Find a Hidden Country in Each Sentence (part 11) Quiz

Answer: Lima

PERU located in western South America, is the country hidden in the sentence, "Editors PERUse quizzes for errors," and Lima is the capital of Peru.

Peru is prone to earthquakes because of its location amongst the Andes Mountains. Machu Picchu the renowned ruin from the Incas is just outside of the Peruvian city of Cuzco and it is more than 8,000 feet in elevation. Lima's nine million people rank it the fifth largest city in South America.

Answer: Oranjestad

ARUBA located in the southern Caribbean Sea, is the country hidden in the sentence, "A RUB A dub dub, three men in a tub," and Oranjestad is its capital.

Aruba's dry climate is unlike the Caribbean islands climates. The landscape is arid and desert-like containing many cacti and Divi trees which Aruba is known for.

Answer: Pretoria

SOUTH AFRICA located on the southern (where else?) tip of Africa (where else?), is the country hidden in the sentence, "Utha was the second son of Urizen according to William Blake's mythology, SO UTHA FRICAtives naturally had an English accent." and Pretoria is its capital.

Three times the size of Texas, South Africa has an impressive array of superlatives. It has all of the following:
Fastest land mammal, the cheetah
Heaviest flying bird, the kori bustard
Largest bird, the ostrich
Largest land mammal, the elephant
Tallest animal, the giraffe
Largest fish, the whale shark
Largest antelope, the eland
Largest reptile, the leatherback turtle
One of the largest trees, the baobab
Smallest mammal, the dwarf shrew

Answer: Kigali

RWANDA, located a bit south of the equator in Central Africa, is the country hidden in the sentence, "The magician's spectaculaR WAND Astounded the crowd," and Kigali is its capital.

Rwanda is a little smaller than the U.S. state of Maryland, and is bordered by Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Uganda. Nineteen % of the people live in cities or urban areas. Rwanda is landlocked,

Answer: Willemstad

CURACAO, located in the Caribbean off the coast of Venezuela, is the country hidden in the sentence, "Chemists conCUR: A CAOutchouc is quite an elastic rubber," and Willemstad is its capital.

Many sources cite the practice in Curacao of painting walls in the house, especially the kitchen red with white polka dots. Where there's warm weather, there are bugs. Apparently this painting configuration repels flies and mosquitoes! It is thought that it makes their heads spin with confusion.

Unfortunately, the original producers of Curaçao liqeueur never got their creation patented, resulting in hundreds of imitations on the market. If you're on the actual island of Curacao, the real thing is found in abundance.

Answer: Sofia

BULGARIA, located in southeast Europe, is the country hidden in the sentence, "With wheat like BULGAR I Always cook it 10 minutes longer," and Sofia is its capital.

Bulgaria is covered nearly one third by forests, and in Bulgaria's "Rose Valley", 70 to 85% of the world's rose oil (used in most perfumes) is produced from the roses there.

The capital city Sofia is built of top of ruins from the Roman Empire.

Answer: Sao Tome

PRINCIPE is the other half of the island nation Sao Tome and Principe and is is concealed in this sentence: "
"For the public broadcasting company NPR INC., I PEnned a lot of their ad copy."
Sao Tome is the capital city.

Located in the Atlantic Ocean's Gulf of Guinea, about 125 miles west of the African nation Gabon, São Tomé and Príncipe has a population of about 85,000 over its 372 square miles.

Answer: Roseau

DOMINICA is the hidden country in the sentence, "In the year 1850 Anno DOMINI CAlifornia became the 31st state" and Roseau is its capital.

Nicknamed "The Nature Island of the Caribbean", Dominica is in the eastern Caribbean; an island nation, it has a population of 75,000 over 290 square miles. Dominica is mountainous with many geothermal hot springs. Boiling Lake in Dominica's Morne Trois Pitons National Park, is the second largest hot spring in the world.

Answer: Asmara

Located in the Horn of Africa, ERITREA is the hidden country in "In bad weathER I TREAt every moment while driving with caution" and Asmara, nicknamed "Italy's African City" or "New Rome" is the capital city.

There is no official language amongst the six and a half million people, although Tigrinya is the most commonly-spoken language. One of the hottest places in the world is the Denakil Depression--it is the lowest point in the country.

Answer: Suva

FIJI is the hidden country in: "For the crime film "RifiFI", JImmying open locks was important for actors to learn" and Suva is the capital city.

Located in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean, Fiji is an archipelago of 332 islands. Two thirds of those islands are uninhabited. There is no actual single island called Fiji; about three quarters of the population lives on the largest island called Viti Levu.