Geosportle

Sports history quiz: boxing, basketball, baseball and more

Boxing’s biggest nights, NBA and NFL classics, World Series drama, Olympic swimming, the Tour de France, ice hockey and horse racing: Geosportle’s wider sports questions span the whole sporting world. Read the clue, pin the arena on the globe and guess the year.

Here are the questions from these sports in past daily puzzles. Answers stay hidden until you reveal them.

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Tip

League expansion is a handy clock: a team that moved city or a league that grew narrows the era quickly.

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How to play Geosportle

  1. Read the clue about a famous sports moment.
  2. Spin the 3D globe and drop a pin where it happened (full marks within 10 km).
  3. Slide to the year: each year off costs 3 points.
  4. Read the real story, then share your emoji grid. Five moments a day, up to 1,000 points.

Full rules and scoring →

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