Seas of the World

+11

Level 72

Feb 21, 2021

The quiz has now been updated with a better source. I tried to fix as many suggestions as you guys proposed. Sadly, by a hair's breadth, I wasn't able to finish the changes before the FP - which means points need to be re-earned :(

I hope you guys will still enjoy the updated quiz, and am sorry for the delay and the loss in points.

- Gassu

+11

Level 72

Jan 27, 2018

My most difficult quiz so far! A few notes:

-inspired by KoljiVriVoda's quiz "Seas on the World Map"

-I have no idea why the answers don't contain the typical JetPunk green or red

-I tried to make it as accurate as possible. Some minor faults might be included

Enjoy!

KoljiVriVoda

Level 74

Jan 27, 2018

Nice work :)

Geopro

Level 54

Jan 18, 2021

Agreed!

JoshPen

Level 77

Jan 28, 2018

Very nice job.

scambigol

Level 74

Jan 29, 2018

excellent! any thoughts on giving a slightly different colour to bays/gulfs?

Level 72

Jan 29, 2018

Right now no, but maybe in a sequel

Geoguy

Level 67

Feb 1, 2018

Excellent quiz! Made me realise how much I didn't know

RPHXX

Level 68

Aug 15, 2018

47/64

rsninak

Level 68

Aug 23, 2018

No Gulf of Maine? :(

qcumber

Level 47

Nov 1, 2018

TURKEY WHY!?!?!

ssaqibh

Level 42

May 24, 2019

Why does English Channel not accept only English?

redsplat

Level 76

Mar 1, 2021

Agreed -- any chance you could accept English for English Channel? I just figured I was wrong after trying 'english'. Thanks for updating the quiz btw!

Xenobiologista

Level 59

Jul 23, 2020

Why does the Persian gulf light up when I type Arabian?

JohnnyYeet

Level 52

Sep 21, 2020

In most Arabian countries, it is called the Arabian Gulf

Moos1005

Level 79

Aug 12, 2020

Even though it is named a sea I feel like the Caspian sea should get it's own category. Maybe endorheic sea or something like that.

Nathaniel

Level 62

Nov 13, 2020

Nominated!

Nathaniel

Level 62

Nov 13, 2020

I think Asov should be accepted.

Nathaniel

Level 62

Jan 21, 2021

The Russian letter з which is the letter for a voiced s is mostly romanised as z, but since in English s also often represents the voiced s, I was thinking you might accept it, since not everyone has seen the Sea of Azov written out before, but still know of its existance and name and would thus like credit for this knowledge independent of their Cyrillic romanisation skills. (Interestingly, this comment includes proof of s being used as a representative for the voiced s sound, since British orthography dictates -isation be written with s.)

Frank23

Level 22

Nov 20, 2020

Southern Ocean?

Level 75

Nov 30, 2020

Good quiz. Absence of Timor Sea surprised me though.

Level 75

Jan 31, 2021

Further to this, Bismarck Sea and Solomon Sea to the NE and E of New Guinea could also be added. Andaman Sea between Andaman Islands and Malayan peninsula also.

Elboy

Level 62

Feb 3, 2021

Totally agreed about Andaman Sea. It seems missing to me, as it's distinct from Bay of Bengal.

Level 75

Feb 21, 2021

Loving the update! Excellent work.

FaroPor

Level 57

Dec 24, 2020

Gulf of Tonkin?

Elboy

Level 62

Dec 28, 2020

Great job! Exactly the kind of quiz I was waiting for!

baptistegorce

Level 43

Jan 18, 2021

Excellent quiz! It’s what I like to find when I look for quizzes. Congratulations, and nominated!

Ryan088

Level 34

Jan 26, 2021

this is a good quiz but despite the fact its called Caspian SEA it is actually not classified as a sea nor is it classified as a lake

https://www.bing.com/search?q=is+caspian+sea+a+lake&cvid=7a38c12f4a2b43a690cf12352409cb26&pglt=43&FORM=ANNTA1&PC=U531&adlt=strict

1ProximaCentauri

Level 55

Jan 28, 2021

Am I to understand you would rather type "Caspian Body of Undefined Territory?"

