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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              --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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