Field journal No. 5

Tuesday, 3 November 2026

The five flocks that landed on day 5: ball games, banks, taylor swift songs, salads and cathedrals and churches.

Rarer answers scored more: Common 20 points, Uncommon 60, Rarity 120, Vagrant 200. How rarity is scored.

First flock · Sport

Ball games

Football · Cricket · Baseball · Volleyball

297 answers fitted. Some of them:

Common: Basketball, Tennis, Golf, Rugby, American football, Table tennis, Hockey, Squash
Uncommon: Handball, Water polo, Polo, Billiards, Snooker, Lacrosse, Futsal, Beach volleyball
Rarity: Basque pelota, Goalball, Wall ball, Teqball, Mesoamerican ballgame, Jai alai, Shinty, Footvolley
Vagrant: Ulama, Cuju, Kemari, Calcio storico, Fistball, Harpastum, Jeu de paume, Episkyros

Second flock · Brands

HSBC · Barclays · Chase · Santander

575 answers fitted. Some of them:

Common: Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, UBS, Credit Suisse, Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley, Citibank
Uncommon: Co-operative Bank, BNP Paribas, Société Générale, ING, Crédit Agricole, ICBC, Sberbank, Commerzbank
Rarity: LCL, Nordea, UniCredit, Postbank, Monte dei Paschi, SEB, Sabadell, KBC
Vagrant: African Development Bank, Bank Jago, Toss Bank, MYbank, Rakuten Bank, AEON Bank, Banco de Portugal, Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey

Third flock · Music

Shake It Off · Love Story · Anti-Hero · Blank Space

316 answers fitted. Some of them:

Common: Look What You Made Me Do, We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, 22, Bad Blood, You Belong with Me, I Knew You Were Trouble, Style, Wildest Dreams
Uncommon: Back to December, Out of the Woods, Mine, Tim McGraw, Teardrops on My Guitar, End Game, Mean, Red
Rarity: The Last Time, Crazier, Change, Eyes Open, New Year's Day, Breathe, Call It What You Want, State of Grace
Vagrant: Silent Night, Let It Go, Last Christmas, White Christmas, Umbrella, I Want You Back, Bette Davis Eyes, Deja Vu

Fourth flock · Food

Caesar · Greek · Waldorf · Coleslaw

422 answers fitted. Some of them:

Common: Caesar salad, Greek salad, Garden salad, Potato salad, Tabbouleh, Caprese salad, Fruit salad, Niçoise salad
Uncommon: Russian salad, Wedge salad, Som tam, Yam nua, Gado-gado, Broccoli salad, Kale salad, Quinoa salad
Rarity: Ensaladang talong, Salade landaise, Insalata mista, Insalata di mare, Vinegret, Vermicelli salad, Larb gai, Nopales salad
Vagrant: Rotkohl salad, Fennel slaw, Apple slaw, Salade composée, Ovcharska salad, Rengasalata, Mast-o-khiar, Solterito

Fifth flock · Geography

Notre-Dame de Paris · St Paul's Cathedral · Sagrada Familia · St Peter's Basilica

809 answers fitted. Some of them:

Common: Hagia Sophia, Sistine Chapel, Westminster Abbey, Cologne Cathedral, Saint Basil's Cathedral, Milan Cathedral, Florence Cathedral, Canterbury Cathedral
Uncommon: Pantheon, Rome, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Chartres Cathedral, Santiago de Compostela Cathedral, Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran, Church of the Nativity, Seville Cathedral, Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral
Rarity: Basilica of Saint-Denis, Speyer Cathedral, Bourges Cathedral, Basilica of San Vitale, Santa Croce, Florence, Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg, Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral, Saint Petersburg, Santa Maria della Salute
Vagrant: Cathedral of Saint Demetrius, Santa Maria in Via Lata, San Crisogono, San Pancrazio, Sant'Andrea delle Fratte, Santa Pudenziana, Santi Giovanni e Paolo al Celio, San Lorenzo in Damaso