Photo Year
14 quizzes ยท 10 photos each ยท year slider
Classic sports photos from across the decades. Slide to the year you think each one was taken.
Photo Year is our take on the guess-the-year genre, built entirely around real sports photography. Each quiz deals you a hand of genuine archival photos, one at a time, and asks a single question: when was this taken? You answer on a year slider, and the closer you land, the more of the 1,000 points per round you keep.
Every sport wears its history differently, which is why each event gets its own board. Helmets and facemasks date a football photo, rackets date Wimbledon, car silhouettes date Formula 1 and the Indy 500, kits and match balls date the World Cup, and film grain dates everything. Pick the archive you know best, from MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL, and WNBA to college football, the Summer Olympics, the Tour de France, and more, or play them all and find out which sport you can actually read.
Every photo is a freely licensed or public-domain image from Wikimedia Commons, with the photographer, license, and source shown while you play. No two runs are the same: most boards draw their 10 rounds at random from a much larger pool.
All Photo Year
Photo Year: NFL Preseason
Place 10 genuine NFL preseason photographs on the timeline.
Photo Year: NFL Through the Years
Read the gridiron clues and place each NFL photo in time.
Photo Year: NBA Through the Years
Read the hardwood clues and place each NBA photo in time.
Photo Year: MLB Through the Years
Guess the year of iconic sports photos. How close can you get?
Photo Year: NHL Through the Years
Read the rink-side clues and place each NHL photo in time.
Photo Year: WNBA
Place 10 genuine WNBA photographs on the league timeline.
Photo Year: College Football
Place 10 genuine college football photographs in season history.
Photo Year: World Cup Archive
Place 10 genuine World Cup photographs on the tournament timeline.
Photo Year: Formula 1 Through the Years
Place 10 genuine Formula 1 photographs on the racing timeline.
Photo Year: Summer Olympics
Place 10 genuine Summer Olympics photographs on the timeline.
Photo Year: Wimbledon
Place 10 genuine Wimbledon photographs on the tennis timeline.
Photo Year: US Open
Place 10 genuine US Open photographs on the tennis timeline.
Photo Year: Tour de France
Place 10 genuine Tour de France photographs on the race timeline.
Photo Year: Indianapolis 500
Place 10 genuine Indianapolis 500 photographs on the racing timeline.
Photo Year FAQ
How does Photo Year work?๏ผ
Each quiz shows 10 classic sports photos, one at a time. Slide to the year you think each photo was taken and lock in your guess. Closer guesses earn more points, up to 1,000 per round.
How is Photo Year scored?๏ผ
Each round awards up to 1,000 points. An exact year scores 1,000. The farther off you are, the fewer points you keep. Your final rank depends on your total out of 10000.
Where do the photos come from?๏ผ
Every image is a freely licensed or public-domain photo from Wikimedia Commons, hosted for fast loading. Attribution appears under each photo while you play.