Is there a "stupidly hard quiz" this year...?

[SoupDragon]

For the last few years, @ApocalypseNowt has posted the quiz from her workplace. Surely it's time for this year's joint MN effort...?

Ooh! Skim is Minsk?

Oh yes, so skim is Minsk, Austin is Tunis, elm is Male

IMOLA = LIMA

Staircase is Castries

Husband is Danshube

Welling is Lilongwe. I like this game!

Sauna - Nassau?

Dairy - Riyadh?

Bedraggle is Belgrade, i think.

Obama - Bamako?

Obama - Bayamo?

I think Bamako, capital of Mali as I recall.

Bison - Lisbon

Loose is Oslo

Tribute - Beirut

Against is Santiago i think.

As we're looking for a "single entry" I wonder if you have to keep a note of the letters you've added/removed and they spell a question or the answer?

POLITBUROS Is Port Louis

That makes sense. Yes I reckon you are probably right about that.

Iliad - Dili, capital of East Timor

Aspirin - Pristina, capital of Kosovo

AU PAIR -> Praia (Cape Verde)

COURSE - Sucre (Bolivia)

Monitor = Moroni
Au Pair = Praia

Promotors = Port Moresby
Elm = Male or Lome
Airport = Pretoria

Port Moresby is wrong, that's plus 2!