Maturins_Daughter
07-06-2009, 09:43 AM
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!
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)
*****
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!