Wherio · September 3rd, 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 Soviet republic declares state sovereignty, beginning its path toward independence.
Answer: 🇧🇾 Belarus · Jul 27th, 1990
The declaration laid the legal basis for an independent Belarus.
2. Swiss soldiers get lost during an exercise and accidentally 'invade' the tiny alpine principality next door.
Answer: 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein · 2007
The Swiss troops wandered into Liechtenstein by accident, and nobody noticed at first.
3. Months after declaring independence from France, a new republic stretching from the Red River delta to the Mekong holds its first national election.
Answer: 🇻🇳 Vietnam · Jan 6th, 1946
Vietnam's first National Assembly was elected as conflict with France intensified.
4. A canal finally cuts through the isthmus linking the Peloponnese to the mainland.
Answer: 🇬🇷 Greece · 1893
Nero had started digging it 1,800 years earlier.
5. A French territory in West Africa becomes an independent republic.
Answer: 🇳🇪 Niger · Aug 3rd, 1960
Niger declared independence from France.
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