\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1}Introduction}{2} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {2}Fano Threefolds}{6} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {3}A Chow ring calculation}{9} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {4}The argument via monodromy}{14} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.1}Generalities about quartic K3's}{15} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.2}Analysis of the points of $C_H \cap L$}{17} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {5}Rational points on quartic surfaces}{20} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {6}An example: the Fermat quartic}{24} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {7}Quartic threefolds}{26} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {8}Other elliptic surfaces}{29}