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   Erland Sommarskog to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCISG24 Game 7, Rounds 7-8: a...ol   
   20 Dec 24 20:32:48   
   
   From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > * 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?   
      
   Aeropalynology   
      
   > 2. What field is the study of joints?   
      
   Arthrology   
      
   > 3. What field is the study of ignorance?   
      
   Autecolgy   
      
   > 4. What field is the study of the atmosphere?   
      
   Aerology   
      
   > 5. What field is the study of the planet Mars?   
      
   Astrogeology   
      
   > 8. What is the subject of study of #36, audiology?   
      
   The human listening organs from a medical perspective.   
      
   > 10. What field is the study of truth, or the nature of truth?   
      
   Axiology   
      
   > * 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.   
      
   Bastille   
      
   > 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?   
      
   Sing-Song   
      
      
   > 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.   
      
   San Quentin   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
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