Malbaby

Level 71

Feb 4, 2021

SirPhilippines

Level 50

Jan 29, 2021

Feature-O!

GeoSmartKirbyXD

Level 52

Jan 29, 2021

Caspian Sea is a lake, not a sea.

Still would fit with the bodies of water theme though.

And where are the Great Lakes?

Maybe you should consider adding these in a sequel?

By the way I nominated this, great quiz!

GeoSmartKirbyXD

Level 52

Jan 29, 2021

I would know, my quizzes are bad

I'm an amateur

Level 59

Jan 29, 2021

Nice quiz! Nominated!

Level 59

Jan 29, 2021

Maybe change the title to "Major Bodies of Water on a Map"?

NigelS

Level 90

Feb 1, 2021

Terrific quiz!

mf3

Level 84

Feb 1, 2021

Seram Sea? Halmahera Sea?

MayaB

Level 71

Feb 2, 2021

Can you maybe put circles around Rio de la plata and Lake Maracaibo? I didn't even see that the former one was on the map until the time was out. :-/

Great quiz otherwise! I still have a lot to learn.

Findlay

Level 76

Feb 7, 2021

That would definitely be good. I got Rio de la Plata when I saw the Estuary category, but I missed Maracaibo.

doctors

Level 79

Feb 2, 2021

This is great but a lot of them are very small and hard to find, hopefully we can get some dots/circles to make them visible

HeRusselledMe

Level 65

Feb 2, 2021

Surely there should be a Southern Ocean included in such an in-depth quiz?

Gonza

Level 70

Feb 2, 2021

Rio de la Plata is a River, not a Sea. Rio means river in Spanish

Djilas

Level 79

Feb 2, 2021

Wikipedia: "Depending on the geographer, the Río de la Plata may be considered a river, an estuary, a gulf or a marginal sea." Similarly "The Gulf of Carpentaria is a large, shallow sea ..." Gulf/sea is often a matter of convention. Adriatic sea could be easily named a gulf.

Mahmoud

Level 87

Feb 2, 2021

Isn't Rio de la Plata considered a river?

Quizmaster

Level ∞

Feb 2, 2021

I agree with many of the comments above. Gassu?

Level 72

Feb 2, 2021

All valid points. I should've made it clearer that the map only represents a selection. Added a caveat.

Quizmaster

Level ∞

Feb 2, 2021

I was thinking in particular this comment:

"This is great but a lot of them are very small and hard to find, hopefully we can get some dots/circles to make them visible".

BelgianFries

Level 47

Feb 3, 2021

I agree with this, lake Maracaibo and Rio de la Plata are near impossible to see.

Level 72

Feb 4, 2021

I'll have a look

redsplat

Level 76

Mar 1, 2021

I guess Dead Sea is too small to be included? And same for the Bay of Fundi (which has the highest tides in the world, but is small)?

Level 72

Mar 1, 2021

The Bay of Fundy is included!

treadmill

Level 90

Feb 3, 2021

Love this quiz. One note, Baffin Bay is universally known as that... I've never seen it written as "Bay of Baffin" before.

interopia

Level 81

Feb 5, 2021

AWESOME quiz! I hereby start a petition to include the Sargasso Sea in the next update! Like this post if you agree!

interopia

Level 81

Feb 21, 2021

UPDATE: Petition to include Sargasso Sea DENIED.

TurkeyCookTime

Level 68

Feb 6, 2021

Please just accept "English" for "English Channel". It doesn't seem right that you have to type th body of water for this one when you don't on every single other body of water.

Level 63

Feb 19, 2021

You don't have to type both. It accepts "Channel", as it should.

Malbaby

Level 71

Apr 26, 2021

Should accept 'English' for the English Channel, that is it's name, same as Mozambique Channel and others named for the nearness such as, Irish, Norwegian, Philippine, Alaska, California, Finland, Mexico, Maine, Oman, Panama, Thailand etc etc

Findlay

Level 76

Feb 7, 2021

I get that this isn't definitive, but I feel at least all the oceans should probably be included. Although I suppose this map kinda misses it - it only goes to about 55°S and the Southern Ocean starts at 60°S.

