From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > * Game 4, Round 8 - Geography - Straits   
   >   
   > The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines a strait as a comparatively   
   > narrow passageway connecting two large bodies of water.  This round   
   > will test your knowledge of various straits around the world.   
   > Except as specified, in each case name them.   
   >   
   > 1. This strait separates the North and South Islands of New   
   >    Zealand, and connects the Tasman Sea with the South Pacific   
   >    Ocean.  It's named for the first European commander to sail   
   >    through it -- in 1770.   
      
   Cook Strait   
      
   > 2. The Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits, along with the Sea of   
   >    Marmara, collectively form a connection between which two seas?   
      
   Black Sea and Mediterrean Sea.   
      
   > 5. What's the name of the strait which runs between the Persian   
   >    Gulf and the Gulf of Oman?  One of the world's most strategically   
   >    important waterways, it's bordered by Iran and Oman.   
      
   Hormuz   
      
   > 6. What is the name of the strait that forms the narrowest part   
   >    of the English Channel?   
      
   Pas de Calais   
      
   > 7. What strait runs between the Indonesian island of Sumatra   
   >    and the Malay Peninsula?  It connects the Andaman Sea with the   
   >    Singapore Strait and the South China Sea.   
      
   Malacka Strait   
      
   > 8. Name the strait that joins the Mediterranean and the Atlantic   
   >    Ocean   
      
   Gibraltar Strait   
      
   > 9. The Bering Strait runs between Russia's Chukchi Peninsula and   
   >    Alaska's Seward Peninsula, connecting the Pacific and Arctic   
   >    Oceans.  What was the nationality of the strait's namesake,   
   >    Vitus Bering, who entered it in 1728?   
      
   Danish   
      
   > 10. What's the name of the strait that runs between Greenland and   
   >    Baffin Island?   
      
   Denmark Strait   
      
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