BODIES OF WATER

(e.g., It is the largest lake in Africa by area. Answer: Lake Victoria.)

Freshman level

1. Which sea is on Sweden’s east coast and Finland’s west coast?

2. What superlative is claimed by Lake Titicaca?

3. This strait connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea.

Graduate level

4. What is found on most large rivers but not on the Amazon River?

5. What is the claim to fame of Canada’s Bay of Fundy?

6. What does the mnemonic HOMES help you remember?

Ph.D. level

7. Which sea in the Atlantic Ocean has no land boundaries?

8. What is the largest water region called a “bay”?

9. This bay is located at the southern end of Hudson Bay.

Answers: 1. Baltic Sea. 2. Largest lake in South America and/or the world’s highest navigable lake. 3. Strait of Gibraltar. 4. Bridges. 5. World’s highest tidal range. 6. The names of the Great Lakes. 7. Sargasso Sea. 8. Bay of Bengal. 9. James Bay.

— North America Syndicate