Wherio · September 14th, 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 new state is declared as the British Mandate for Palestine ends.
Answer: 🇮🇱 Israel · May 14th, 1948
Ben-Gurion read the declaration, and war with neighboring states began the next day.
2. Studio Ghibli is founded.
Answer: 🇯🇵 Japan · Jun 15th, 1985
Studio Ghibli's films brought forest spirits and moving castles to the world.
3. A country named after Africa's shrinking great lake becomes independent from France.
Answer: 🇹🇩 Chad · Aug 11th, 1960
Francois Tombalbaye, Chad's first president, soon banned opposition parties.
4. The oldest known human footprints are found at Laetoli.
Answer: 🇹🇿 Tanzania · 1976
The 3.7-million-year-old Laetoli footprint trail shows upright walking.
5. A young nationalist assassinates an imperial heir, helping trigger the First World War.
Answer: 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herz. · Jun 28th, 1914
Gavrilo Princip's shots in Sarajevo set off the July Crisis and the First World War.
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- An aging printmaker publishes a woodblock of a towering wave dwarfing boats, with a sacred peak small in the distance.