Statistics for North American Bodies of Water

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Question	Answer	% Correct
What Great Lake is the second largest in terms of volume?	Lake Michigan	91%
What North American country has the most lakes in the world?	Canada	85%
What lake, located in Utah is the saltiest lake in the Western Hemisphere?	Great Salt Lake	80%
What is the largest river in the USA?	Mississippi River	80%
What manmade waterway, built in 1914 creates a passageway through Central America?	Panama Canal	74%
What US state has the nickname "land of 10,000 lakes"?	Minnesota	63%
What river flows from Colorado through New Mexico, Texas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, and Tamaulipas.	Rio Grande	63%
What lake is the largest lake in Central America and the 19th largest in the world?	Lake Nicaragua	54%
What river flows through New York City?	Hudson River	52%
What well-known lake straddles the Nevada-Californian border?	Lake Tahoe	46%
What Alaskan Sea has a TV show about finding gold?	Bering Sea	43%
What country contains a Large Blue Hole, which is a popular diving site?	Belize	41%
What Bay is known to have the largest tides in the world?	Bay of Fundy	37%
What sea is located between Baja California and Sonora?	Sea of Cortez	15%
What large body of water borders Nunavut, Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec?	Hudson's Bay	13%