List of sports and recreation puzzle topics

This is a list of sports- and recreation-related topics that have been used in puzzles in puzzle hunts.

Sports-related topics include any type of competitive physical game or activity, as well as the equipment, terminology, rules, and players involved in them

Recreation-related topics are more broad than sports-related ones, as they include non-physical competitions (such as eSports) and the rules/terminology/players involved, non-physical games, and hobbies (whether they're physical or not).

Individual sports

 * Archery: A sport where competitors attempt to hit as close to the centre of a target using a bow and arrows. Archery targets are usually circular, with concentric rings denoting different point values.
 * Bowling: A sport involving rolling a heavy ball down a wooden lane to knock down a set of pins
 * Darts:
 * Equestrianism:
 * Golf:
 * Gymnastics:
 * Luge:
 * Racing (Cars):
 * Racing (Horses):
 * Wrestling:
 * Professional Wrestling:

Team sports

 * Baseball:
 * Major League Baseball (MLB)
 * Minor League Baseball (MiLB)
 * Basketball:
 * National Basketball Association (NBA)
 * College Basketball (NCAA)
 * Football (American):
 * NFL
 * Canadian Football
 * Australian Football
 * Football (Association):
 * Hockey
 * National Hockey League
 * National Hockey League

Miscellaneous sports topics

 * Arenas and locales: Places that sports are played. Most professional sports teams have a home area or stadium, and many individual sports have dedicated locations for them to be played.
 * Athletes: The people who play sports.
 * Athlete nicknames: Sometimes individual athletes are given nicknames by fans or fellow players.
 * Athlete numbers: Common in team sports, where athletes are given numbers for easy identification while in uniform.
 * Mascots:
 * The Olympic Games:
 * Rules:
 * Signals: Gestures used by players and referees to indicate various types of information, including penalties, player status, and instructions.
 * Terminology: Jargon used by a particular sport.
 * Teams:

Competitions

 * Beauty/Talent competitions:
 * Miss America/Miss Universe:
 * eSports:
 * Westminster Dog Show:

Board games

 * Boggle
 * Chess
 * Diplomacy
 * Dominoes
 * Monopoly
 * Pictionary
 * Scrabble
 * The Settlers of Catan
 * Snakes and Ladders
 * Tabletop RPGs
 * Dungeons & Dragons
 * Trivial Pursuit

Card games

 * Blackjack
 * Bridge
 * Magic: The Gathering
 * Mahjong
 * Poker
 * Texas hold 'em
 * Set
 * Yu Gi Oh!

Specific games

 * Animal Crossing
 * Blaseball:
 * Dance Dance Revolution
 * GeoGuessr
 * The Legend of Zelda
 * Breath of the Wild
 * Mega Man
 * Minesweeper
 * Persona
 * Pokémon
 * Super Mario
 * Tetris

General video game topics

 * Achievements
 * Cheat Codes
 * Walkthroughs

Other games

 * 20 Questions (Animal, Vegetable, Mineral): A game where one person picks an object or concept and answers yes-or-no questions from players, allowing them to whittle down their possibilities before guessing what the first person picked. Many version allow for a non-yes-or-no first question, as long as the question is "Animal, Vegetable, or Mineral?". Rock paper scissors lizard spock.svg
 * Bingo: A gambling game played using a 5x5 grid of numbers (from 1-75) and a randomly-selected series of number (from 1-75), with the goal of being the first one to have five numbers in a row on your card (horizontally, vertically, or diagonally) picked by the caller.
 * Mornington Crescent: A fake game played on the BBC Radio 4 comedy show I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue, in which participants allegedly are trying to be the first one to say 'Mornington Crescent'. Despite being a fake game (in that participants are simply trying to entertain listeners rather than play a game with clear rules), the various 'rules' made up throughout the show's run are well-documented, and can be found in full here.
 * Rock, Paper, Scissors: A 1 vs. 1 game where players reveal a hand gesture representing one of the three things in the title. Traditionally, rock crushes scissors, scissors cut paper, and paper covers rock, creating a cycle of strengths and weaknesses. The game is also called Ro-sham-bo/Rochambeau.
 * Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock: A five-way version of RPS, originating in the sitcom The Big Bang Theory.
 * RPS-101: A 101-way version of RPS developed by David Lovelace. While not commonly played in real life, it contains a staggeringly large amount of information in a single game.

Hobbies

 * Needlework:
 * Crotchet:
 * Knitting:
 * Stitch Types:
 * Papercraft:
 * Origami:
 * Paper Airplanes:
 * Yoga: