Questions tagged [geography]
A puzzle centered around geographical features, such as countries, continents, cities, mountains, rivers, and climate.
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Round and Round (the World)
This is part 17 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
Deаr Puzzling,
Today’s puzzle is a circular crossword with overlapping answers. Answers in all ...
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A (Nonuniquely) Spanish Conundrum
Spain is sitting in his room, vibing to some of his classical music. Then, his computer goes dark…
And then a prompt appears: ENTER WORD
Spain, confuzzled, enters a random word: CLAN.
Then music ...
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Problem Solving in Freefall
This is part 16 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
Deаr Puzzling,
Ten clues in this crossword contain one extra letter, which must be removed before ...
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I am travelling around England measuring. But what, and why?
I am to travel around England with my pH meter and related equipment. My boss gives me the following instructions as a reminder of where to visit.
D I X Y.
What does this mean, where should I go, and ...
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Paranormal Activity
This is part 15 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
Deаr Puzzling,
The numbers in blue here form a Nurikabe puzzle. Shade some cells in the grid so ...
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Coasting Along the Coast
This is part 14 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
Deаr Puzzling,
The larger grid is a Fillomino puzzle. Each of the six different letters in the ...
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Under the Surface
This is part 13 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
Deаr Puzzling,
The first grid is a kakuro puzzle. Fill the grid with the numbers 1–9 so that ...
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Many Moons (and Suns) Ago
This is part 12 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
Many moons ago, on an island far, far away…
Deаr Puzzling,
Today I have a Moon-or-Sun puzzle for ...
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Multidimensional Travel
This is part 11 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
Deаr Puzzling,
This is a three-dimensional crossword. The five squares in the picture represent ...
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Behind Great Walls
This is part 10 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
Deаr Puzzling,
This is a word search puzzle with a wildcard character. There are eight unique ...
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Time (and a place) for an odd-one-out puzzle
This puzzle is part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #6: Is it really that [time] again?.
It is a tough task to create an 'odd-one-out' type puzzle whose solution lacks any ambiguity at all - it is all ...
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Fox Moons - Enigmatic Puzzle
Clues:
9JPJ+RM9 Bath
CRMX+V4 Mexico City
HX8H+M7 Seoul
JMC2+67 Seattle
G2R6+FX7 Salida
P4VX+RP Queens
JMC2+67 Seattle
V75V+8VG Paris
V75V+8VG Paris
V7FV+CWP Paris
CRMX+V4 Mexico City
9GQJ+VQC Qatar
...
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The Key to the City
This is part 9 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
Deаr Puzzling,
This is a Skyscrapers puzzle. Each letter represents a unique number between 1 and ...
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In Remembrance of Dark Times
This is part 8 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
Deаr Puzzling,
The name of the game here is printer’s devilry, with an added definition part in ...
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hello! - a country's vacation
Finally.
The U.N., benevolent and all-knowing master he is, has decided to let you take a vacation...
But he's letting UNESCO decide for yo- speak of the devil.
"Hullo, Kossie!"
"I told ...
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Kings of Centuries Past
This is part 7 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
Deаr Puzzling,
This time I have a shingoki puzzle for you. Draw a single loop that passes through ...
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European country with the longest border in South America [closed]
I am a country in Europe, but my longest land border is with a country in South America. What am I?
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A special World trip
My wife and I went on a World trip. We started visiting countries in this order:
For a while we were stuck, but in December 2022 we could finally continue our trip and visited these countries:
Which ...
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Only time will tell
This puzzle is part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #6: Is it really that [time] again?.
Please help. I'm an intelligence officer, and I've got a crisis on my hands - my boss has gone missing! I came ...
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Who’s in for a Cruising?
This is part 6 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
Deаr Puzzling,
Looks like I’m getting way behind schedule already. Sorry about that! Time flies ...
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Thyme and thyme again (Shakespearean, pronounced “ah-GAI-n”
“A missing right parenthesis gives a sense of suspense.” - A paraphrase of Randall Munroe
You awaken to a series of images flashing faster than your eyes can comprehend, and yet they can, lending the ...
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A Ticking Time Bomb
This puzzle is part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #6: Is it really that [time] again?.
You wake up, finding yourself sitting in a room you've never seen before. Around the room there are loads of ...
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Hippos and Horseplay
This is part 5 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
Deаr Puzzling,
This time you are going to need some of your chess knowledge. Not a lot of chess ...
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From Before Caesar
This is part 4 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
Deаr Puzzling,
How have you been? I hope you don’t mind me showing up a little early this time ...
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PSE Advent Calendar 2022 (Day 22): Santa's Sleigh Route
This puzzle is part of the Puzzling Stack Exchange Advent Calendar 2022. The accepted answer to this question will be awarded a bounty worth 50 reputation.< Previous Door Next Door >
It's ...
