ETA: Ninja’d!
- 1947: BSAA Star Dust: Buenos Aires, Argentina to Santiago, Chile
The famous STENDEC flight. Parts of the plane were found only decades later as a glacier retreated: 1947 BSAA Avro Lancastrian Star Dust accident - Wikipedia
Sports teams with a colorful nickname
- NY Jets: Gang Green
- Cleveland Indians: The Tribe
Sports teams with a colorful nickname
- NY Jets: Gang Green
- Cleveland Indians: The Tribe
- Minnesota Vikings: Purple People Eaters
Ah, I guess you mean actual colors.
Sports teams with a colorful nickname
- NY Jets: Gang Green
- Univ. of Alabama football team: Crimson Tide
- Minnesota Vikings: Purple People Eaters
Sports teams with a colorful nickname
- NY Jets: Gang Green
- Univ. of Alabama football team: Crimson Tide
- Minnesota Vikings: Purple People Eaters
- Denver Broncos (1970’s): Orange Crush
eta: Switched to a color-based nickname
Sports teams with a colorful nickname (yes, I was looking for actual colors. Sorry I didn’t make it clearer)
- NY Jets: Gang Green
- Univ. of Alabama football team: Crimson Tide
- Minnesota Vikings: Purple People Eaters
- Denver Broncos (1970’s): Orange Crush
- NY Giants: Big Blue
Ponch8
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Sports teams with a colorful nickname (yes, I was looking for actual colors. Sorry I didn’t make it clearer)
- NY Jets: Gang Green
- Univ. of Alabama football team: Crimson Tide
- Minnesota Vikings: Purple People Eaters
- Denver Broncos (1970’s): Orange Crush
- NY Giants: Big Blue
- U. of Evansville Purple Aces
Bullitt
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Sports teams with a colorful nickname (yes, I was looking for actual colors. Sorry I didn’t make it clearer)
- NY Jets: Gang Green
- Univ. of Alabama football team: Crimson Tide
- Minnesota Vikings: Purple People Eaters
- Denver Broncos (1970’s): Orange Crush
- NY Giants: Big Blue
- U. of Evansville Purple Aces
- U. of Hawaii Rainbow Warriors
NDP
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Sports teams with a colorful nickname (yes, I was looking for actual colors. Sorry I didn’t make it clearer)
- NY Jets: Gang Green
- Univ. of Alabama football team: Crimson Tide
- Minnesota Vikings: Purple People Eaters
- Denver Broncos (1970’s): Orange Crush
- NY Giants: Big Blue
- U. of Evansville Purple Aces
- U. of Hawaii Rainbow Warriors
- Cincinnati Reds (1970s): The Big Red Machine
Sampiro
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Sports teams with a colorful nickname
- NY Jets: Gang Green
- Univ. of Alabama football team: Crimson Tide
- Minnesota Vikings: Purple People Eaters
- Denver Broncos (1970’s): Orange Crush
- NY Giants: Big Blue
- U. of Evansville Purple Aces
- U. of Hawaii Rainbow Warriors
- Cincinnati Reds (1970s): The Big Red Machine
- U. of Tennessee: The Big Orange
Bullitt
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Sports teams with a colorful nickname
- NY Jets: Gang Green
- Univ. of Alabama football team: Crimson Tide
- Minnesota Vikings: Purple People Eaters
- Denver Broncos (1970’s): Orange Crush
- NY Giants: Big Blue
- U. of Evansville Purple Aces
- U. of Hawaii Rainbow Warriors
- Cincinnati Reds (1970s): The Big Red Machine
- U. of Tennessee: The Big Orange
- U. of Alabama Crimson Tide
(even though I didn’t go, I’ll say it: roll tide)
They’re such a team they get named twice?
Sports teams with a colorful nickname
- NY Jets: Gang Green
- Univ. of Alabama football team: Crimson Tide
- Minnesota Vikings: Purple People Eaters
- Denver Broncos (1970’s): Orange Crush
- NY Giants: Big Blue
- U. of Evansville Purple Aces
- U. of Hawaii Rainbow Warriors
- Cincinnati Reds (1970s): The Big Red Machine
- U. of Tennessee: The Big Orange
- Syracuse University Orange
Bullitt
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Oops, missed that!
Sports teams with a colorful nickname
- NY Jets: Gang Green
- Univ. of Alabama football team: Crimson Tide
- Minnesota Vikings: Purple People Eaters
- Denver Broncos (1970’s): Orange Crush
- NY Giants: Big Blue
- U. of Evansville Purple Aces
- U. of Hawaii Rainbow Warriors
- Cincinnati Reds (1970s): The Big Red Machine
- U. of Tennessee: The Big Orange
- Syracuse University Orange
- Oakland Raiders, NFL Football: The Silver and Black
Can’t think of many teams identified by only their color combination.
Leaffan
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Sports teams with a colorful nickname
- NY Jets: Gang Green
- Univ. of Alabama football team: Crimson Tide
- Minnesota Vikings: Purple People Eaters
- Denver Broncos (1970’s): Orange Crush
- NY Giants: Big Blue
- U. of Evansville Purple Aces
- U. of Hawaii Rainbow Warriors
- Cincinnati Reds (1970s): The Big Red Machine
- U. of Tennessee: The Big Orange
- Syracuse University Orange
- Oakland Raiders, NFL Football: The Silver and Black
- Montreal Canadiens, NHL: Le Bleu-Blanc-Rouge (French nickname)
Bullitt
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Sports teams with a colorful nickname
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NY Jets: Gang Green
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Univ. of Alabama football team: Crimson Tide
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Minnesota Vikings: Purple People Eaters
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Denver Broncos (1970’s): Orange Crush
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NY Giants: Big Blue
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U. of Evansville Purple Aces
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U. of Hawaii Rainbow Warriors
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Cincinnati Reds (1970s): The Big Red Machine
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U. of Tennessee: The Big Orange
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Syracuse University Orange
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Oakland Raiders, NFL Football: The Silver and Black
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Montreal Canadiens, NHL: Le Bleu-Blanc-Rouge (French nickname)
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Italy’s national football (soccer) team: The Azzurri
3-Syllable Country Names
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Canada