Trivia: In what year did the Panama Canal first open?
1506
1822
1914
1969
The correct answer is 1914
So why is this answer correct? : The groundbreaking Panama Canal opened its waterways in 1914, greatly reducing the travel time for ships traveling between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The project was initially controlled by the U.S., but the canal finally transferred into the hands of the Panamanian government in 1999. The canal serves between 13,000 and 14,000 ships annually and was expanded in 2007 to accommodate modern megaships.