Creation and Collapse

The five moments in this challenge

The scenes are shown below — tap a card to reveal its place and year.

1. 

   Round 1 · 1923

   Erection of the Hollywoodland Sign

   Los Angeles, United States

   Originally built as a temporary advertisement for a local real estate development, this massive hilltop sign became a permanent, globally recognized symbol of the rapidly expanding American film industry.

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2. 

   Round 2 · 1940

   Discovery of the Lascaux Cave Paintings

   Montignac, France

   Following their stray dog down into a narrow limestone shaft, four French teenagers stumbled upon the world's most spectacular collection of prehistoric cave art, perfectly hidden away for seventeen thousand years.

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3. 

   Round 3 · 44 BC

   Assassination of Julius Caesar

   Rome, Roman Republic

   A determined conspiracy of rival Roman senators ambushed the dictator perpetuo on the Ides of March, stabbing him to death during a tense senate meeting held at the Theatre of Pompey.

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4. 

   Round 4 · 1545

   Sinking of the Mary Rose

   The Solent, England

   King Henry VIII's beloved flagship suddenly foundered and sank while leading an attack against a French invasion fleet, tragically trapping hundreds of sailors under the ship's heavy anti-boarding netting.

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5. 

   Round 5 · 1961

   Detonation of the Tsar Bomba

   Novaya Zemlya, Soviet Union

   The Soviet Union tested the most powerful nuclear weapon ever created, yielding an astonishing fifty megatons and creating a terrifying mushroom cloud that rose sixty kilometres into the Arctic atmosphere.

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