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Christmas Quiz 8: European capitals hidden in sentences

Guess the capital city in these nonsense sentences: Each of these phrases below contains a hidden European capital city (written either forwards or backwards). Example below:  Examples: In the sentence: “Geronimo scowled at me.” You can find hidden the word: MOSCOW. “Geroni MO SCOW led at me.” In the sentence: “The synod no longer meets.” You can find hidden […]

Chris Hammond by Chris Hammond
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Guess the capital city in these nonsense sentences:

Each of these phrases below contains a hidden European capital city (written either forwards or backwards). Example below: 

Examples: In the sentence: “Geronimo scowled at me.” You can find hidden the word: MOSCOW. “Geroni MO SCOW led at me.”

In the sentence: “The synod no longer meets.” You can find hidden the word: LONDON spelt backwards. “The sy NOD NO Longer meets.”

1. Matilda used to live in Czechoslovakia.

2. Matilda then sold her house.

3. Elephants have a good memory.

4. Long live Queen Anne IV!

5. Sadly, my steak was raw.

6. The Charge of the Light Brigade.

7. Many top aristocrats died.

8. A number lined up in silence.

9. A number gazed upwards.

10. A number never said a word.

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Answers to yesterday’s quiz:

Where would you find?

1. Greece

2. Belgium

3. Bosnia Herzegovina

4. Austria

5. Spain

6. Denmark

7. Russia

8. Belgium

9. Italy

10. Netherlands

One point for every correct answer. That gives you ten point for quiz 7.

The highest achievable score up to this quiz is 90 points.

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