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The Natural World, Institutions, Which is Taller?, Assassinations, and Beauty Brands.

The Natural World

The great outdoors.

1

What type of animal lives in a holt?

2

Also the faunal emblem of Queensland, which iconic Australian animal does not have an official collective noun?

3

Bark from what tree was used as a pain relieving precursor to aspirin?

4

What word beginning with the letter C is given to a large depression formed when a volcano erupts and collapses?

5

Silkworms mostly eat the leaves of what plant?

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Institutions

Time to get organised.

6

The main site of which organisation houses the Large Hadron Collider?

7

The insect repellent Aerogard, the polymer banknote and the Hendra virus vaccine all exist due to work undertaken by researchers working for which national Australian science agency?

8

The Dharma Initiative is a fictional research organisation in which long-running TV series that debuted in 2004?

9

Australia's first banking institution, the Bank of New South Wales, is now known by what name?

10

Which Ivy League university was the first one to be founded in North America?

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