The Seven Plus Three Seas of Mine Quiz

Answer: coral

I don't know if the PT Boat used the correct tactiC OR ALways guessed correctly when travelling to Australia.

The Coral Sea is 1,850,000 square miles or 4,790,000 square kilometers.
It is bounded on its southwestern side by Queensland, Australia.
The Great Barrier Reef, formed by millions of coral exoskeletons, lies within the Coral Sea. Relatively close to the Equator, the Coral Sea has a warm climate.

Answer: Weddell

The weather was very cold when the minister WED DELLa and Denny, both intrepid Antarctic explorers.

The Weddell Sea is 1,080, 000 square miles or 2,880,000 square kilometers.
Found in the Southern Ocean, the Weddell Sea is bounded in part by the Antarctic Peninsula.
The Weddell Sea was named after Scottish sailor James Weddell in 1900. Weddell himself had earlier named it after after King George IV of the United Kingdom. Lying off the coast of Antarctica, ice shelf cover much of the sea.

Answer: Tasman

The stop was abrupT AS MAN after man filed in front of us while we were in New Zealand.

The Tasman Sea is 890,000 square miles or 2,300,000 square kilometers.
The Tasman Sea lies between Australia (including Tasmania) to the northwest and New Zealand to the southeast.
Both the first plane flight between Australia and New Zealand and the first telegraph cable between the two countries crossed the Tasman Sea. A mid ocean ridge crosses the Tasman Sea, roughly equidistant between Australia and New Zealand.

Answer: Bering

It was an accident when the Alaskan barBER INGested some of the shaving cream.

The Bering Sea is 770,000 square miles or 2,000,000 square kilometers.
The Bering Sea lies between Siberian Russia and the US state of Alaska.
The islands of Big Diomede (Russia) and Little Diomede (US) lie only 2.4 miles from each other--the closest the two countries come to having a land border.

Answer: Barents

Does SheBA RENT Seven homes or eight in Norway?

The Barents Sea is 540,000 square miles or 1,400,000 square kilometers.
It is found off the Arctic coast of Scandinavia and western Russia.
The Russian city of Murmansk (on the Barents Sea) is one of the northernmost ports in the world that is ice-free year round. As one of the warmest parts of the Arctic, the Barents Sea is of particular interest to scientists studying global warming.

Answer: Kara

While in Russia, EriKA RAn a marathon between Moscow and one of its suburbs.

The Kara Sea is 358,000 square miles or 926,000 square kilometers.
Much of the southern border of the Kara Sea is formed by Russia, while the northern border edges into the Arctic Ocean.
The Kara Sea is far enough north that ice covers its surface for the majority of the year.

Answer: Ross

Have you noticed how gROSS trash is when left by tourists in Antarctica?

The Ross Sea is 246,000 square miles or 637,000 square kilometers.
Lying off the coast of Antarctica, the Ross Sea is the southernmost sea on Earth.
The Ross Sea is named for James Clark Ross, an explorer who visited this part of Antarctica in 1841.

Answer: Timor

Should I ask TIM OR should I ask Tom how to get to the Land Down Under?

The Timor Sea covers 240,000 square miles or 610,000 square kilometers.
This sea lies between Timor (the western part of which is part of Indonesia) and Australia.
Crossing the Timor Sea may be how the first humans to reach Australia did so.

Answer: Red

I feaR EDward does not believe the story of Moses leading the Israelites across the desert.

The Red Sea is 169,000 square miles or 438,000 square kilometers.
The Red Sea is relatively long and narrow with its western coastline being in Africa and its eastern coastline being in the Arabian Peninsula.
In the Book of Exodus, the text describes Moses parting the sea that many believe was the Red Sea.

Answer: Black

HerB LACKed adventures during the part of his journey when he visited Turkey and Romania.

The Black Sea is 169,000 square miles or 436,000 square kilometers.
The Black Sea is bounded by several countries in Europe and Asia including Romania, Ukraine, and Turkey.
Several large rivers flow into the Black Sea include the Danube and Dnieper Rivers.