Find a Hidden Country in Each Sentence (part 6) Quiz

Answer: Naypyidaw

Burma (now known as Myanmar) is the country hiding out in "A cockleBUR MAkes for a prickly feeling." The capital city of Burma is Naypyidaw.

Located in southeast Asia bordering China to its East, it is the 40th largest country in the world at 261,970 square miles. I love this country because along with those of us here in the U.S. it is one of three countries in the world that has not adopted the metric system. The other country is Liberia. Eighty-nine% of the population of over 55 million is Buddhist.

Answer: Abuja

Nigeria is located on the west coast of Africa, and is also located within the sentence: "The miNI GERIAtrician had tiny elderly patients." The capital city there is Abuja.

Among cities with at least 750,000 citizens, Abuja was the fastest-growing city in the world from 2000 to 2010. Abuja was built during the 1980s, an entire city constructed for the purpose of being the capital. The advantage of the relocated capital city was its nearly exact central spot in the country. The former capital, Lagos was remote, all the way on the coast.

Answer: Bissau

Guinea-Bissau is the country in "The bodybuilder's sanGUINE AB IS SAUcer-shaped." Its capital city can be found with the country's name, that is to say, BISSAU is the capital of Guinea-BISSAU.

Also bordering the west coast of Africa, Guinea-Bissau covers 13,946 square miles, containing a population of 1.7 million as of 2013. Interestingly residents are called 'Bissau-Guineans', instead of 'Guinea-Bissauans,' and they speak the official language of Portuguese.

Answer: Nicosia

Cyprus is the other country hiding out in: "Using diplomaCY, PRUSsian ambassadors staved off warfare." The capital city is Nicosia.

Cyprus is in the Mediterranean Sea, an island country, that is divided by the northern Turkish ruling half and the southern half called Greek Cyprus even though Greece doesn't rule it. So, you have Turkish, Greek and English all being spoken here. English, because the island was colonized by England in 1878 and it didn't gain its independence until 1960.

Answer: Stockholm

Sweden is the country chillin' out in "The high priestesS WED ENchanted grooms and spirited brides." Stockholm is Sweden's capital.

Stockholm is nicknamed the 'World's Smallest Big City' or the 'World's Biggest Small Town'. Another nickname for Stockholm is The Venice of the North. I think another nickname for Stockholm should be The City With the Most Nicknames. Anyway, they must be doing something right in Sweden because the residents have the highest life expectancy of all European countries.

Answer: Ashgabat

Turkmenistan is the country hidden in the sentence: "Calling them TURK MEN IS TANtamount to labeling them as Europeans." Ashgabat is the capital of Turkmenistan.

Turkmenistan is located in central Asia, bordering three other "stan" countries: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Afghanistan. "The Guinness Book of Records" recognizes Ashgabat as having greatest concentration of buildings made of white marble in the world. The Star of Oguzkhan is an octagonal shaped star with deep philosophical and historical significance to different cultures throughout the world; and again, "The Guinness Book of Records" plays a part in this description as I mention that the book cites Ashgabat as having the largest architectural construction of the Star of Oguzkhan in the world.

Answer: Quito

Ecuador is the country hiding out in "At East Carolina University (ECU), A DORmitory is where students study and sleep." The capital city of Ecuador is Quito.

Ecuador is located on the equator, on the west cost of South America. The capital, Quito, lies perilously close to not one, but two, active volcanoes. One of them, Cotopaxi erupted as recently as August 2015 and kept erupting to January 2016. And in 1999 Pichincha Volcano, just 16 kilometers away, erupted and covered the city in two inches of ash. Being that it's on the equator, the sun rises at roughly the same time everyday of the year (between 6 and 6:30 am) and also sets at about the same time every day of the year (between a 6 and 6:30 pm).

Answer: Bern

Switzerland is the country neutrally positioned in the sentence: "Football coach Barry SWITZER LANDed safely in Dallas of the NFL after a career in college." The capital is Bern.

Situated in central Europe Switzerland is landlocked, surrounded by Italy, France, Germany, Liechtenstein and Austria. Bern is also the most populous city in Switzerland. With over a hundred fountains in the city, Bern is nicknamed the "city of fountains."

Answer: Mbabane

Swaziland is the country that is concealed in plain sight in the sentence: "The Wazi campaign used 3-D animation for peaceful messages, but doeS WAZI LAND the messages effectively?" The capital of Swaziland is Mbabane.

Swaziland is located in southern Africa; it's a landlocked country that is surrounded almost entirely by South Africa. In 2016, Swaziland had the third lowest life expectancy, 51 for men and 50 for women. Only Afghanistan and Chad had lower life expectancies. Boy am I glad I'm not named Chad. There are over 500 species of birds in Swaziland and over 100 species of mammals.

Answer: Podgorica

Montenegro is the hidden country in the sentence:
The anthropologist said while playing three card MONTE, "NEGROid, Caucasoid and Mongoloid race classifications also have sub-groups.
Podgorica is the capital city.

Montenegro, whose name means 'Black Mountain' (dense dark forests cover the area), is located on the coast of the Adriatic Sea on southeastern Europe. In 1992, Montenegro became the first country in history to have a section written into its constitution that addressed environmental protection: The Montenegro constitution defines the nation as "Democratic, social and Ecological."