Question

A 2009 book by Alain de Botton depicts his week spent as a “writer-in-residence” at one of these places in London. People wait at one of these places on the cover of a book that begins by considering Pierre Dupont driving to one to illustrate (15[1])their “supermodernity”—that book is Marc Augé’s Non-Places. (15[2])An (15[1])irritating (-5[1])visit to one of these places (15[1])in Cologne (15[1])inspired an album titled for them, (15[2])Brian (15[1])Eno’s (15[2])first (15[2])foray (15[3])into (15[2])ambient (15[1])music. (15[6])In “Disneyland (15[1])with the Death Penalty,” (15[1]-5[1])William Gibson notes the (15[1])(*) immaculacy of one of these places (10[1])in (10[1])Changi whose “Jewel” (10[4]-5[1])sports (10[1])the world’s (-5[1])tallest (10[1])indoor (10[1])waterfall. (10[2]-5[1])Authors like (10[1])Jeffrey Archer pump out long, fast-paced genre “novels” often bought in these places, (10[2])sometimes (10[1])at duty-free stores. (10[2])For 10 points, what places may be identified by three-letter codes like RDU and LAX? (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: airports [accept airport terminals; accept airport novels; accept A Week at the Airport or Music for Airports]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Chris Yooshe limp on my waltz till i feel pathetiqueSocial credit go vroom4415
Nathaniel HullBerkeley ABerkeley Past5115
Michal GerasimiukStanfordBerkeley B5115
Fred GarveyTrumanSquidward Community College5215
Matthew SumanenGeorgia Tech BLambert53-5
Anne FjeldPaddington in Peru (2024)Toyota Tundra Turbos — Twisting Truths - Tackling Trivia - Taming Titans5915
Henry KeatingUCF BUF B6115
Jason HongMadmen and Specialistsbingy academy6715
Chris LevesleyWarwick ASouthampton6715
Ned TagtmeierChicago ASIUE6815
Max KurzmanNorth Carolina BNorth Carolina A6915
Gareth ThorlaksonToronto AToronto Disband the Club 2k246915
Owen IredaleImperial AWarwick C7015
Thomas DellaertALCUAnderson et al.7015
Maude-Sophie LockmanOttawa AbsolomabsolomabsolomWaterloo Aspidistra7115
Andrew WangIllinois BluePurdue A7115
Jason ChengJason et al.Claremont7115
Joy AnHarvardBrandeis B7215
Justine FrenchU[C]SDSGV Ventures7215
Max BrodskyIllinois OrangeChicago B7315
Madeline StrausTufts AMIT7415
Armie ErbanClark HouseBrandeis A7415
Young Fenimore LeeOld and YoungIn the Mood for Buzz7415
Patrick TorreMarylandPitt7415
Asha BasuMcGill AMcMaster ApocolocyntosisBidii7415
Cormac BeirneLSE BLSE A7415
Grace BramerClark WilsonBoston College B7615
Biniam AlaroUF AFlorida Tech80-5
Ben WismathToronto BWaterloo Basic8015
Kevin WangGeorgia Tech AMilton8415
David LatimerImperial BWarwick B9010
Towery McNeilMississippi StateGeorgia Tech C9110
Andres CordobaYaleTufts B94-5
Richard LimBowdoin CBU9410
Thomas GlotfeltyVirginia Tech BVirginia Tech A9410
Ted GanPenn StateRIT9410
Franklin WuToronto Chestnut Rice and KamehamehaCarleton A9410
Edward KimJohns CreekInnovation Academy C9510
Richard LinAmherstBoston College A97-5
Suhit DamaniInnovation Academy BGeorgia Tech D9810
Pranav SrambikkalLambertGeorgia Tech B9910
Charan PratapaneniThe cult of SGAASU->Stanford->ASU pipeline10010
Anthony LovegrenUCF AValencia10010
Rivera RiveraValenciaUCF A100-5
Owyn NoblePurdue BNotre Dame10210
Ishan JoshiToronto Metropolitan AWaterloo Cloze11510
Rachel BenthamCambridge BBristol11510
Matthew AndersenUF CUSF11610
Evan LuccaBowdoin ABowdoin B11910
Issac OjutomoriTufts BYale11910
Richard ZhangBoston College AAmherst13410
Valerie UnzuetaFlorida TechUF A13510