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A doctor working for this institution recommended the boiling of a mixture called “rob” after a 1747 experiment with treatments like vitriol and vinegar. The writer Dava Sobel revived the spurious connection of a 1707 disaster for this institution to the creation of a prize-giving board that tested the work of John Harrison. The doctor James Lind pioneered clinical trials while working for this institution, (-5[1])which ran tests of the H4 clock designed to solve the longitude problem. Scientists accompanying this institution’s observation of the transit of Venus (-5[1])coined the name of Botany Bay. This institution undermined its own members by switching to West Indian limes, which lacked enough vitamin C to prevent scurvy. (10[2])For 10 points, name this institution that brought botanists on the voyages of James Cook. ■END■ (10[1]0[1])

ANSWER: Royal Navy [or British Navy; accept English Navy; prompt on navy by asking “of what country?”; prompt on Royal Society by asking “what other institution was the Royal Society working with?”]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Arunn SankarGeorgia Tech BBruin A64-5
Samir SarmaGeorgia Tech DTennessee A87-5
Ian LuGeorgia Tech CAlabama A11310
Beckett GilmoreLouisville AVanderbilt A11310
Alex WyrickTennessee AGeorgia Tech D1290
Jack LewisBruin AGeorgia Tech B12910

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