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1. In 1961, London saw the founding of an organisation which aims to prevent violations of human rights. Which organisation uses the symbol of a candle surrounded by barbed wire?
2. Put on your wigs, spray your hair green, plait it, tease it, put it in a crazy beehive, for it's Crazy Hair Day in Australia! This special day encourages people to go nuts with their hair and turn up to work, school or social functions with outrageous hair styles. Research into which deadly disease which affects children receives the proceeds from Crazy Hair Day?
3. It's morning tea time. It's bigger than normal though. It's Australia's Biggest Morning Tea. Participants are asked to host a morning tea and invite friends and family to join them while donating a sum of money to a worthy cause. The cause in question is medical research into a disease that can affect anyone from neonates to the elderly. What disease is this?
4. Research into Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and the care of parents and families who have lost a child to this hideous disease has come on in leaps and bounds thanks to the SIDS and Kids organisation in Australia. This organisation has raised money by asking people to wear an item of clothing normally associated with a clown and happy times rather than the loss of a child. What part of a clown's outfit is sold to raise money?
5. One of the goals of Mission Australia is to assist in the care of the homeless. A fundraising event is held every winter, to which people such as business executives from the posh end of town, celebrities, and every day people gather in a central location in a city and spend time together while amassing money for Mission Australia. In which sponsored activity do these people participate in order to raise money?
6. Tired of wearing a suit and tie to work? Sick of that uniform? There's one day of the work year when it's ok to wear something you normally wouldn't. Raising money for research into genes and genetic therapies means you don a casual, civilian item of clothing and gather up some cold, hard cash. What should you wear to raise money for research into genes on the first Friday in August in Australia?
7. We've probably all seen the red ribbons worn for AIDS/HIV research, and the pink ribbon for breast cancer awareness. In Australia, a teal ribbon can be purchased and worn to raise money for another illness, this one affecting only women. Which of these diseases raises money for research and awareness through teal ribbons?
8. What's this? You get to eat a burger and help sick children and their families? It doesn't get any better than this! McDonald's restaurants in Australia have a day in which a portion of their revenue is donated to Ronald McDonald House Charities. What is the day called?
9. Epilepsy Australia raises money for research and education by asking people to wear an item of clothing of a particular colour for a day. Donations are then given to the foundation. Which royal colour is the colour chosen for this cause?
10. Canteen is an organisation dedicated to improving the lives of teenagers and young adults with cancer in Australia. They asked for the donation of something many people had lying around unused in their drawers at home. Worth little to the owner but valuable when recycled, Canteen asked people to donate which redundant item in people's homes?
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