| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| What canal connects the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea? | Suez Canal | 99%
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| What language do most of the people living by the Red Sea speak? | Arabic | 96%
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| What Egyptian peninsula was captured by Israel in 1967, and returned in 1982? | Sinai Peninsula | 92%
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| What country lost its Red Sea coastline and became landlocked in 1993? | Ethiopia | 83%
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| The Red Sea was one of the many important routes for the trade of what ingredient during the Middle Ages? | Spice | 75%
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| What is the main port of Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea? | Jeddah | 74%
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| What country's entire coastline is only 26 km? | Jordan | 72%
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| What gulf is connected to the Red Sea through that strait? | Gulf of Aden | 70%
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| What country's name derives from the Greek word for the "Red Sea"? | Eritrea | 66%
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| Put on your thinking cap ... What is the biggest Sudanese port on the Red Sea? | Port Sudan | 64%
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| What gulf is located between that peninsula and Saudi Arabia? | Gulf of Aqaba | 53%
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| The Red Sea is considered to be the northernmost in what region between the Capricorn and Cancer? | Tropics | 34%
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| What Israeli resort city lies on the Red Sea? | Eilat | 33%
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| What name is given to the Red Sea spreading centre that keeps drawing the Arabian and African plates away from each other? | Red Sea {Rift} | 30%
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| What strait is located between Djibouti and Yemen? | Bab al-{Mandeb} | 25%
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| What saltwater lake is created in the middle of that canal? | Great {Bitter} Lake | 13%
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| What port plays a crucial role in allowing food to be imported into Yemen? | Al {Hudaydah} | 8%
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