World Capitals for $100, Alex!

[Maturins_Daughter]

There are 20 sentences in which a world capital can be heard. The spelling will not be correct, but the sound will be.

Example: Some of Mr. Preminger's friends wanted to throw _____ _____ surprise party. (Answer: Otta a -- Ottawa)

I will put as many blanks as needed to fill in the sentence, but the world capital may not take that many.

Since there are only 20, please answer only 4 per day (for as long as this lasts)

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1. Many years ago, we saw George Burns joking with Milton _____ _____ the Friar's Club. [J&Y - Berle in, Berlin Germany]

2. That would make _____ _____ years old and Mama seventy-six years old. [Jean - Papa eighty, Papeete French Polynesia]


3. The driver was the _____ survivor of the crash. [Bev Vincent - sole, Seoul Korea]

4. _____ _____ be the only catcher who had a cartoon bear named after him? [Jon - Can Berra, Canberra Australia]

5. _____ _____ Moffo and Kathleen Battle made the critic's list of the ten all-time best sopranos? [Bev Vincent - Have Ana, Havana Cuba]

6. Did the customer with the silk paisley _____ _____ for it before he left the store? [Bev Vincent - tie pay, Taipei Taiwan]

7. Smart merchants _____ _____ improvement stores with many brands of tools. [J&Y - stock home, Stockholm Sweden]

8. After her marriages to Richard Burton, how many times has _____ _____ divorced? [Jon - Liz been, Lisbon Portugal]

9. There was a Santa Claus suit in the shopping _____ _____ brought home a few days before Christmas. [Jean - bag dad, Baghdad Iraq]

10. Is _____ _____ the top-ten list of mantras? [Jon - Om on, Amman Jordan]

11. A commercial machine should be capable of _____ _____ after ton of dirty clothing. [mystima - washing ton, Washington DC USA]

12. The medium claimed to be able to communicate with the ghost of Marilyn _____ _____ her seances. [Jon - Monroe via, Monrovia Liberia]

13. Is _____ _____ the widest shoe that's sold here? [J&Y - triple E, Tripoli Libya]

14. Some spouses are faithful, but others _____. [gsvec - roam, Rome Italy]


15. If a police officer catches you making _____, _____ is almost certain to follow. [gsvec - book, arrest, Bucharest Romania]

16. Did one of Ms. Tucker's fans actually give _____ _____ diamond ring? [gsvec - Sophie a, Sofia Bulgaria]

17. What's a fair price for 100 one-third cut legal-size _____ file folders? [Bev Vincent - manilla, Manila Philippines]

18. Sometimes the captain has to _____ _____ ship in choppy waters. [gsvec - anchor a, Ankara Turkey]

19. The veteran of the Korean _____ _____ many of his buddies get killed. [Bev Vincent - war saw, Warsaw Poland]

20. The dentist thought that if the plaque could be kept at _____, _____ canal work could be avoided. [J&Y - bay, root, Beirut Lebanon]

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Good luck!