedition established a resupply station at Table Bay on Africa's southwestern coast.
Answer: 🇿🇦 South Africa · Apr 6th, 1652
Jan van Riebeeck's Table Bay settlement became Cape Town, South Africa.
3. Settlers occupied Wairau Bar at the northeastern end of a long, temperate South Pacific archipelago.
Answer: 🇳🇿 New Zealand · c. 1300
Wairau Bar is one of New Zealand's earliest archaeological sites, occupied by its first settlers.
4. A small defending force fought Chilean troops at the Topater ford outside Calama in the first battle of the War of the Pacific.
Answer: 🇧🇴 Bolivia · Mar 23rd, 1879
The Battle of Topater was the first battle of the War of the Pacific, fought at Calama in Bolivia.
5. The nine-story Rana Plaza commercial building collapsed in Savar, killing 1,134 people.
Answer: 🇧🇩 Bangladesh · Apr 24th, 2013
The Rana Plaza collapse in Bangladesh killed 1,134 people.
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