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Question

Answer the following about universities in Australia, for 10 points each.

[10m] This rock names the grouping of the oldest university in each Australian state. In 2019, climbing on a landmark made of this rock was banned out of respect for the Anangu people.

ANSWER: sandstone [accept sandstone universities; prompt on stone]

[10h] This person names a “verdant university” in Sydney and a lighthouse in Sydney Harbour that is the oldest in Australia. Royal penguins nest on an island named for this person halfway between Tasmania and Antarctica.

ANSWER: Lachlan Macquarie [accept Macquarie University; accept Macquarie Lighthouse; accept Macquarie Island]

[10e] The university named for this state is in its capital, Brisbane, and hosts the long-running pitch drop experiment and studies of the Great Barrier Reef off its coast. Like Victoria, this state is named in honor of Victoria.

ANSWER: Queensland [accept University of Queensland]

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Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	5	14.00	80%	40%	20%
Southern California	Main	Y	6	10.00	83%	17%	0%
Eastern Canada	Main	Y	12	14.17	100%	25%	17%
Florida	Main	Y	6	10.00	83%	17%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	7	15.71	100%	57%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	15.00	100%	38%	13%
Upper Mid-Atlantic (1)	Main	Y	11	16.36	100%	55%	9%
Upper Mid-Atlantic (2)	Main	Y	5	18.00	100%	80%	0%
Lower Midwest	Main	Y	4	15.00	100%	25%	25%
Southeast	Main	Y	8	15.00	100%	50%	0%
UK	Main	Y	14	20.00	100%	64%	36%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%

Data


CWRU B	CWRU A	0	10	10
CWRU C	MSU B	10	10	20
Kenyon B	Kenyon A	0	10	10
Pitt A	MSU A	10	10	20
OSU B	OSU A	10	10	20
OSU D	OSU C	0	10	10
Pitt C	CWRU D	10	10	20