Canals and Straits quiz

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1. 1 Easy

   What is the English Channel's narrowest stretch called?

   Answer: Strait of Dover

   Why: Giant floods carved the strait when an ice-dammed lake overflowed and broke through a chalk ridge joining Britain to France.

2. 2 Medium

   What moves water into the Panama Canal's locks?

   Answer: Gravity

   Why: A ship's trip through the original locks sends about 200 million liters of fresh water from Gatun Lake to the sea.

3. 3 Hard

   Which Verdi opera opened the opera house built for the Suez Canal?

   Answer: Rigoletto

   Why: Verdi's Aida only premiered at the same Cairo opera house in December 1871, two years later.

4. 4 Easy

   What city's 17th-century canal ring is a World Heritage Site?

   Answer: Amsterdam

   Why: Amsterdam has more than 100 km of canals, crossed by about 1,500 bridges.

5. 5 Medium

   What did the Corinth Canal cut off from mainland Greece?

   Answer: Peloponnese

   Why: The 6.3 km cut is only about 25 m wide at sea level, too narrow for many modern ships.

6. 6 Hard

   Which strait's name means 'Gate of Tears'?

   Answer: Bab-el-Mandeb

   Why: This gateway between the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden is only about 26 km wide at its narrowest.