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Questions tagged [geography]

A puzzle centered around geographical features, such as countries, continents, cities, mountains, rivers, and climate.

A puzzle centered around geographical features, such as countries, continents, cities, mountains, rivers, climate, etc.

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Please do not use this tag to ask geography problems which aren't puzzles as they are considered off-topic.

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Charlie slept through geography at school

Scene One: Charlie meets Benny ADAM: Charlie, I'd like you to meet my friend Benny. BENNY: Hi! Nice to meet you! CHARLIE: Nice to meet you Benny! So, where are you from? BENNY: I'm from [my country]. CHARLIE: Hehe, I have no idea where that…
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A city in Europe

I'm a cheesy city, containing auk but in the main language of the country I'm in. I have a sports team that got crowned champions of my country twice. Also placed within me is a museum dedicated to a band that once tried to remake The Lord Of The…
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Find the missing place

Below is a list of ten places on earth, with one missing. Some names belong to multiple places on earth, so first find the geographical division that contains each place exactly once (for example, a country name), and then use only the ten places…
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Forgotten Pin 2

After the trouble with the last one I changed my pin and wrote down the following to help me remember what my pin was but I now have no idea what it means! Japan, Tunisia, Germany, Gabon, Costa Rica Portugal, South Korea, Brazil, Palau,…
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Find this US city

AZ -> +1 TN -> +1 -4 <- NV -6 <- PA GA -> +4 What US city is this? (2 words) Clue: Microsoft
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Where are these places and why are they all within 100 miles of each other?

These places are easy enough to figure out: Sheffield Wednesday's home Liffey's mouth Queensland's capital Turin's region New York's capital The Queen's favourite weekend home But why are they all within 100 miles of each other?
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Where is the criminal?

A worldwide criminal has been hiding in Japan recently, however nobody knows where he is. The FBI intercepted one of his messages to his team. I am hiding in something you won't expect. Maybe you're even wrong. But I have to do this. Just…
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Distance between capitals

What is the longest great circle distance between the capitals of two countries that share a land border? The most common first answer I have heard comes in fourth.
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Kitty's next meeting

Agent Kitty has been returned to London where a decision will be made what to do with her. She will be taken to the head of her secret service - Z - for him to make the final call. All she has been told is that the meeting will take place in the…
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