An Australia Question Tour

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Cities 1: City famed for its harbor and opera house.	Sydney
Cities 2: The most isolated major city in the world	Perth
Cities 3: Capital of Australia	Canberra
Cities 4: City named after the wife of William IV	Adelaide
Natural Landmarks 1: Formerly known as Ayers Rock, this monolith forbids climbers due to it sacred status among Aboriginal Australians.	Uluru
Natural Landmarks 2: The largest organic structure in the world and home of more than 1,500 species of fish, six species of sea turtle, and thirty species of cetaceans (dolphins and whales)	Great Barrier Reef
Natural Landmarks 3: 180-million-year-old rainforest located in Queensland	Daintree Rainforest
Natural Landmarks 4: National park known for its rock art, billabongs, and saltwater crocodiles.	Kakadu National Park
People 1: Captain who claimed Australia for the British Empire.	James Cook
People 2: Famous warrior of the Noongar people whose head was repatriated from the UK in 1997	Yagan
People 3: Prime minister of Australia during WWII	John Curtin
People 4: "The Crocodile Hunter" known for his conservation efforts	Steve Irwin
History 1: Ship of the Dutch East India Company that was the first European ship to reach Australia	Duyfken
History 2: Temporary military coup in 1808 New South Wales	Rum Rebellion
History 3: Term for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children abducted from their families between 1905 and 1967	Stolen Generations
History 4: Period of horrific anti-ratite violence and one of the most infamous moments in Australian history.	Emu War

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Culture 1: Bush ballad that has become the unofficial anthem of Australia	Waltzing Matilda
Culture 2: The world's first feature-length film, centering on the exploits of a gang of bushrangers.	The Story of the Kelly Gang
Culture 3: Movie franchise set in an apocalyptic wasteland begun in 1979.	Mad Max
Culture 4: Term for the traditional cuisine of Aboriginal Australians; it has expanded in popularity since the 1970s.	Bush Tucker
Wildlife 1: Alongside wallabies and wallaroos is this famous hopping marsupial.	Kangaroo
Wildlife 2: Marsupial known for its island home and voracious appetite.	Tasmanian Devil
Wildlife 3: Monotreme (egg-laying mammal) with a duck bill and venomous spurs.	Platypus
Wildlife 4: Largest living reptile	Saltwater Crocodile
Musicians 1: "Highway to Hell," "You Shook Me All Night Long"	ACDC
Musicians 2: "Devil Inside," "Need You Tonight"	INXS
Musicians 3: "Hand on Your Heart," "Better the Devil You Know"	Kylie Minogue
Musicians 4: "Who Can It Be Now," "Down Under"	Men at Work
Paleontology 1: Giant relative of the wombat that once was Australia's largest mammal	Diprotodon
Paleontology 2: Striped predatory marsupial that went extinct in 1936.	Thylacine
Paleontology 3: Gigantic relative of the monitor lizard that went extinct upon human arrival in Australia	Megalania
Paleontology 4: Relative of the Iguanodon with a prominent nose, found in the Mackunda Formation	Muttaburrasaurus