Questions tagged [geography]
A puzzle centered around geographical features, such as countries, continents, cities, mountains, rivers, and climate.
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Bikini life – A letter from Gladys
Letters from Gladys are geography-themed standalone crosswords. Each puzzle has five thematic answers, which are places, sights or landmarks in or around a certain location (in this case, a city). ...
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29 Scoring Nations
The following 29 nations, starting 2022, have scored. Can you explain?
United Kingdom 719
Germany 415
France 308
Brazil 293
Finland 245
Italy 207
Australia 130
USA 129
Austria 118
Spain 106
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Wintering – A letter from Gladys
Letters from Gladys are geography-themed standalone crosswords. Each puzzle has five thematic answers, which are places, sights or landmarks in or around a certain location (in this case, a province). ...
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Just thought of you – A letter from Gladys
Letters from Gladys are geography-themed standalone crosswords. Each puzzle has five thematic answers, which are places, sights or landmarks in or around a certain location (in this case, a city). ...
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Region + Region = Region
Solve the crossword then find the final answer by the answers you got.
Clues:
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The Big Dipper is so beautiful at night.
Why is that man killing a demon!?
That lion is posing with a sword.
A ...
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ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
You are finding 3 places.
Also, Kiribati's flag is for checking if you got the "places" correcct.
Hint 1:
Hint 2:
Hint 3:
Hint 4:
Last hint:
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Flying high with my travel agent
"Hi Pat."
"Did you get the proposed trip I sent over? Better book soon, because this big-city tour is going fast!"
"Well, if this is the route map you want me to choose from, ...
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A week around Europe
I've recently returned from a week of travelling around Europe, visiting a different town or city in a different country on each day, choosing my destinations according to an underlying pattern. I've ...
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Two numbers missing
In the following diagram can you fill in the two missing numbers (represented by the question marks)? Please explain your answer.
Please pay attention to the tags.
Hint 1
The 2 numbers are Prime ...
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You can count on Sergeant Sequence
"Ah, Sequence, there you are," said the Chief Investigator as Sergeant Sequence entered the briefing room. "Your man Patrick Terne is on the move again, and we need your help to track ...
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Left wanting more
This is part 14 of the puzzle series that started at Living the traveller's dream. This is the final puzzle in the series and solving it requires knowing the answers to the previous puzzles.
Previous ...
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Story of a hag and of a hog
Jump to the image to skip the 'flavour' story
I am very worried about my auntie. I have not heard from her for nearly a month now, and our last phone call was very strange:
-"Hello?"
-"...
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The end of a wild ride
This is part 13 of the puzzle series that started at Living the traveller's dream. Each part is solvable on its own.
Dear Puzzling,
My long trip is finally over. This is my last destination before ...
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Rich and unique
This is part 12 of the puzzle series that started at Living the traveller's dream. Each part is solvable on its own.
Dear Puzzling,
Unfortunately I’m nearing the end of my trip. Next week’s ...
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Going in circles
This is part 11 of the puzzle series that started at Living the traveller's dream. Each part is solvable on its own.
Dear Puzzling,
Don’t ask me how or why, but this week I have ended up at almost ...
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Traveller's fatigue
This is part 10 of the puzzle series that started at Living the traveller's dream. Each part is solvable on its own.
Dear Puzzling,
I have noticed that the longer a trip lasts, the harder it is to ...
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Enjoying the ride
This is part 9 of the puzzle series that started at Living the traveller's dream. Each part is solvable on its own.
Dear Puzzling,
Nine destinations down, four to go. As you may have noticed, my ...
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Almost interplanetary travel
This is part 8 of the puzzle series that started at Living the traveller's dream. Each part is solvable on its own.
Dear Puzzling,
How have you been?. My trip is going really well. Even though you ...
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Where is Rodney Waddler?
My friend Rodney Waddler is currently travelling around Europe. Over the course of eight days, he intends to visit eight different European capital cities - one each day.
On Day 1, Rodney sent me the ...
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The homeland of the shepherd?
$\displaystyle \left \lfloor \frac{Gen4:1-16} {a_5x^5+a_4x^4+a_3x^3+a_2x^2+a_1x+a_0} \right \rfloor$ + «my father was the first one»
= A country
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She must be tripping
This is part 7 of the puzzle series that started at Living the traveller's dream. Each part is solvable on its own.
Dear Puzzling,
As you have probably noticed, I visit quite a lot of different ...
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Take nothing but pictures
This is part 6 of the puzzle series that started at Living the traveller's dream. Each part is solvable on its own.
”Take nothing but pictures. Leave nothing but footprints.” – unknown
Dear Puzzling,
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A Five City Loop, starting and ending in MA
Complete a loop of five large cities.
The starting city name starts with the letters MA. Each of the following cities starts with the last two letters of the previous city name. (Like PARIS ISTANBUL ...
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The world's best and brightest
This is part 5 of the puzzle series that started at Living the traveller's dream. Each part is solvable on its own.
Dear Puzzling,
Hi, it's me again! I don't know if you have noticed, but there are a ...
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Around the world to a mystery country
What country does this picture represent? Please explain your reasoning.
Some exhibits follow to help you out. Exhibits 1, 2, and 3 will get you started. Exhibit 4 will point your way.
Disregard the ...
