Find a Hidden Country in Each Sentence (part 8) Quiz

Answer: Dakar

SENEGAL is the country hidden in the sentence: "KeroSENE GALlon prices have doubled that of diesel."
The capital city of Senegal is Dakar.

Senegal is on the Atlantic coast side of Africa, about the same latitude as the northernmost tip of South America. The highest point in the country is only 581 meters above sea level: Nepen Diakha. It has a National Tree; it is the baobab. Senegal's national motto is "One people, one goal, one faith".

Answer: London

The UNITED KINGDOM is the jolly old country hiding in "The reUNITED KING DOMinated by joining the districts" and London is its capital.

An island country located in north western Europe the United Kingdom has one of the largest economies in the world. In 2007, London's population of 7,556,900 translated to a population density of 12,331 persons per square mile.

Answer: Dublin

IRELAND is the country you'll find at the end of the rainbow in this sentence: "I RELANDscaped the garden with shamrocks and gnomes."
Dublin is its capital.

Ireland is 20,230 square miles, and Dublin has a land area of 44.5 square miles. Dublin is an Old Irish Gaelic phrase; translated it means "Black Pool". Dublin was founded in the ninth century by Vikings, who called this settlement the "Norse Kingdom of Dublin."

Answer: Wellington

NEW ZEALAND is the hidden country in "He kNEW ZEAL AND passion were the best ways to accomplish Zen." The capital there is Wellington.

New Zealand lies in the southwest Pacific, to the east of Australia. New Zealand has over 15,000 kilometers of coastline. Four and a half million people live in New Zealand, 1/3 of which lives in the city of Auckland. New Zealand is a rare country in that it has two official national anthems. The first is "God Save the Queen" and the other is "God Defend New Zealand."

Answer: Majuro

MARSHALL ISLANDS is the hidden country in the sentence: "In the MARSH ALL ISLANDS are covered in moss and weeping willows." Majuro is the capital of the Marshall Islands.

Located in Oceania, the Marshall Islands are made up of two chains of archipelagos, the Ratak Chain and the Ralik Chain. It has a very low average height above sea level--7 feet! Although the Polynesian rat is the only indigenous land mammal to the Marshall Islands, the nation does serve as the world's largest shark sanctuary.

Answer: San Jose

COSTA RICA is the nation within "Jacqueline Onassis bought jewels that COST ARI CAboodles of drachmas." San Jose is the capital city.

I worked on a film here years ago, and it is quite a beautiful country with so many different geographical features packed into a small area--volcanoes (seven active ones amongst the over 121 volcanic formations) , tropical rain forest (25% of Costa Rica has protected forests and reserves), urban cities, farmland, mountains, beaches (801 miles of coastline). Two awesome facts about Costa Rica: it has the highest literacy rate of all the countries in Central America, and it has no standing army!

Answer: Kuala Lumpur

MALAYSIA, located in southeast Asia, is the country hidden in the sentence, "Wherever the llaMA LAYS I Always have to clean up the hair," and Kuala Lumpur is its capital.

Malaysia has 14,500 species of flowering plants and trees. Originally founded by Chinese tin miners, today Kuala Lumpur is also Malaysia's largest city. The city is home to the world's tallest twin skyscrapers, the Petronas Towers.

Answer: Malabo

EQUATORIAL GUINEA's name says where its located: near the equator and near the Gulf of Guinea in Africa. And in this sentence is is located here: "Intel Architectural Labs (IAL) use Graphical User Interface (GUI) but at the EQUATOR, IAL GUI NEArly crashed their server.."
Malabo is the capital there.

Equatorial Guinea is one of subSahara's largest oil producers. The population of 650,702 is fortunate to be Africa's richest country per capita. It is the only country in Africa whose official language is Spanish, but here's a really fun fact: in 1975 they became the first country to have a UFO on its postage stamps!

Answer: Port of Spain

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO is the southernmost nation in the Caribbean and you probably spotted it in this sentence: "TriniD is an investment firm, so after veggie shopping, to read a TRINID AD, AND TO BAG Onions will prepare you for smarter food choices."
Port of Spain is the capital and is located on the island of Trinidad. Yes, this is yet another country that is made up of two islands.

The world's largest traffic roundabout is in Trinidad and Tobago. The country became the smallest country to ever qualify for the World Cup when it did so in 2006. The world's hottest pepper according to the Guinness Book of Records, is located in Trinidad and Tobago--it is the Moruga Scorpion Pepper. Of the two islands, Tobago is the one where people go on vacation. Trinidad is the island of business and an oil and natural gas industry.

Answer: Sarajevo

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA is the country hiding out in: ZE Records founder Michael Zilkha and singer/dancer Nia Peeples tweeted "music comBOS NIA AND HER ZE 'GOVINAtuh' LOL will team up for an album."
Saravejo, the host city of the 1984 Winter Olympics is the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The country (a little smaller than the state of West Virginia) lies on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeastern Europe. The word "Bosnia" comes from the Indo-European word Bosana, meaning "water." The population of 3.8 million have a life expectancy of 75 years.