Level 75

Feb 8, 2021

It isn't accepted by everyone as an ocean, guess the maker of the quiz included?

Level 75

Feb 21, 2021

After the edit, I think the issue is that the map doesn't extend to Antarctica - because the cited source has the Southern Ocean and various Antarctic Seas around the ice shelves.

TheRealGrantma

Level 57

Feb 8, 2021

Can you accept "English" for English Channel?

Level 63

Feb 19, 2021

You really shouldn't. I know English people loving slapping their name on things that they don't own, but that doesn't mean we should indulge it.

Malbaby

Level 71

Feb 19, 2021

Obviously your Anglophobia is showing ........you do not mind the 'Norwegian Sea' / Mozambique Channel / Irish Sea / South China Sea / Philippine Sea / Gulf of Panama / Java Sea / Gulf of Oman-Thailand-California / Indian Ocean etc etc.

Level 63

Feb 20, 2021

I'm not at all an Anglophobe! I've lived in London twice, and even worked for Her Majesty's Government in the Foreign Office. It's just that in almost every language, this clearly shared sea is know by some variation of "La Manche", "La Mancha", "der Ärmelkanal". Even in Dutch, it's just called "The Channel" (Het Kanaal). It's literallly just the English who feel like they have to slap their name on this, and even in English, the operative word is clearly "Channel", not "English". When you call it "the Channel", people will know what you mean, and there won't be any doubt as to which channel is meant. When you call it "the English", people will have no idea whatsoever what you're talking about.

redsplat

Level 76

Mar 1, 2021

@dunkinggandalf2 It's not about anyone calling it "the English." It's about adding a less labour-intensive type-in, and moreover one that is consistent with the rest of the channels appearing in this quiz that do not require typing 'channel' after their names. No one calls it "the Oman" or "the Philippine" etc. yet I can type Oman and Philippine in for those channels. Feel free to dispute whether or not it should be called the English Channel, but that's got nothing to do with what people are requesting.

kogatora

Level 84

Apr 28, 2021

If you really knew the answer you would type Channel and get it right; no need to type English and not quicker as it has the same number of letters.

willmowill

Level 76

Feb 16, 2021

Would be nice if some the smaller ones could be highlighted. Difficult to see Rio de la plata, Maracaibo, Marmara for example

bluesdjben

Level 73

Feb 19, 2021

Great quiz!

Level 63

Feb 19, 2021

Huh. I've been bathing in the Celtic sea in Brittany every summer for all of my life, and I had no idea! I knew it was the Atlantic ocean, obviously, but I also knew that portion as the "Mer d'Iroise", which, it turns out, is a part of the Celtic sea. Who knew!

Newroadgirl

Level 62

Feb 19, 2021

i've never heard anyone in the UK or Ireland, or Cornwall for that matter, refer to the 'Celtic' Sea. Anyone out there from the southern counties of Eire call it that?

Level 63

Feb 20, 2021

I haven't heard it in Brittany either, but it's probably not an everyday name anywhere, since, if you've live by the sea, you're more likely to call it "the sea" anyway, without bothering to name it - hence my surprise. But I've looked it up, and it is indeed real, and you better believe I'll be using it regularly from now on!

PrettyTiedUp

Level 66

Feb 22, 2021

I've never heard of the Celtic Sea either.

Newroadgirl

Level 62

Feb 19, 2021

Sorry, meant to add that it's a very interesting and enjoyable quiz.

kalbahamut

Level 82

Feb 19, 2021

You shouldn't accept Arabian Gulf for Persian Gulf.

alexandertorres1978

Level 67

Feb 19, 2021

Great fun. I only got around 40 answers but I learnt a lot. Wild guesses like "Norwegian" and "Greenland" were especially satisfying to see pop up as correct answers!

