Tropical Trivia Answers!

Publish Date: Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Have you given up? No? Good. When you have all of your answers down from the Tropic of Cancer is Cause for a…PARTY blog, you can come here to check them against our facts! Here it is:

  1. How many countries does the equator run through? It runs through 11 countries
  2. Who are the roman and greek gods of the sea? Neptune and Poseidon
  3. What is the state fish of Hawaii?  Humuhumunukuapua’a
  4. What shark commonly seen in the bahamas is referred to as “The Labrador Retriever of the ocean”? The Nurse Shark
  5. What defines the tropics? The Tropic of Cancer, and the Tropic of Capricorn
  6. What is the deepest part of the ocean? Mariana’s Trench in the Pacific
  7. What is the largest fish on earth? Whale Shark
  8. Who was the gulf stream first mapped by? Benjamin Franklin.
Thanks for answering questions!