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Capitals Hidden in a Letter #1

Capital cities are hidden in every line of this letter and you must discover a batch of them!

For example, in the line above, Rabat is hidden in the words "discover a batch"

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Ignore all punctuation. Capitals may appear within a single word, or across numerous words
Capital names as per World Capitals Quiz. More in this series HERE
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overtired
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First submittedMarch 15, 2021
Times taken20,913
Average score75.0%
Rating4.96
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Hellο Melɑnie, I hɑd sοme fοοd ideɑs fοr yοur dinner pɑrty.
 
 
Dοn't wοrry, this ɑin't Geοrge's οld spɑg bοl! I've cοme up
 
 
with ɑ menu thɑt will impress even yοur grɑndpɑ. Risοttο tο
 
 
stɑrt, then rigɑtοni with meɑty rɑgu, ɑnd fοr dessert the
 
 
tirɑmisu Vɑnessɑ lοves. But it's all about my special twists...!
 
 
 
 
 
Fοr the risοttο, presοɑk the rice in vοdkɑ. Bulgur wοrks tοο
 
 
if rice is pɑssé. Alsο, chɑr ɑ red οniοn tο serve οn the side.
 
 
If yοu detect ɑn ɑcrid ɑrοmɑ put οn sοme light hοney, ɑs
 
 
this, ɑnd jɑm, enɑbles the sweetness tο cοme thrοugh.
 
 
 
 
 
Yοu cɑn whip up rɑgu eɑsily but fοr richness ɑdd twο eggs
 
 
ɑnd slοwly fοld them in. Skin the chicken - rɑgu mɑde with
 
 
chicken skins hɑs ɑn unpleɑsɑnt ɑftertɑste - ɑnd ɑdd frοm ɑ
 
 
mɑsculine sheep (ɑ rɑm) ɑ rib οr twο ɑnd sοme οffɑl. Yοur
 
 
butcher will dο the disembοwelling. Tοngue ɑlsο ɑdds
 
 
flɑvοur, ɑnd brοccοli mɑkes fοr ɑ perfect ɑccοmpɑniment.
 
 
 
 
 
Tο gο with the tirɑmisu, crème ɑ lɑ Geοrge is the ticket!
 
 
Tɑke fresh creɑm ɑnd ɑdd cοgnɑc, crɑnberry juice ɑnd
 
 
ɑ little squeeze οf lemοn. A cοuple οf smɑll but very ripe
 
 
bɑnɑnɑs sɑutéed in butter ɑre greɑt οn the side, ɑnd fοr
 
 
the finɑl tοuch dab ɑ kumquɑt in sugɑr ɑnd pοp it οn tοp!
 
 
 
 
 
I hοpe yοu find the menu pleɑsɑnt, I ɑgοnised οver it! I've
 
 
cοme fɑr frοm survivɑl οn dοner kebɑbs, right? If yοu wɑnt
 
 
tο knοw whɑt my mɑgic tοuch is, I nɑughtily stοle mοst οf
 
 
the ideɑs frοm my ɑunt! Bοn ɑppétit, Geοrge Tοwnsend
 
 
 
 
 
Lomé
Saint George's
Paris
Riga
Suva
 
Kabul
Harare
Maputo
N'Djamena
 
Prague
Minsk
Kinshasa
Paramaribo
Wellington
Lima
 
Sucre
Accra
Monaco
Nassau
Baku
 
Santiago
London
Chișinău
Georgetown
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65 Comments
overtired
+14
Level 88
Mar 26, 2022
Big thanks to Stewart who kindly shared the secret of his wizardry in making the words highlight at the end!
NigelS
+32
Level 99
Mar 15, 2021
This is a brilliant quiz. Very ingenious too. Nominated.
overtired
+5
Level 88
Mar 15, 2021
Thanks :)
Elboy
+5
Level 75
Mar 15, 2021
Great and creative quiz! Nominated :D
Yoshimano
+5
Level 66
Mar 16, 2021
Fantastic idea! Well thought and executed.

Thanks!

