CAPITAL SEARCH
Credit: NPR Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzle
November 26, 2006
Will Shortz

Each sentence conceals the name of a capital city somewhere in the world. What are the names of the cities, and of what countries are they capitals?

1. The hobo got an earful.
2. Seven Eskimos cower behind an igloo.
3. Sadie Hawkins has an odd laugh.
4. There are slim pickings tonight.
5. Would you call a watchman a guard?
6. Responsibility fell on donors to help.
7. The number is swelling to nine thousand.

Answers:

1. Bogota, Colombia
2. Moscow, Russia
3. Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
4. Kingston, Jamaica
5. Managua, Nicaragua
6. London, England
7. Wellington, New Zealand