Wherio · June 15th, 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 Bristol chronicle recorded that merchants had found land across the North Atlantic, an expedition later commemorated at this country's Cape Bonavista.
Answer: 🇨🇦 Canada · Jun 24th, 1497
The Canadian and British governments commemorated John Cabot's voyage at Cape Bonavista, Newfoundland, as his first landing site.
2. HMS Dolphin made the first recorded European landfall on Tahiti.
Answer: 🇵🇫 Fr. Polynesia · Jun 1767
Samuel Wallis's voyage aboard HMS Dolphin made him the first recorded European navigator to visit Tahiti, in French Polynesia.
3. Alexander the Great founded a port city on North Africa's Mediterranean coast that became a major Hellenistic center.
Answer: 🇪🇬 Egypt · 331 BC
Alexander the Great founded Alexandria in Egypt.
4. A small mountainous state on the Adriatic coast became NATO's 29th member.
Answer: 🇲🇪 Montenegro · Jun 5th, 2017
Montenegro became NATO's 29th member.
5. A treaty following a war with the East India Company required a Himalayan kingdom to cede territory.
Answer: 🇳🇵 Nepal · Mar 4th, 1816
The Treaty of Sugauli established Nepal's boundary after the Anglo-Nepalese War.
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