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1. Which strait separates the island of Anglesey from the mainland of Wales and is the location of what had been the world's first modern suspension bridge? The Wash Menai Strait Minch Strait St. George's Channel

2. The Drake Passage is a notoriously rough waterway between South America and which other continent? North America Europe Africa Antarctica

3. Which island-littered strait is the closest point between the Cape York Peninsula and the island of New Guinea? Bass Strait Torres Strait Nares Strait Sunda Strait

4. This European strait, in the southeastern Adriatic Sea, separates the Apennine Peninsula from the Balkans. It is the Strait of... Otranto Dardanelles Gibraltar Corinth

5. Which strait separates a Pacific nation's North and South Islands and is called "Raukawa Moana" in the Maori language? Answer: (One or Two Words (Think Captain))

6. The Tsugaru Strait separates which northern Japanese islands? Kyushu & Honshu Honshu & Shikoku Hokkaido & Honshu Shikoku & Kyushu

7. Which name is given to the strait connecting the Black Sea with the smaller and much shallower Sea of Azov? Kerch Sochi Crimean Caucasus

8. Which Southeast Asian nation has the straits by the names of Sunda, Makassar, and Lombok between a few of its many islands? Indonesia Australia Vietnam Malaysia

9. The Strait of Belle Isle connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Gulf of St. Lawrence while it separates the Canadian mainland from which island? Greenland Nova Scotia Newfoundland Prince Edward Island

10. If you've answered questions 1-9 correctly, the first letter of each answer will give you the name of the strait separating the two major islands of the Novaya Zemlya archipelago north of Russia. Answer: (One Word)