Geosportle #26: answers for Thursday, 29 October 2026
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🏅 More sports · Question 1
Trailing 7–6 on fourth down with 22 seconds left, a deflected Bradshaw pass was caught by Franco Harris just off the turf for a playoff-winning score.
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Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, United States · 1972
On December 23, 1972, Franco Harris caught a deflected Terry Bradshaw pass and ran in the winning touchdown as the Steelers beat the Raiders. It was the Steelers' first ever playoff win, and the play is still debated.
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⚽ Football · Question 2
A Romanian goalkeeper saved all four penalties as Barcelona lost a goalless European Cup final, the first to finish 0-0.
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Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium, Seville, Spain · 1986
On 7 May 1986 at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium in Seville, Steaua București beat Barcelona on penalties after a 0-0 draw. Helmut Duckadam saved all four shots, and it remains Steaua's only European Cup win.
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🏃 Athletics · Question 3 · ×2
In scorching heat, the world record holder quit in tears as a Japanese runner held off Kenya's Catherine Ndereba for Olympic marathon gold.
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Panathenaic Stadium, Athens, Greece · 2004
On 22 August 2004 Mizuki Noguchi won the women's Olympic marathon in 2:26:20, 12 seconds ahead of Catherine Ndereba, finishing at the Panathenaic Stadium. Paula Radcliffe quit the race.
From Geosportle #26 (29 October 2026) · Source: Wikipedia
🏎️ Formula 1 · Question 4 · ×3
Nigel Mansell finished second in his Williams to clinch the F1 drivers' title with five races still to run, as Senna won for McLaren.
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Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary · 1992
At the Hungaroring in Mogyoród on 16 August 1992, Ayrton Senna won, but Nigel Mansell's second place clinched the Drivers' Championship with five races left, the earliest ever at that time. It was also Brabham's last race.
From Geosportle #26 (29 October 2026) · Source: Wikipedia
🏏 Cricket · Question 5 · ×3
New Zealand beat India to win their first major ICC title, in a tournament where Zaheer Khan and Yuvraj Singh made ODI debuts.
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Nairobi Gymkhana Club, Nairobi, Kenya · 2000
New Zealand beat India in the final of the 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy, played in Nairobi, Kenya. It was their first major ICC tournament win and earned them US$250,000. Zaheer Khan and Yuvraj Singh debuted.
From Geosportle #26 (29 October 2026) · Source: Wikipedia
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