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1. You just now drove north across the Mackinac Bridge (which at one time had the longest suspension span between cable anchorages in the world). Where are you, now that you have reached land after crossing over the Straits of Mackinac? Wisconsin Michigan Ontario Minnesota

2. Some folks theorize that thousands of years ago these straits were bridged by land, and that people from one continent crossed the land connection to become the first inhabitants of another, unoccupied continent. Straits of Magellan Bering Strait Straits of Malaya Panama Strait

3. The Sunda Strait passes between two large islands and is a connection between the Indian Ocean and the Java Sea. On a smaller island in this strait is one of Earth's most destructive volcanoes. Which one? Vesuvius St. Helens Etna Krakatoa

4. The Strait of Hormuz was prominently in the news in 1988, when a Airbus jet airliner was downed by a U.S. Navy ship there. If I stood on the south side of this strait and waved at my friend who lived across the way, what nationality would she be? Iraqi Turkish Iranian Saudi

5. The Bosphorus is a strait separating what large land masses? Asia and Europe Australia and New Zealand Europe and Africa Iceland and Greenland

6. The Florida Strait connects the Atlantic Ocean to: Gulf of Mexico Pacific Ocean Caribbean Sea Bermuda Triangle

7. Which of these is the "dual" of a strait--that is, it's a naturally-occurring narrow piece of land connecting two large land masses? isthmus peninsula archipelago causeway

8. From Victoria, British Columbia, one can look southward and hope to see the United States of America. The Straits across which that person is trying to peer are named after which man? President George Washington Chief Sealth of the Squeamish Captain George Vancouver Capitan Juan de Fuca

9. The Pescadores Islands are located in what strait? Straits of Malacca Straits of Gibraltar Taiwan Strait Korea Strait

10. The Strait of Corryvreckan, noted and named for its dangerous whirlpool, is located in the Inner Hebrides. Where is that? New Zealand South Africa Scotland Canada

11. What country sits opposite the Rock of Gibraltar across the Straits of Gibraltar? Algeria Casablanca Tunisia Morocco

12. Until the Panama Canal was constructed a hundred years ago, what was the only way to sail between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans? Straits of Good Hope Straits of Magellan Northwest Passage Straits of Antarctica

13. Torres Strait separates Australia from what large island? New Zealand New South Wales New Caledonia New Guinea

14. The Strait of Otranto joins the Adriatic Sea with the Ionian Sea. Knowing that, and considering the apparent language behind the name "Otranto," in what country would you expect to find the seaport city named Otranto? Greece Tunisia Slovenia Italy

15. The Straits of Dover separates France and England. What is the French designation for this strait? Chanel du Normandie Sault Sainte Marie Detroits des Anglais Pas de Calais