ExoticMorocco
+10
Level 14
Mar 22, 2021
Wonderful series of quizzes, this and the others. One flaw though - "a male sheep (a ram) a rib or two" - this has another solution: Male, capital of the Maldives.
overtired
+4
Level 88
Mar 22, 2021
Good spot, thanks. Always a danger with these. Have done a quick fix.
JWatson24
+4
Level 71
Feb 7, 2023
I was wondering why you used "masculine"--it felt like such an odd word to use there. Great as always overtired! First time I got 100% on one of these quizzes.
ArstanWhitebeard
+2
Level 80
Jan 12, 2026
I think it used to say "male" but that is an answer in itself (capital of Maldives) so it was changed to "masculine"
kitsims
+6
Level 86
Jan 13, 2026
You don't say...
thegreatluigi
+27
Level 60
Apr 3, 2021
I am SERIOUSLY impressed you managed to work in "Paramaribo". This quiz deserves a nomination for that alone.
RJF
+33
Level 67
Jun 29, 2021
Paramaribo is impressive, but N'Djamena is downright genius...
mrputter
+7
Level 89
Apr 11, 2022
Agreed. The parenthetical in Paramaribo basically made it shout out from the page and drew my eyes instantly.

N'Djamena, on the other hand... I wanted to stand up and applaud when I saw that one.

ddddan
+4
Level 85
Aug 25, 2023
Waiting for Ngerulmud or Nuku'alofa
TheAnimationGuy
+2
Level 44
Apr 8, 2021
You spelled broccoli wrongly
overtired
+26
Level 88
Apr 8, 2021
Nah, that was George. But I've corrected it, thanks :)
HutHutVikes
+1
Level 65
Aug 25, 2021
Hate to be a nitpicker and delete an answer, but I’m not sure how many L’s “disembowelling” has.
Djilas
+2
Level 86
Jan 13, 2026
That's how it's spelt in the hidden capital.
DrWhoFanJ
+2
Level 64
Jan 13, 2026
It has two, exactly as it should. There is no other correct spelling of that word.
overtired
+11
Level 88
Aug 26, 2021
If you're not sure you can look it up :) Nothing needs to be deleted.
Jerry928
+7
Level 76
Apr 25, 2021
These are just wonderful and amazing! After I finished digging up as many answers as I could (got 20), I re-read the letter just as a letter, and boy you've managed to hold an interesting theme with plausible language throughout (OK, maybe George wouldn't have said ain't, but why quibble?). I wonder how many quizzers try his recipe.
Eigengrau
+2
Level 63
Apr 25, 2021
Great quiz! 10/10 for effort, design and originality. I was slow in the start but got the hang of it halfway through. Got the last 7 in 1 minute.
HutHutVikes
+9
Level 65
May 12, 2021
Paramaribo and N'Djamena were absolutely ingenious
LAP3UNC
+1
Level 91
May 12, 2021
Damn, this is good. Nominated.
swisscheesy
+1
Level 74
May 29, 2021
well done! I love these quizzes.
AlexThirkell
+1
Level 74
Jul 24, 2021
Great one, really clever series!
YogBarOg
+3
Level 72
Nov 27, 2021
Very clever quiz! Paramaribo and N'Djamena are impressive. One thing though : isn't there Italy's capital in the line for Maputo?
overtired
+6
Level 88
Nov 27, 2021
Thanks. Not in English, which is Rome. Capital names are as per Quizmaster's "World Capitals Quiz" as mentioned in the caveats.
YogBarOg
+1
Level 72
Nov 28, 2021
You're absolutely right. My bad! Well done once again.
Dollyfroggy
+2
Level 63
Feb 26, 2022
This has always been one of my all-time favorites! If you bolded / highlighted the section after it was guessed, like what you did with Rabat in the example, I think this quiz would be even better.
overtired
+3
Level 88
Feb 26, 2022
Oh yeah, thanks for the reminder. Did it for the country ones but forgot about the capitals. Will update it sometime soon. Glad you like it :)
Dollyfroggy
+1
Level 63
Jan 21, 2026
Thanks for keeping it updated and taking my suggestion. I realized I've played it too many times when I was able to tell where the Malabo sentence used to be. :)
husball
+3
Level 79
Apr 5, 2022
Nearly missed Malabo; got a few of them quickly though. Such a great quiz, bubba. Kudos to you. I had a lotta "wahh!" moments and made many "ha!" noises, thanks to your quiz.

Nominated.

clivey
+1
Level 69
Aug 24, 2022
This is a crazy quiz. Some effort gone into that, fair play! Everytime I read the word Risotto is kept taking my mind to Ottawa which was throwing me off!
ElonMosque
+3
Level 58
Dec 4, 2022
I have lived in London my whole life.

The only one I didn't get on this is London.

