Q: Microbiology (from Greek , "mikros", "small"; , "bios", "life"; and , "-logia") is the study of microorganisms, those being unicellular (single cell), multicellular (cell colony), or acellular (lacking cells). Microbiology encompasses numerous sub-disciplines including virology, mycology, parasitology, and bacteriology.

Eukaryotic microorganisms possess membrane-bound cell organelles and include fungi and protists, whereas prokaryotic organismsall of which are microorganismsare conventionally classified as lacking membrane-bound organelles and include eubacteria and archaebacteria. Microbiologists traditionally relied on culture, staining, and microscopy. However, less than 1% of the microorganisms present in common environments can be cultured in isolation using current means. Microbiologists often rely on extraction or detection of nucleic acid, either DNA or RNA sequences.

Viruses have been variably classified as organisms, as they have been considered either as very simple microorganisms or very complex molecules. Prions, never considered microorganisms, have been investigated by virologists, however, as the clinical effects traced to them were originally presumed due to chronic viral infections, and virologists took searchdiscovering "infectious proteins".

The existence of microorganisms was predicted many centuries before they were first observed, for example by the Jains in India and by Marcus Terentius Varro in ancient Rome. The first recorded microscope observation was of the fruiting bodies of moulds, by Robert Hooke in 1666, but the Jesuit priest Athanasius Kircher was likely the first to see microbes, which he mentioned observing in milk and putrid material in 1658. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek is considered a father of microbiology as he observed and experimented with microscopic organisms in 1676, using simple microscopes of his own design. Scientific microbiology developed in the 19th century through the work of Louis Pasteur and in medical microbiology Robert Koch.

1. The Greek "mikros", "bios" and "-logia")
2. Mikros is small and bios is life.
3. The study of microorganisms
4. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
5. Athanasius Kircher
6. In milk and putrid material
7. 1658
8. No
9. Robert Hooke
10. The fruiting bodies of moulds
11. In 1666
12. Yes
13. Marcus Terentius Varro
14. Yes

Numbered questions:
1. what are the word roots of "microbiology?"
2. what do they mean?
3. what is microbiology?
4. who is considered the father of the study?
5. who was the first to see microbes?
6. where did he see them?
7. when?
8. was he the first to record a microscope observation?
9. who was?
10. what did he visualize?
11. when?
12. Were they thought to exist before visual proof was found?
13. who in Rome predicted their existance?
14. did anyone in India expect them to exist?

Q: Brunei, officially the Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace (, Jawi: ), is a sovereign state located on the north coast of the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. Apart from its coastline with the South China Sea, the country is completely surrounded by the Malaysian state of Sarawak. It is separated into two parts by the Sarawak district of Limbang. Brunei is the only sovereign state completely on the island of Borneo; the remainder of the island's territory is divided between the nations of Malaysia and Indonesia. Brunei's population was in .

At the peak of the Bruneian Empire, Sultan Bolkiah (reigned 14851528) is alleged to have had control over most regions of Borneo, including modern-day Sarawak and Sabah, as well as the Sulu Archipelago off the northeast tip of Borneo, Seludong (modern-day Manila), and the islands off the northwest tip of Borneo. The maritime state was visited by Spain's Magellan Expedition in 1521 and fought against Spain in the 1578 Castilian War.

During the 19th century, the Bruneian Empire began to decline. The Sultanate ceded Sarawak (Kuching) to James Brooke and installed him as the White Rajah, and it ceded Sabah to the British North Borneo Chartered Company. In 1888, Brunei became a British protectorate and was assigned a British resident as colonial manager in 1906. After the Japanese occupation during World War II, in 1959 a new constitution was written. In 1962, a small armed rebellion against the monarchy was ended with the help of the British.

1. Nation of Brunei
2. Southeast Asia
3. South China Sea
4. 14851528
5. Sarawak and Sabah

Numbered questions:
1. What is the official name of Brunei?
2. Where is it geographically?
3. What body of water is it by?
4. When did Sultan Bolkaih rule?
5. What modern day areas did he rule over?

Q: (CNN) -- Doc Watson, the bluegrass music legend from Appalachia who was renowned for his flatpicking and fingerstyle technique on the acoustic guitar, died Tuesday at a hospital in North Carolina, according to Mary Katherine Aldin of Folklore Productions, which represented the singer. He was 89.

Watson, a Grammy winning musician who was blinded after birth, had been struggling to recover from May 24 colon surgery and then a followup procedure two days later. The Winston-Salem Journal had reported that Watson's family was called to his bedside Sunday at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center after he took a turn for the worse.

The website of Folklore Productions, which is run by the singer's representative, Mitch Greenhill, had been providing updates on his difficult recovery.

Watson, who jumped onto the music scene in the early 1960s, is considered influential among folk musicians for his brand of bluegrass, blues, country and gospel music. He won seven Grammy awards and, in 2004, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. He was inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame in 2010.

"Watson's immense talent and spirit will be deeply missed, and our sincerest sympathies go out to his family, friends and all who were inspired by his music," said a statement from Neil Portnow, president/CEO of The Recording Academy, which awards the Grammys.

Watson, whose mother sang around the house and whose father was a banjo player and vocalist who led the singing at their Baptist church, was a fingerstyle player who used a thumbpick for bass and a fingerpick for the treble strings -- a "two-finger" style that was self-taught.

1. Doc Watson
2. in the early 1960s
3. 89
4. No
5. at a hospital
6. his family
7. The website of Folklore Productions
8. Folklore Productions
9. acoustic guitar
10. Yes
11. Seven
12. Yes
13. unknown
14. North Carolina Music Hall of Fame
15. 2010
16. colon surgery
17. Yes
18. bluegrass
19. Appalachia
20. a "two-finger" style

Numbered questions:
1. Who is the subject of the story?
2. When did come to prominence in the music business?
3. How old was he?
4. Did he die at home?
5. Where was he?
6. Who was with him when he passed?
7. What website has been used to provide updates on Docs condition?
8. Who represents the recording artist?
9. What instrument did he play?
10. Did he win any awards?
11. How many?
12. Any other accolades?
13. What was his greatest one?
14. Who inducted him into their Hall of Fame?
15. What year?
16. What caused his death?
17. Was he blind?
18. What genre of music did he play?
19. Where was he from?
20. What style was self-learned?