Seas and Oceans Quiz 2017

1. Who is the Greek God of the sea?

• Neptune
• Poseidon
• Amphitrite

Which South Pacific Sea is situated between Australia and New Zealand?

• The Timor Sea
• The Coral Sea
• The Tasman Sea

The Kiel Canal links which two sea?

• Baltic Sea and North Sea
• Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea

Kinneret or Lake Tiberias is a body of water better known by what name?

• The Sea of Galilee
• Caspian Sea
• Aral Sea

The River Danube flows into which sea?

• The Celebes Sea
• The Black Sea
• The Timor Sea

The Russian port of Vladivostok stand on which sea?

• The Barents Sea
• The Caspian Sea
• The Sea of Japan

In which ocean is the former penal settlement of Devil’s Island?

• The Pacific Ocean
• The Atlantic Ocean
• The Southern Ocean

Name the largest sea in the world

• The South China Sea
• The Philippine Sea
• The Arabian Sea

Which expanse of sea in the Orkney Islands was the main base of the British Grand Fleet in World War I?

• Westray Firth
• Scapa Flow
• Eday Sound

In which ocean are the Kara, Beaufort and Lincoln Seas situated?

• Arctic Ocean
• Atlantic Ocean
• Pacific Ocean

The Sea of Marmara is an inland sea entirely within the borders of which country?

• Kazakstan
• Russia
• Turkey

The Ligurian Sea is an arm of which body of water?

• The Black Sea
• The Mediterranean Sea
• The North Sea

Standing on the Arabian Sea what is the principal seaport of Pakistan?

• Karachi
• Gwadar
• Pasni

The Cayman Trough is the deepest point in which sea?

• The Caribbean Sea
• The Weddell Sea
• The Ross Sea

Which river flows into the Dead Sea?

• River Nile
• River Rhine
• River Jordan

Which former Olympic host city is located on the Black Sea coast?

• Sarajevo
• Sochi
• Lillehammer

The Gulf of Venice is in the northern part of which sea?

• The Adriatic Sea
• The Tyrrhemian Sea
• The Ionian Sea

Which is the only sea in the world not to have a land border and is bounded by four currents?

• The Sargasso Sea
• The Java Sea
• The Yellow Sea

Which sea, that takes its current name from a Dutch navigator, was known by Russians in the Middle Ages as the “Norwegian Sea”?

• The Baltic Sea
• The Sulu Sea
• The Barents Sea

What is the smallest and shallowest of the five Oceans

• The Atlantic Ocean
• The Indian Ocean
• The Arctic Ocean
• The Pacific Ocean
• The Southern Ocean