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   Dan Tilque to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCISG24 Game 7, Rounds 7-8: a...ol   
   20 Dec 24 04:39:51   
   
   From: dtilque@frontier.com   
      
   On 12/20/24 02:22, Mark Brader wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 7, Round 7 - Science - "A" Fields of Study   
   >   
   > In this round, we look at these fields of study that all begin with the   
   > letter A:   
   >   
   >       1. Acarology           21. Anthropobiology   
   >       2. Acology             22. Anthropology   
   >       3. Actinobiology       23. Anthrozoology   
   >       4. Adenology           24. Apiology   
   >       5. Aerobiology         25. Arachnology   
   >       6. Aerolithology       26. Archaeology   
   >       7. Aerology            27. Archelogy   
   >       8. Aeropalynology      28. Archology   
   >       9. Agniology           29. Areology   
   >      10. Agriology           30. Aristology   
   >      11. Agroecology         31. Aromachology   
   >      12. Agrology            32. Arthrology   
   >      13. Agrostology         33. Astacology   
   >      14. Alethiology         34. Asteroseismology   
   >      15. Algology            35. Astrogeology   
   >      16. Allergology         36. Audiology   
   >      17. Anasthesiology      37. Autecology   
   >      18. Andrology           38. Autology   
   >      19. Anemology           39. Auxology   
   >      20. Angiology           40. Axiology   
   >   
   > Where we ask for a field, you can give the number, the name, or both.   
   >   
   > 1. What field is the study of winds?   
      
   anemology   
      
   > 2. What field is the study of joints?   
   > 3. What field is the study of ignorance?   
      
   agniology   
      
   > 4. What field is the study of the atmosphere?   
      
   aerology   
      
   > 5. What field is the study of the planet Mars?   
      
   areology   
      
   > 6. What is the subject of study of #38, autology?   
   > 7. What is the subject of study of #24, apiology?   
      
   bees   
      
   > 8. What is the subject of study of #36, audiology?   
      
   hearing   
      
   > 9. What is the subject of study of #6, aerolithology?   
      
   wind erosion   
      
   > 10. What field is the study of truth, or the nature of truth?   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 7, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - Famous Prisons and Jails   
   >   
   > 1. This famous castle was founded in 1066, and it's estimated that   
   >     its main keep, the White Tower, was completed by 1100.  It was   
   >     used as a prison from 1100 to 1952, when the Kray twins were   
   >     the last prisoners kept here.  What's it called?   
      
   Tower of London   
      
   >   
   > 2. This fortress was built during the Hundred Years' War, and   
   >     was later used as a political prison by the kings of France.   
   >     It was stormed by revolutionaries in July 1789, and subsequently   
   >     demolished.  Name it.   
      
   Bastile   
      
   >   
   > 3. Hoa Lo prison was originally used by French colonists as a   
   >     political prison.  It was later notoriously used to hold   
   >     American POW's.  What is the sarcastic nickname this prison   
   >     was known by during the Vietnam War?   
      
   Hanoi Hilton   
      
   >   
   > 4. Nelson Mandela was this South African prison's most famous   
   >     inmate.  Name the prison where he was held for 18 of his 27   
   >     years' imprisonment.   
   >   
   > 5. The United States Disciplinary Barracks is the US only military   
   >     maximum security prison.  It's located at which army base   
   >     in Kansas?   
      
   Leavenworth   
      
   >   
   > 6. The Château d'If is an island fortress offshore from Marseille,   
   >     and was used as a prison until the end of the 19th century.   
   >     Edmond Dantès was imprisoned here in *which Alexandre Dumas   
   >     novel*, published in 1844?   
      
   The Count of Monte Cristo   
      
   >   
   > 7. This island prison in California closed in 1963, and is now a   
   >     tourist attraction.  Some of its most notorious inmates included   
   >     Al Capone and Machine Gun Kelly.  Name it.   
      
   Alcatraz   
      
   >   
   > 8. Name New York City's largest jail, located in the East River   
   >     in the Bronx.   
      
   Rikers Island   
      
   >   
   > 9. Johnny Cash played San Quentin Prison in California most   
   >     famously in 1969.  However, his first concert there was in 1958.   
   >     Which future outlaw country star was a 20-year old inmate in   
   >     the 1958 audience?   
   >   
   > 10. Millhaven Prison, near Kingston, was opened in 1971 to replace   
   >     Kingston Penitentiary.  Which Tragically Hip song mentions   
   >     Millhaven in its opening lines?   
   >   
      
   --   
   Dan Tilque   
      
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