JWatson24

Level 67

Feb 19, 2021

Quite a tough one. I didn't know many of the seas/gulfs/straits around Indonesia/New Guinea/Australia. Also, I typed in "East" and it gave me the Sea of Japan, so I got confused and thought that it was the same as the East China Sea :P

Djilas

Level 79

Feb 21, 2021

That's the Korean name

JWatson24

Level 67

Mar 13, 2021

Yikes, I didn't realize that there's a huge controversy surrounding this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_of_Japan_naming_dispute#Arguments

Eli3eli3

Level 16

Feb 19, 2021

I’m really bad at oceans

Eli3eli3

Level 16

Feb 19, 2021

I did get all 50 states in 5 minutes and I’m litarlly 9.

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

LuigiDood227

Level 50

Feb 19, 2021

Wrong quiz

ChineseChen

Level 63

Feb 19, 2021

Also nobody cares

thegoatisgoaty

Level 60

Feb 19, 2021

ikrrrrrrrrr

Level 63

Feb 20, 2021

Yes, mainly that.

turnbacktwo

Level 38

Feb 26, 2021

Completely wrong quiz

NiobiumVoid

Level 52

Feb 19, 2021

As opposed to 'figuratively' 9?

Level 59

Feb 19, 2021

I got all states in 1 minute and a half when I was seven. I got all countries in 7 minutes when I was nine. I don't see what the big deal is.

biggyofmt

Level 61

Feb 19, 2021

Maracaibo and rio de la plata are VERRRY hard to see. Circles or arrows would be very helpful

thegoatisgoaty

Level 60

Feb 19, 2021

I got 52/62 and missed Arctic Ocean. WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

Damangio

Level 63

Feb 19, 2021

Could you be a bit more forgiving on the spelling of Okhotsk?

cathlete

Level 67

Feb 19, 2021

Any reason why the Balearic Sea wasn’t included?

CambodianQuizzer

Level 49

Feb 20, 2021

Aced it. I barely got the Rio de la Plata. This is a good quiz!

Stewart

Level 68

Feb 21, 2021

Love the new map after the update, great quiz! Thanks :)

cathlete

Level 67

Feb 21, 2021

Yeah, great work!

Level 72

Feb 21, 2021

thanks, guys!

very much appreciated

sumguy

Level 80

Feb 21, 2021

LOL at "Bay" working for San Francisco Bay. I was needlessly typing "Bay of Biscay".

Level 59

Feb 21, 2021

Nice update!

littlemonte

Level 90

Feb 22, 2021

I would buy the explanation for accepting just "channel" but not just "english" for the English Channel if it were the only one, but it's not. The only way to distinguish, then, is to be specific. The specific part is "english" not "channel." So, as with all other answers, the specific part alone should be accepted.

CambodianQuizzer

Level 49

Feb 22, 2021

Love the update, this can very challenging/fun for other quizzers!

CambodianQuizzer

Level 49

Feb 23, 2021

Shoot, my grammar failed me. Forgot to add "be" after "very."

kujxn

Level 77

Feb 22, 2021

Woah, this quiz is excellent. Thoroughly enjoyed it.

Jerry928

Level 75

Feb 22, 2021

Awesome quiz!

Elboy

Level 62

Feb 23, 2021

What a great update you did here! Awesome quiz :)

ajgelman6

Level 59

Feb 23, 2021

my dumb brain can't spell arctic

joanie97

Level 71

Feb 26, 2021

Oh my god, I had to type it four times! I'm glad I'm not alone.

SeekerSpock1

Level 75

Feb 26, 2021

What about the Gulf of Sidra in Libya, James Bay in Canada, the Denmark Strait, and the seas around Antarctica?

NiobiumVoid

Level 52

Feb 27, 2021

This quiz never claimed to be a comprehensive list of every body of water in the world.

joanie97

Level 71

Feb 26, 2021

I love the updated version, but maybe could use a little more time? It's still kinda hard to see all the little places, even with the pop-out circles.

Ears

Level 85

Feb 27, 2021

Strait(s) of Gibraltar????

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Gibraltar

Connecting the Atlantic to the Mediterranean seems quite important

JWatson24

Level 67

Mar 13, 2021

Really love the update! I made a lot of dumb mistakes this time around (misspelling "Norwegian," trying just "Bight" for the Great Australian Bight, trying "Siam" for some reason but not "Thailand."), but I still enjoyed it and learned a lot!