Questions tagged [sports]
A puzzle related to sports competitions, sports tables, sports records, or the history of sports.
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Reconstructing Euro results
In the group stage of this year's UEFA European Football Championship, teams compete within six groups of four teams each. Each group plays a round-robin tournament, in which each team plays three ...
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Cryptic Division 10: Printer's Player for a Football Club in Tasmania
This is a word division puzzle which uses cryp- actually, this one uses printer's devilry. If you're unfamiliar with either or both of those, you can click the associated link.
In order to solve the ...
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Australian landmarks
I'm trying to make a list of prominent Australian landmarks, but I'm having real trouble with one entry. Could you help me out? Here's my list so far.
Brisbane: Stranahan's Distillery
Canberra: Mob ...
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PSE Advent Calendar 2023 (Day 6): It's a beautiful day for a ballgame
This puzzle is part of the Puzzling Stack Exchange Advent Calendar 2023. The accepted answer to this question will be awarded a bounty worth 50 reputation.< Previous Door Next Door >
It's the ...
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College Athletes
This puzzle is part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #16: Restricted Title: xkcd 2000-2500.
Solve the following 10 sub-puzzles, then use the information you've found to solve the metapuzzle:
Puzzle 1
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Quadritaisho: The sports bet
My friend from America was going to watch a game and wanted to bet I couldn't guess where he was going. The answer lies in the Quadritaisho puzzle below. Can you help me find out where he's going to ...
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A Trivial Pursuit #18 (Sports and Leisure 3/4): Connected
This is part 18 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.
Sometimes one connect-wall puzzle just isn't enough... ...
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A Trivial Pursuit #06 (Sports and Leisure 1/4): Life Goals
This is part 6 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.
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Are there always 2 teams such that they have together defeated every other team
In a tournament without draws, every two of the nine teams play against each other exactly once. Must there always be two teams such that every other team has lost to either or both of them?
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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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The World Cup final conspiracy
Note: The set-up for this puzzle is all a fiction. (Or is it...?!) (Yes, it is.)
I have this friend who keeps banging on about how this year's World Cup was all a big fix, that the whole thing was ...
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Hypothetical scorelines in FIFA World Cup 2022
A random fixture from each group of FIFA World Cup 2022 is selected.
A hypothetical scoreline is predicted based on the player pictured and the nations playing in that match.
Group A
Group B
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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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Coded Formula 1 Champions
This is a list of some of the Formula 1 championship winning drivers in their coded form.
The constructors that helped them to win the championship are also coded in the same row.
COMPLETE THE TABLE
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