GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
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diseases
australia
100

This is the deepest lake in the world, plunging more than 1,600 metres to its bottom

Lake Baikal

100

The opposite of apart

TOGether

100

This was a disease going on early in the semester. Many people were knocked out by this virus in this group

FLUKAS

100

What is the national capital in Australia

Canberra

200

She is the only person to win Nobel Prizes in two different sciences, physics and chemistry.

Marie Curie

200

… is something you do when capturing memories or things you wanna keep in the future

PhoTOGraphy

200

This disease is spread by mosquitoes, is common in tropical regions and causes fever and chills.

Malaria

200

This egg-laying mammal has a duck-like bill, and the males have venomous spurs on their hind legs.

PERRY THE PLATYPUS

300

This metal has the highest melting point of all, around 3,422 degrees Celsius.

Tungsten

300

… is a way of putting your name down on paper. Often asked for by citizens towards known people

AuTOGraphy

300

This neurodegenerative disease is named after the German psychiatrist who described its first case in 1906.

Alzheimer

300

This river, about 2,500 kilometres long, is Australia's longest and forms much of the border between New South Wales and Victoria.

Murray River

400

Counting its overseas territories, this country spans more time zones than any other.

France

400

… is a practice where a person draws and designs maps

CarTOGraphy

400

Edward Jenner developed the first vaccine against this disease, which was declared eradicated in 1980.

Smallpox

400

In 1985, the Australian government handed back ownership of this sacred site to its traditional owners, who leased it back as a national park.

Uluru

500

This is the only letter of the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the 50 US states.

Q

500

… is a person aged between 80-89 years old

OcTOGenarian
500

This disease is also named after Gerhard Armauer Hansen, the Norwegian physician who identified its bacterium in 1873.

Leprosy

500

Who owns the largest and longest private railroad network in the world?

BHP and RioTinto