Ari Siletz

Mehrban

Ok. It's somethng between what I thought and what I thought Ari thought :-). It's about finding the ending and beginning of two close-by words. That's too easy!

I need diffult stuff.

Cheers,

Azadeh

This looks like fun

Especially since I have the answers too, no pressure :).

Azadeh jaan

The answers are actually quite visual as you can see in the second set of sentences Ari posted, the sentences (in meaning) have practically nothing to do with the country in question.   

Ari ... at last :-)

When you say that in each phrase a country is hidden, it makes some readers (i.e., me) think visually not semantically. If you had said "each of these phrases alludes to a country," extremely visual people would not have got confused! - Although I know that you, as a Quiz Presenter, are not here to facilitate our understanding of the Quiz :-).

What confused me even more was your "hypersialorria." Again, I looked at it visually, the word Persia hidden within a bunch of made-up letters. Iranian people do not suffer from this unknown malady that is "hypersialorria." So, the Quiz could not have been about a simple concept, but about creating / finding words with letters within sentences that have nothing to do with the name of the country!

Plus, I had found "These folks have lunch in a bowl" and other ones too easy :-)

Cheers,

Azadeh

Azadeh jaan and Ari jaan

Cuba

Greece

Japan

Jordan

Kenya

Korea

Nepal

Oman

Rwanda

Senegal

Dear Azadeh please look at the Bonus point at the end of the original blog the answer is there. I have to leave the final unveiling to Ari.  :)

Azadeh

Would be happy to explain, but Mehrban has dibs.

What did you think of the ambiguity in the image "Mask of Love?"

Mehrban, A+

Here are a few weaker ones (do not necessarily reflect a characteristic of the country) just for fun.

Give that bear cub a hug.

We all agree celery is good for you

Who knew the maharja panhandles incognito

Major dance talent

Broken yacht

pay them for their work or each will go their separate ways

Silver's shine pales in comparison to gold

broom and stick

gave her wand a twirl

What an obsene gal

Dear Mehrban

Could you explain the Quiz to me, please? Nobody else does! LOL.

Seriously,

Azadeh

;-)

Iran

China

Syria

Yemen

Germany

Peru

Lebanon

Spain

India

Sweden 

Azadeh

 {:-)

Nazy jan

You're too nice to offend anyone. I actually meant "dearest Ari jan" not you. I was not offended by him either (regarding his last comment), just a friendly poke to him in third person. LOL.

Cheers,

Azadeh

Ps. I find the Internet communications quite tricky. We are not there with our body language to accompany our words. I hope one day we can all appear to each other in hologram. That would be a great communication tool.

Azadeh Jan,

I was just being silly. Forgive me if I offended you, my super smart friend.

Now that we're talking About Commenters Not To them...

Didn't Ari ask:

"In each of these phrases the name of a country is hidden. Can you find them?"  

Cheers,

Azadeh 

Nazy, Azadeh

Azadeh seems to have given us the reverse puzzle; as in given the country name, find a sentence that includes its spelling in a sequential letter series.

"Paraguay" has me totally stumped. But here's one for Bosina: "On the island of Lesbos niacin is in high demand."

Nazy, I hear you about sad times. Even puzzle words protest by mispelling themselves: "Tiranny!"

Oh No!

Oh no! Here comes a super smart one--Azadeh! I'm so glad I took my shot earlier! And was there more than one country name in some of the lines? I'm so glad I didn't know that!

Ari Jan, I think the correct spelling is hypersialorrhea, but not because I'm smart or because I had heard of this word before tonight, but because Google knew to offer the right spelling!

Thanks for the late night diversion on a sad night.

Goodnight Ari and Azadeh Jans!

Isn't this about countries' names?

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Aruba

Bosnia

Iran

Yemen

Germany

Peru

Paraguay

Oman

Chad, Chile

Canada, a democratic USA without arms! 

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Nazy jan: other people are awake as well. LOL. A lot of night people around :-)

You've got them Nazy!

Though I messed up because you can't look up hypersialorria. The added puzzle is to find the correct spelling of the word. Google it!

Oh good, everyone's sleeping...

and I won't look like an idiot if I took too long to answer, or if I got them all wrong...

But wouldn't I give it away too soon if my answers are correct?

So, instead, I will leave the currency names of each country I found in your puzzle!

Let's see: Soon-to-be-Dinar-but-not-yet; Yuan; Pound; Rial; Euro; Nuevo Sol; Pound; Euro; Rupee; Krona; soon-to-be-Rial-but-not-yet.

Picture credit

© 2011 Gianni Sarcone, Courtney Smith & Marie-Jo Waeber

The picture is called "Mask of Love." Hidden are two lovers kissing.