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    360° scene from Nelson Mandela Released from Prison1832 AD – 1990 AD

    From groundbreaking scientific discoveries on rugged coastlines to the unsealing of ancient tombs and the roar of supersonic flight, today's challenges span moments that forever shifted how humanity understood its world.

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    1. Round 1 · 1990 AD

      Novice

      Nelson Mandela Released from Prison

      Mandela walked out of the prison gates hand-in-hand with his wife Winnie, instantly becoming one of the most widely broadcast moments of the late twentieth century.

    2. Round 2 · 1980 AD

      Novice

      Eruption of Mount St. Helens

      The catastrophic lateral blast knocked down hundreds of square miles of dense Pacific Northwest forest in seconds, triggering the largest landslide in recorded history.

    3. Round 3 · 1922 AD

      Casual

      Opening of King Tutankhamun's Tomb

      When asked by Lord Carnarvon if he could see anything as he first peered through the unbroken seal of the tomb, Howard Carter famously replied, 'Yes, wonderful things.'

    4. Round 4 · 1969 AD

      Casual

      First Flight of the Concorde

      Taking to the skies just weeks before the Apollo 11 moon landing, the Anglo-French supersonic airliner symbolized the peak of Cold War-era European aeronautical ambition.

    5. Round 5 · 1832 AD

      Expert

      Darwin Discovers Fossils at Punta Alta

      Finding these gigantic extinct ground sloths in the same geological region as living, smaller tree sloths helped seed Charles Darwin's early thoughts on the transmutation of species.

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