Find a Hidden Country in Each Sentence (part 2) Quiz

Answer: Riga

Okay, the hidden country was LATVIA: "FLAT VIAducts douse water over veldts evenly."

Of the choices offered, Riga is correct because it is the capital of Latvia.

Bordering Russia on its eastern side, a full third of the entire population of Latvia live in that capital city, Riga. The basketball player Uļjana Semjonova, from Riga, is the first non-American woman to be inducted into the NBA Basketball Hall of Fame.

Answer: Dili

EAST TIMOR is the country hidden in: The docile bEAST TIMORously approached the zookeeper. Dili is the capital city of East Timor.

East Timor in southeast Asia, was the first new sovereign state of the 21st century. It gained its independence following the United Nations-sponsored act of 'self-determination'.
Oddly East Timor is a redundant name in a way because "Timor" comes from the Malay word timur which means "east" so East Timor is like saying East East.

Answer: Kingstown

The hidden country is Saint Vincent: ThiS AIN'T VINCENT's gun 'cause he uses a semi-automatic. The correct capital city is Kingstown.

With over 400 arches all around the capital city, of Kingstown is often called the "city of arches." Located in the Caribbean, it is one of the seven port cities in Saint Vincent along with Bequia, Canouan, Chateaubelair, Mustique, Union Island and Wallilabou.

Answer: Tirana

Albania, located in southeast Europe, is the hidden country: The politicAL BAN I Abided by was initiated by tariff lawyers. Tirana is the capital city of Albania.

Tirana is one of the few world capitals without a McDonald's fast food restaurant. (I wonder if their life expectancy is correspondingly higher!) Many Albanians theorize that a fast-food joint like a McDonald's or Burger King would never survive in Albania because as one put it, "Too many people already get sufllaqes from cheaper sources that there isn't need for it [a McDonald's]." Others comment that "in some countries there is a 3-hour break, so why quickly, when you can just go home," and "There are so many food services in Albania and especially in Tirana that a Burger King, Subway, Mc Do, and whatsoever would potentially fail." Instead of McDonald's, Tirana has a hamburger fast food chain by the name of Kolonat. It might as well be a McDonald's though--google Kolonat and check out the color scheme and logo. Look familiar?

Answer: Yaoundé

Cameroon, on the shores of western Africa, is the hidden country: In CAME ROONe Arledge, the president of ABC's Sports division. Yaoundé is the capital city of Cameroon.

Yaoundé is often referred to as "the city with the seven hills" ostensibly because it is surrounded by hills. The capital of Cameroon used to be Buéa, but after the 1909 volcanic eruption of Mt. Cameroon in Buéa, the Germans decided to relocate the capital to Yaoundé because it was more centrally positioned in the country, and because of its volcano-less milder climate.

Answer: Manama

Bahrain, an island country in the Persian Gulf, is the hidden country in the sentence: Ebenezer Scrooge said, "BAH! RAIN will surely ruin hope for a White Christmas!" Manama is the capital city of Bahrain.

Manama is the capital and also the largest city in Bahrain which is the smallest of the Arab nations. In 1932 it became the first Arabian country to discover petroleum.

Answer: New Delhi

India is the hidden country in: To begIN DIAgramming a sentence you must know where the object and subject are. New Delhi is the capital of India.

New Delhi is located over several fault lines, which unfortunately makes it an earthquake prone capital city. It has a humid subtropical climate with an annual mean temperature average of 77 °F. In a 2014 survey of 1,600 cities, the World Health Organization ranked New Delhi as the world's worst polluted.

Answer: Skopje

Macedonia is the hidden country: If the hoodlum is going to MACE DON I Assume Andy Griffith will rescue Mr. Knotts. Skopje is the capital of Macedonia.

Macedonia is a landlocked European nation surrounded by Greece, Albania, Kosovo, Serbia, and Bulgaria. Skopje was the birthplace of the great Mother Teresa, in 1910. Mother Teresa was the commencement speaker at my college when I graduated. She gave an inspirational talk of course, and sure enough the heavens above waited for her to finish before they opened up and it started drizzling rain.

Skopje has a 66 meter-high cross (the world's biggest such cross) called The Millennium Cross located at the top of Vodno Mountain. It was built as a memorial of 2,000 years of Christianity in Macedonia.

Answer: Banjul

Gambia, in West Africa is the hidden country in: The concert's songs were an amalGAM BIAsed toward jazz and pop. Banjul is the capital city of Gambia.

The British founded Banjul in 1816 on St. Mary's Island where the Gambia River meets the ocean. It functioned as a trading post. Peanuts are the primary economic industry of Banjul; they export a lot of them.

Answer: Astana

Kazakhstan is the hidden country in: I wanted to buy a KHS bicycle built for two, but in the Ottoman administrative division KAZA, KHS TANdems weren't allowed. Astana is the capital of Kazakhstan.

A former Soviet republic, Kazakhstan is located in Central Asia. Kazakhstan is the world's largest landlocked country, and Astana is the second coldest world capital city: Temperatures can plummet to minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit in the winter.