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Gladys loves Pink Floyd
This is part 4 of the puzzle series that started at Living the traveller's dream. Each part is solvable on its own.
Dear Puzzling,
I hope you are well. This week’s puzzle is a little different from ...
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All-round traveller chickens out
This is part 3 of the puzzle series that started at Living the traveller's dream. Each part is solvable on its own.
Dear Puzzling,
As I'm sure you know, I am pretty much an all-round traveller. I'm ...
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Roaring walls of water
This is part 2 of the puzzle series that started at Living the traveller's dream. Each part is solvable on its own.
Dear Puzzling,
Time really does fly when you are having fun. It seems like only ...
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Living the traveller’s dream
Dear Puzzling,
How have you been? I'm excited to tell you about my new trip. For the next three months or so, I will be visiting a total of 65 exotic destinations. I’m so happy to be travelling again! ...
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Africa just kept coming up
No tricks this time, what you see is what you get. The "around" answers are simply written in the coloured cells clockwise.
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1. City on the British Isles, excluding the island on which ...
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What is a Surprising Country?
If a country conforms to a special rule, I call it a Surprising Country. If it does not conform to this rule, I call it an Unsurprising Country.
Here is a list (not exhaustive) of some Surprising ...
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Travelling around the world [closed]
Μy destination is a part of the world. Part of the destination, when read backwards, is a living thing, and another part of the destination, scrambled, is a delicious meal. What part of the world is ...
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Who is Mr. T and where does he work?
Part 1:
Write each answer as ONEWORD, without spaces, punctuation or abbreviating. Some questions may have more than one answer when taken alone, but only certain answers will work with respect to the ...
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Why did the number of islands change?
There is a cluster of islands, which a private pilot flies over at dawn. The pilot can see 17 islands. A week later, she makes the same flight, at dawn, following the same altitude, speed, path and ...
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A hard to find country
I'm a European country, can you find me?
I share a border with France
I'm bigger than Belgium
I have red in my flag
I'm smaller than Poland
I'm south of Denmark
I have no cross in my flag
I have ...
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Who murdered His Majesty the King?
Furious, the chief officer of London's police force stood in the foyer of the late Majesty's mansion, trying to compose himself. Sitting before him were the three suspects, Toby and Ned (whom he'd ...
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Chain Puzzle: Tabletop Games #10 – Risky Finale
This is the tenth and final Chain Puzzle in the Tabletop Games series, in which all puzzles are themed around board games, card games, tile games, and the like. Once this puzzle is solved, this Chain ...
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Where does my friend live? 9
Other questions in this series can be found here.
My European friend, Johannes, now living in another country. He left a code like this:
OBA, OTI, SAC, ATR, NAR, DAD, IBA, AHO, TIA, HDA
5CA7CO
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Connect Wall of Flags: Stimulants are Endless!
An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #42: Wordless Connecting Walls
Knockoff Gladys was quite happy about how their last puzzle was received. So happy, in fact, that I found a new note waiting for ...
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Please Don't Flag This Question
An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #42: Wordless Connecting Walls
Today, I received a rather peculiar mail from L.B.G. (Low-Budget Gladys), Glady's cousin, thrice removed (and aunt to the ...
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Sergeant Sequence calls for back-up
An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #42: Wordless Connecting Walls
"Sequence, get in here! Your man's definitely up to something!"
The mood at Headquarters was tense. Sergeant Sequence ...
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Where does my friend live? 5
Other questions in this series can be found here.
One of my friends, Com, has sent me a code to show where he lives:
ARIA, ---, ---, ESIA, ---, KAAN, KYAN, LAIA, ---, MOVA, RUIA, TAAN, TUAN, UKNE, --...
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Gladys's Mismatching Cryptic
This is part 9 of the puzzle series. Part 1 is here.
Dear Puzzling,
Today I'm visiting a small town to marvel at some fantastic examples of Renaissance architecture. Sadly, this is also the last ...
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Connect Wall of Flags: Don't Embarrass Us
An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #42: Wordless Connecting Walls
K. G. (Knockoff Gladys) surprised me today with a note.
Hey, bobble!
I took your advice and made a puzzle. Who knew that was ...
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Where does my friend live? 4
Other questions in this series can be found here.
My friend, Sev, sent me some clues to tell where he is:
Hinder, order, tales, existence, diary, razor, THREE
Using these clues, I could figure out ...
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Where does my friend live? 3
Other questions in this series can be found here.
One of my friends in America has sent me some codes to show where he lives.
ROY, LYS, INI, RAC, NIL, ROE, RAM, YES, CIT, DOH, SAM, IHS
Can you ...
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Where does my friend live? 2
Other questions in this series can be found here.
Another of my friends gave me this code to show where he lives:
RODA, NAYU, GURU, GARA, MOLO, ZENE, LIZA, ANIT, ELIH, IVIL, ANIR
Can you figure out ...
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Chain Puzzle: Tabletop Games #03 - Down and out in London
This is the third Chain Puzzle in the Tabletop Games series, in which all puzzles are themed around board games, card games, tile games, and the like. The answer to this puzzle is a thematic word or ...
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Gladys's Double-Letter Cryptic
This is part 8 of the puzzle series. Part 1 is here.
Dear Puzzling,
Today I'm enjoying some quiet time after a long flight. As you know I'm at least as much a fan of places of worship as the next ...