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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Oceans

Which explorer gave the Pacific Ocean its name after finding calm waters in 1520?

Answer

Ferdinand Magellan

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Oceans

Which ocean borders the island nation of the Maldives?

Answer

Indian Ocean

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• Oceans

What is the name for all of Earth's interconnected ocean waters as one system?

Answer

World Ocean

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Oceans

Which celestial body is the main cause of ocean tides on Earth?

Answer

Moon

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• Oceans

What canal allows ships to travel between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through Panama?

Answer

Panama Canal

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• Haiku And Japanese Poetry

Which imperial waka anthology was compiled after the Kokin Wakashū as the second of Japan's Twenty-One Imperial Anthologies?

Answer

Gosen Wakashū

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• Haiku And Japanese Poetry

Which Heian poet was one of the Rokkasen and is famed for beauty in waka legend?

Answer

Ono no Komachi

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• Haiku And Japanese Poetry

Which Japanese poetry anthology contains about 4,500 poems?

Answer

Man'yoshu

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Haiku And Japanese Poetry

How many books divide the Kokin Wakashu?

Answer

20

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• Haiku And Japanese Poetry

Which Japanese poet wrote the kana preface to the Kokin Wakashu?

Answer

Ki no Tsurayuki

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• Haiku And Japanese Poetry

In what year was Matsuo Basho born?

Answer

1644

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• Haiku And Japanese Poetry

What was the title of Ozaki Hōsai's only haiku book?

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Daikū

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