Questions tagged [geography]
A puzzle centered around geographical features, such as countries, continents, cities, mountains, rivers, and climate.
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Regional Business
This is part 40 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
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The puzzle on the left-hand side is a regional Yajilin. Shade some cells in the ...
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Before the Common Era
This is part 39 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
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The grid on the left-hand side is a KenKen puzzle. Fill the grid so that every row ...
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#TenderfootSpiral
Clues:
Two hikers on an incline arrow with numbers.
Hiker 1 says: 38.548493. Hiker 2 says: -105.998749.
Sequence: Hiker 17711 Hiker 0 377 0 144 1 10946 233 987 0 2584 6765 75025
Hiker = ...
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Order the cities, then find which one is not described
This puzzle is part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #14: Think inside the (very small) box!.
Here are four cities, each of them in a different country. What you need to do is the following.
Figure ...
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A Trivial Pursuit #07 (Geography 2/4): String Theory
This is part 7 of A Trivial Pursuit, a 25-part puzzle hunt. Each part is solvable on its own, with the exception of the meta-puzzle at the end.
If
e*
t*
u*
v*
w*
x*
y*
is H...
What relevant (if ...
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Around the Bend in Many Steps
This is part 38 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
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This is an Around-the-Bend puzzle. Each answer occupies two rows of the grid, ...
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A Trivial Pursuit #01 (Geography 1/4): History
This is part 1 of A Trivial Pursuit, a 25-part puzzle hunt. Each part is solvable on its own, with the exception of the meta-puzzle at the end.
HERMITS ERECTED HER – SHE TOLD MERCHANT ALL
BEST AUTHOR ...
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Musk Oxen and Arctic Foxen
This is part 37 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
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This is an Aquarium puzzle. The grid is divided into “rooms”. Shade some cells in ...
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Roughing It (Once More)
This is part 36 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
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The numbers in blue form a Tapa puzzle. Shade some cells in the grid so that the ...
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It Must Be New York
This is part 35 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
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In this crossword, whenever one or more letters from the start of the clue form a ...
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Campfire Crossword
This is part 34 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
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These are printer’s devilry clues with an additional definition part in each clue. ...
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The End of the Desert Sauce
Transcript
Clues:
[map compass containing "19!"]
3336665555556669 84433 7777833255 777728822233 8666 77773333 944666 933 64444448 2233
+---+---+---+---+---+ +---+---+---+---+---+
| | 3 | 4 | 5 | ...
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Johnny Ohm and the Danger Canoes
Clues: [electricity symbol] w/i-t=___
[two canoes] [odd shape that resembles a bear head]
Instructions: Name That Place
_ _ _ _ _ F F _ _ _
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An International Affair
This is part 33 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
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This is a codeword puzzle. Each of the numbers 1–26 stands for a different letter ...
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Where’s the Puzzle?
This is part 32 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
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Today, I have toured some lovely small lakes in Britain. I have seen Chinese wall ...
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Missing capital cities (a puzzle of - - - - -)
What you see below are two ordered sets of capital cities. There are 5 capital cities missing from each set and your task is to find them and then give me the final 10-letter word.
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Sandwiches by the Seaside
This is part 31 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
Dear Puzzling,
This is a sandwich sudoku puzzle. Each of the eight different letters in the grid ...
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Tropical Rhythms (Slight Return)
This is part 30 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
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In this crossword, there are no word boundaries. Answers are written one after the ...
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Lowest possible ratio of number of borders to countries annexable
There's been a recent trend on Reddit of finding how many countries can be colored in by:
Coloring nation a.
Coloring b nations, those touching a's borders.
Coloring c nations, those touching b's ...
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Visit 12 cities in this word search
Find below 12 cities in this word search puzzle, to find out what you are:
Algiers
Barcelona
Bogotá
Brisbane
Buenos Aires
Cologne
Gdańsk
Lagos
Madrid
Miami
Seattle
Sofia
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Find the one city that connects them all
Below there are 16 cities all across Europe (and surroundings). One of them connects them all.
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Tropical Rhythms
This is part 29 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
Dear Puzzling,
This is a diagramless crossword. The clues are not numbered according to their ...
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A professional geographer who is a sports enthusiast
A professional geographer is also a sports enthusiast. He is a fan of these three sportspersons in particular:
Lewis Hamilton
Nelson Evora
A FIFA World Cup winner with Spain
To honour all three of ...
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This won't work with US states
This puzzle is part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #12: mobile-friendly puzzles.
For each of the following sequences, identify the three missing terms (marked by '???'):
Nitrogen, Fluorine, Argon, ...
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Staying Connected
This is part 28 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
Dear Puzzling,
This is a connecting wall puzzle similar to the ones used in the Only Connect TV ...
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Hiking Circuits
This is part 27 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
Dear Puzzling,
How have you been? Today I have toured the coastal towns and islands of a major ...
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Protected Schooling
This is part 26 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
Dear Puzzling,
This is a Shakashaka puzzle. Mark some cells half-shaded along a diagonal (one ...
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Ticking Off Boxes
This is part 25 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
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This is a Y’s Are Wild crossword. That means any instances of the letter Y in the ...
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Changing Landscape
This is part 24 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
Dear Puzzling,
Today I am at a place high up in the mountains that I would have loved to visit 20 ...
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Most isolated place on Earth
If you come to this place on Earth then at certain times the closest people to you are in Space! Where are you?
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Tetromino Jigsaw Madness
This is part 23 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
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This puzzle is a crossword-jigsaw hybrid. Cover the white area of the grid with ...
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A TINY PUZZLE - Where is Fiabangu?
The Valley - "Bakudilich" iș in Ăurigasu, Vaprist in Adohalu and Aquitom in Skabuja, so.. Fiabangu is in ?
Replace the question mark with correct word to complete the sentence.
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In It for the Long Haul
This is part 22 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
Dear Puzzling,
The light grey numbers and arrows from a Yajilin puzzle. Shade some cells in the ...
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Sardines and Octopi
This is part 21 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
Dear Puzzling,
The thick black lines in this grid form a LITS puzzle. Shade an orthogonally ...
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Giraffe Necked Island
Where is this island, and why is the title of this question "Giraffe Necked Island?"
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Singles, Doubles, Triples
This is part 20 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
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The circled numbers in this grid form a Kurodoko puzzle. Shade some cells in the ...
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Bob wants revenge on his evil boss
Bob wants revenge on his evil boss, so he devises a cunning plan.
He writes a request to visit three American cities, and then gets his boss to approve it.
Bob then instead travels to six locations, ...
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'Pointless' US states
This puzzle is part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #9: Game/Quiz Shows.
On my recent appearance on the UK version of Pointless* I found myself in Round 1 standing on the first podium with my cousin, ...
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Layers upon Layers
This is part 19 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
Dear Puzzling,
This time I have a Suraromu puzzle for you. The grid contains seven “gates”, ...
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Sneaks and Addlers
This is part 18 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
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This is an I Have No Idea What I’m Doing crossword. The clues are a mix of 10 ...
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What is on this map of the US?
What are the green dots on this map?
HINT: You might want to ignore the two in North Carolina. They aren't very helpful.
Prior knowledge may help, but anyone can solve this by using easily accessible ...
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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