Muscat's strategic value stems from its position near the entrance to which body of water?

A maggot is a fly in which stage of metamorphosis? A magic flying carpet was a character in which 1992 Disney film? A maiden is chosen for sacrifice in which 1913 ballet? Which African predator of the adult wildebeest, or gnu, has a mane? Which Maine river gave its name to an 1838-39 dispute that led to the settling of the Maine-New Brunswick border? A major 1970 strike by federal employees in which service helped change it into an independent government agency? Dublin's main street is named for which man who helped win Catholic Emancipation in 1829? A major Russian literary award is named for which poet who died in a duel in 1837?