Here are today’s questions. Answers will be published tomorrow. The theme will run from Mon-Thu.:

1. Connected to the Pacific Ocean through the Strait of Juan de Fuca, which also serves as an international boundary between the USA and Canada, what system of waterways that covers an area over 2,600 square km includes the cities of Seattle and Olympia?
2. The Great Sound is a large ocean inlet that forms a natural harbor in the city of Hamilton in which British Overseas Territory? Some geologists consider it to be the remains of an ancient caldera.
3. Located south of the highly turbulent Cook Strait, the Marlborough Sounds are a network of sounds on the northern end of what island?
4. The Alssund is a narrow sound that separates the island of Als from which peninsula, that comprises Denmark and a part of Northern Germany?
5. [Theme: 1 of 4] Which actor, who became famous for playing Robert Murtaugh in the Lethal Weapon film series, first debuted in the 1979 film Escape from Alcatraz?

Here are the answers to 2026: Week 17, Quiz 5:

1. Antarctic shag
2. Jaeger
3. Hagfish
4. Orca (killer whale, but actually a dolphin)
5. Antarctic midge