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English Channel General Knowledge

Can you answer these general knowledge questions about the English Channel?
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Bordering Countries
France
United Kingdom
What is the neighbouring sea to the west?
Celtic Sea
What is the neighbouring sea to the east?
North Sea
It connects to the sea to the east via which strait?
Strait of Dover
Crown Dependencies
Guernsey
Jersey
Largest island
Isle of Wight
Longest river that flows into the English Channel
Seine
The English Channel forms part of which ocean?
Atlantic
French name for the English Channel
La Manche
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English translation of the French name
The Sleeve
What amphibious craft was used to transport passengers across the English Channel?
Hovercraft
French tidal island that has UNESCO World Heritage status, featuring a heavily fortified abbey
Mont-Saint-Michel
A combination of Sir Francis Drake's naval tactics and stormy weather defeated an attempted invasion by who?
Spanish Armada
Which French city saw the evacuation of 338,226 men during WW2?
Dunkirk
Nickname of the Channel Tunnel
Chunnel
Towns connected by the busiest cross-Channel ferry crossing
Calais
Dover
English naval base city
Plymouth
Portsmouth
French naval base city
Cherbourg
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