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Making flags from the flag of Norway
Here is the flag of Norway. You can cut out rectangular non-overlapping regions from this flag to form flags of other countries. What is the most number of different country flags you can make?
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Mazed and Confused
This is part 3 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
Deаr Puzzling,
Today I have admired the natural beauty of a paradise island and seen sand dunes ...
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Stargazing with the Ancients
Clues: [contextual images]
Instructions: Name That Landmark
_ _ _ N _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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Colourful Candy Cane Carousel
This is part 2 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
Deаr Puzzling,
Today I walked in an unbelievable tropical palm forest. I have seen black parrots, ...
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PSE Advent Calendar 2022 (Day 4): Letters to Father Christmas (Sgt. Sequence Fan-Fic)
This puzzle is part of the Puzzling Stack Exchange Advent Calendar 2022. The accepted answer to this question will be awarded a bounty worth 100 reputation.< Previous DoorNext Door >
"Good ...
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Around the World in Many Days
Deаr Puzzling,
How have you been? I am excited to tell you about my new trip. It’s my most ambitious one yet – a full trip around the world! I will definitely keep you posted about my whereabouts. I ...
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Hollow Be Thy Name
Clues:
11100 0010 10000 0110 00111 00111 00111 00111 01010 00111 00111
y=-7x/17+14
[image of Bob Marley]
Instructions: Name That Deity
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Hint:
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I can travel through time
In certain times of the year I can travel 21 hours in time by crossing this 4 km bridge. Where am I?
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Flow3rs fDr Charlie
Clues: [4 contextual images]
Instructions: Name that serial killer
_ a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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CliffDriving PS
[contextual images]
[text near one image] 16.,51.
Instructions: Name the Town
_ _ s _ _ _ _
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DCQ Pencil Top - a Quantum Enigmatic Puzzle
Clues: SILNZEANGIA ESEPCZUANGIA
[Contextual Image]
Instructions: Name That Place
_ _ _ _ a _ _ _
Hint:
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Sergeant Sequence brings in the analysts
This puzzle is part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #5: On-and-onograms
"We've intercepted another message, Chief."
"Good work, Sequence. What does it say? Where is Terne now?"
The ...
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GeoFact(s) - Enigmatic Puzzle
Clues:
(Ge) is to (S) as (Sr) is to (__)!, 12.#40.
Instructions:
Put these symbols in the correct order and orientation (contextual images)
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Capital city with two clues
Bamako
Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.
Mahershalalhashbaz Gilmore.
La Paz and Sucre
Academy Award recipient for 'To Each His Own'.
Academy Award recipient for 'The Favourite'.
Athens
A football player ...
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Missing country in a layout
Which country fills in the yellow cell?
A cell becomes empty when no country meets the criterion that the country in a non-empty cell meets.
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Peculiar arrangement by a Geography teacher
A teacher from Africa was teaching Geography to her six students. She sensed that the students were getting restless and decided to take them to a circular playground for an outdoor activity.
At the ...
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Sergeant Sequence leads the way
Sergeant Sequence entered the Chief Investigator's office to find his boss in some agitation.
"Patrick Terne is on the move again, Sequence," sighed the Chief, "and once more I find ...
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Two names and a code
Two male friends were on a vacation at their favourite holiday destination. There they came across two women who were on vacation as well. With the hope of getting to know them and possibly get their ...
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** and ## operations on countries
Oman is the ** of Romania
Andorra is the ** of Andorra
Tunisia is the ** of Tunisia
Guinea-Bissau is the ** of Guinea-Bissau
Haiti is the ## of Lithuania
Togo is the ## of Colombia
Maldives is the ## ...
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Countries and Capital Cities divided into two halves
'Bypass' is a word which belongs to the first half with a special feature while the words 'boast', 'bracket', 'nebulous' and 'plague' doesn't belong.
'Shadow' is another such word which belongs to the ...
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Four players from two different sports
This list is about two former players and two active players from tennis and football.
Complete the table by filling the missing national flags and the missing player.
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Sergeant Sequence faces his toughest (IQ) test yet
This puzzle is part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #2: IQ Puzzle Parody
Lando had never felt so nervous. The Badger and Biscuit's 'KWIZ NITE' was only minutes away from starting, and he had just ...
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Number to Country Conversion
Move 3 matchsticks from the number 808 to form the name of a country
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National Flags and their Venn Diagrams
Which cities are X, Y and Z?
The colours in the Venn Diagrams in no particular order are White, Red, Light Blue, Dark Blue and Black
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Different learnings in different countries
I learnt Skiing in my 1st attempt in Finland when the time was 5 o'clock
I learnt Diving in my 5th attempt in Uruguay when the time was 6 o'clock
I learnt Boxing in my 10th attempt in Luxembourg ...
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