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I think it was something to do with the books of the New Testament and their first words, but I can't find it now.

B

Since you can't remember, may I suggest another one? This is really easy, just a teaser.

Jon Quixote - "Is it 'In'?" - that sounds a bit suggestive!

I think I spelt something wrong there. Nevermind, suggest away.

so do you want to hear my new quiz?

Shoot.

B

ok. What word has 5 pronouns in it?

'Anathema' has four, I think.

B

I'm not sure if "a", "an", and "the" count as pronouns - they're articles, really.

By pronouns, do you mean: I, you, he, she, it, we, they, me, him, her, us, them?

If so, then "Ushering" has us, she, he, her and I for five.

You are correct! I would accept both ushers and ushering for that quiz.

ushers: us, she, he, her, hers
ushering: us, she, he, her, I

told ya it was an easy one...

I'm looking for 26 Ologies which relate to the subjects below (e.g. Birds = OrnithOLOGY). Each Ology starts with a different letter of the alphabet.

I've tried to pick well-known ones, but some letters were difficult to match, and these may be a little obscure. The last two are qualified with proper names.

Please post all 26...


1. Alien biology and cultures
2. Animals
3. Arthropod infestations on corpses (2 words)
4. Celestial bodies
5. Cells
6. Chinese history, language and culture
7. Cultivation of the Cinchona tree
8. Cyberspace
9. Dating wood by measuring the rings
10. Deception
11. Deformation and flow of matter
12. Derivation and signification of words
13. Diseases of the old
14. Ears
15. Fish
16. Flags
17. Fungi
18. Geometrical properties and spatial relations
19. Kidneys
20. Language and literature
21. Living tissue
22. Mankind
23. Microbes
24. Organisms and their environment
25. Psychoanalysis, using the methods of a well-known Zurich-based psychiatrist (2 words)
26. Structured systems analysis, using the methods of a well known US systems engineer (2 words)

I can manage some, but not all. And I've got two As.

You can read that two ways - did you mean two A's in your answers, or in your exam results?

I had two A's, then I swapped one for a dubious X. (Not my exam results).

I swapped an A for a C, but then I found another C, so I don't know what to do with the C that used to be an A. I've got a dubious X as well.

For the record I've got A CDEFG K NO S X Z.

"I've got a dubious X as well."

No, is that your answer, or a statement about relationships? :-p

Actually, I could answer yes to either version...

Argh! I have them all except K. Is that the deception one, the deception being there isn't a word for it?

After much gnashing of teeth, here's my final answer...

Anthropology (22)
Bacteriology (23)
Cytology (5)
Dendrochronology (9)
Ecology (24)
Forensic Entomology (3)
Gerontology (13)
Histology (21)
Ichthyology (15)
Jungian Psychology (25)
Kidology (10)
Lexicology (12)
Mycology (17)
Nephrology (19)
Otology (14)
Philology (20)
Quinology (7)
Rheology (11)
Sinology (6)
Topology (18)
Uranology (4)
Vexillology (16)
Webology (8)
Xenobiology (1)
Yourdon Methodology (26)
Zoology (2)