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The Great Barrier Reef Trivia

Dive into the world's largest living structure and prove you're more than just a tourist looking for Nemo.

EXAMPLE QUESTIONS

Unlike many shark species that must stay in constant motion, whitetip reef sharks rest during the day to hunt at what specific time?

Night

What specifically is the primary environmental driver causing corals to expel their symbiotic algae and undergo mass bleaching events?

Rising ocean temperatures

Roughly 12,000 years ago, rising sea levels flooded the Bassian Plain and permanently separated Tasmania from which larger landmass?

Australia

Covering approximately 344,400 square kilometers, this massive coral system is roughly the same geographic size as which East Asian island nation?

Japan

In 1770, which British explorer's ship, the HMS Endeavour, famously ran aground on the reef near modern-day Queensland?

James Cook