French2010
+1
Level 96
Feb 7, 2023
Wonderful quiz; very clever, particularly w/r to the couple of difficult answers.
Ardennes
+1
Level 85
Feb 7, 2023
Brilliant. I was hoping to see N'Djamena and it delivered. Well done.
cornflakesfu
+2
Level 89
Feb 8, 2023
Disappointed to not see Ouagadougou ;)

But seriously, fantastic work.

Carry
+1
Level 63
Feb 13, 2023
That would be hard to hide.
mightythor
+3
Level 68
Mar 6, 2023
I am the walrus. Goo oua ga dou gou?

Tutti frutti, oh rootie, A oua ga dou gou bop a lop ba ba?

Minutiae
+1
Level 74
May 8, 2023
You, agad où gourmet...
DonTheLamplighter
+1
Level 87
Feb 10, 2023
Forget the quiz, great recipe! Just one question: do I use sheep tongue or chicken tongue? The recipe was a little vague here.
loganite
+2
Level 93
Feb 10, 2023
I used the tongue from the ram my butcher had already disemboweled and it worked pretty well...
DrWhoFanJ
+1
Level 64
Jan 13, 2026
disembowelled*
dunkinggandalf2
+1
Level 72
Feb 10, 2023
I love this quiz series - but I'm not sure I'd wanna eat that menu...
HappyQuizzer
+1
Level 68
Feb 10, 2023
Outstanding quiz. I need a 5 star plus rating for this one :)
loganite
+1
Level 93
Feb 10, 2023
Loved the quiz! The recipe...not so much ;)
AllenY
+2
Level 68
Feb 20, 2023
I didn't, but you could do the quiz by copy and pasting each line into the answer box, then using the delete key on the beginning of the line until it accepts
Mikasuomi
+1
Level 55
Mar 7, 2023
Thank you, excellent! Of those I found, my favourite was the embedding of Paramaribo.

I don't want to diminish your creativity, but this gave a feeling that Chat GPT could wrote a text like this with directions. It is good in these kind of tasks, and this is perfectly executed.

Lovegeog
+1
Level 58
Mar 8, 2023
Very nice! Took me 4 minutes to find Monaco, but still finished with 100% with a minute remaining.
EcceHomo
+1
Level 85
Apr 4, 2023
Ingenious wordsmithery overtired.

LOI was the one of the shortest. I read through that line about 20 times before seeing it.

(the finɑl tοuch dab ɑ kumquɑt in sugɑr ɑnd pοp it οn tοp!

PapiBert
+2
Level 50
Jun 21, 2023
Never commented on a quiz before but this one is easily the first one that deserves it. Incredible quiz!
CharlieChampion
+1
Level 16
Aug 30, 2023
you really have to read inbetween the lines to get your answers @-@
shaniquanderson
+1
Level 58
Nov 2, 2023
n'djamena was so creative like what
eflanagan012
+1
Level 42
Nov 18, 2024
This was so clever! I wish I was actually smart enough to get it correct!
Trompete79
+1
Level 60
Mar 14, 2025
how did I miss Georgetown? :(

Amazing quiz!

stylus
+2
Level 79
Jan 12, 2026
i love this quiz and happily retook it for the points again. but why the reset? i didn't notice any changes

i'm assuming to do with the malabo/ciudad de la paz switch - presumably Malabo was there and is gone, so what's been brought in new?

overtired
+3
Level 88
Jan 12, 2026
Nothing new, just Malabo removed, as it happened to be in a place that was easy to simply cut with a minor change. The end of the first paragraph used to have an extra line:

tirɑmisu Vanessɑ lοves. I've enclοsed sοme bɑsic recipes,

but there's nοthing nοrmɑl ɑbοut these speciɑl twists...!

Koopa
+1
Level 88
Jan 12, 2026
Beyond creative. The fourth-last sentence is a run-on, and the last sentence has no period.
overtired
+6
Level 88
Jan 12, 2026
Who puts a period after signing their name? Odd comment.
KingBardlin
+1
Level 73
Jan 13, 2026
Has anyone tried to cook something based on this recipe?
JackintheBox
+1
Level 82
Jan 13, 2026
Ingeniously crafted! Jolly good show!
bunbud
+6
Level 61
Jan 13, 2026
"50% of people also got 100%" bro these jetpunkers and their notificiations smh
Floxy1704
+1
Level 35
Jan 17, 2026
This is just brilliant
lucd13
+1
Level 70
Jan 24, 2026
Really enjoyable - but, far too much time allowed.
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