PATRIOTIC SOUNDS
Credit: GAMES Magazine - June/July, 1987

Bob Stanton

The five place names below may sound vaguely patriotic to Americans. Can you tell why?

OMAHA
CEYLON
CANBERRA
YUGOSLAVIA
SEATTLE

HINT:

It has to do with a patriotic song.

Answer:

If you pronounce the first syllable of each name in order, you get the first line of "The Star-Spangled Banner": "Oh, say can you see?"