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<b><u>local compactness</u></b> [or <b><u>locally compact</u></b>; reject “compact”]
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Thích <b><u>Nhất Hạnh</u></b> (“tick nyat hahn”) [or <b><u>Nguyễn Xuân Bảo</u></b>; prompt on <u>Thích</u> or <u>Thay</u>; prompt on <u>Nguyen</u>; prompt on <u>Nhất</u> or <u>Hạnh</u> alone]
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<b><u>acetylcholinesterase</u></b> [or <b><u>AChE</u></b> or <b><u>AChase</u></b>; accept acetylcholine <b><u>acetylhydrolase</u></b>; reject “acetylcholine” or “ACh”]
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Gerard Manley <b><u>Hopkins</b></u>
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<b><u>Senesino</u></b> [or Francesco <b><u>Berardi</u></b>]
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<b><u>Pan-African</u></b>ism [accept <b><u>Panafrica</u></b>; prompt on <em>My Name is <u>Afrika</em></u>]
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Italian <b><u>universities</b></u> [accept medieval <b><u>universities</b></u>; accept <b><u>colleges</b></u> or <b><u><em>studia</b></u> generalia</em>; prompt on <u>schools</u>]
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<b><u>augmented second</u></b> [prompt on <u>second</u>]
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Book of <b><u>Kells</u></b> [prompt on Book of <u>Columba</u>]
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Gustave <b><u>Flaubert</u></b> (“flo-BAIR”)
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Ryūnosuke <b><u>Akutagawa</u></b> [or <b><u>Akutagawa</u></b> Ryūnosuke]
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<b><u>gravitational wave</u></b>s [or <b><u>GW</u></b>s; reject “gravity waves”]
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19<b><u>80</b></u>s [or años <b><u>ochenta</b></u> or anos <b><u>oitenta</b></u>]
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<b><u><em>Mycoplasma</em></u></b> [accept <b><u><em>Acholeplasma</em></u></b>; accept <b><u><em>Mycoplasma</u></b> genitalium</em> or <b><u><em>Mycoplasmoides</u></b> genitalium</em>; prompt on <u>Mollicutes</u>; prompt on <u>pleuropneumonia</u>-like organisms until “pleuropneumoniae” is read]
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<b><u><em>Buffy</u></b> the Vampire Slayer</em> [accept <b><u><em>Buffy</em></u></b> studies or <b><u>Buffy</u></b>ology] (The nearly-dialogueless episode is “Hush.”)
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Dan <b><u>White</b></u> [or Daniel James <b><u>White</b></u>; accept <b><u>White</b></u> Night riots]
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<b><u>Vietnamese</u></b> [or <b><u>tiếng Việt</u></b>] (The rhyme scheme is known as <em>Lục bát</em>.)
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<b><u>harp</u></b> [or concert <b><u>harp</u></b> or double-action pedal <b><u>harp</u></b>; accept Aeolian <b><u>harp</u></b>]
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George <b><u>Herbert</u></b> (The poems whose titles are not dropped are “Mattens,” “The Pearl,” and “The Church Porch.”)
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<b><u>adiabatic accessibility</u></b> [accept <b><u>adiathermal accessibility</u></b>]
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<b><u>sex</u></b>ology [or human <b><u>sex</u></b>uality; accept <b><u>sex</u></b> research; accept <b><u>sex</u></b>uality or <b><u>sex</u></b>ual orientation; accept <b><u>sex</u></b>ual behavior; reject “gender studies” or “transgender studies”]
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Gartner <b><u>hype</u></b> cycle [or Gartner <b><u>hype</u></b> curve; prompt on Gartner model of technology <u>adoption</u>; prompt on <u>technological trigger</u> or <u>innovation trigger</u> or <u>slope of enlightenment</u> by asking “what larger model are those a part of?”]
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<b><u>water wave</u></b>s [accept any body of <b><u>water</u></b> so long as they say <b><u>wave</u></b>s; accept <b><u>soliton</u></b>s until read; accept <b><u>surface wave</u></b>s or (surface) <b><u>gravity wave</u></b>s or <b><u>wind wave</u></b>s or <b><u>breaking wave</u></b>s or deep <b><u>water wave</u></b>s or intermediate <b><u>water wave</u></b>s or shallow <b><u>water wave</u></b>s; accept <b><u>breaker</u></b>s until “break” is read; prompt on <u>wave</u>s by asking “in what medium?”] (The first line is the Benjamin-Ono equation. The third line is the depth parameter. The differential equation is KdV.)
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<b><u>Shanxi</u></b> (“shahn-shee”) AND <b><u>Shaanxi</u></b> (“shahn-shee”) [or <b><u>Shānxī</u></b> AND <b><u>Shǎnxī</u></b>]
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<b><u>dog</u></b>s [accept <em>My <b><u>Dog</u></b> Tulip</em>; accept <b><u>Alsatian</u></b> or <b><u>German Shepherd</u></b> or fox <b><u>terrier</u></b>; accept <em>Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the <b><u>Dog</u></b>)</em>]
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Jean <b><u>Giraudoux</b></u> (“zhee-roh-DOO”) [or Hippolyte Jean <b><u>Giraudoux</b></u>]
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<b><u><em>t</em></u></b>-sub-<b><u>2<em>g</em></u></b> OR <b><u><em>e</em></u></b>-sub-<b><u><em>g</b></u></em>
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<b><u>LoxP</u></b> [accept <b><u>locus of x-over, P1</u></b>; accept more specific answers like <b><u>LoxPsym</u></b> that include “<b><u>loxP</u></b>”; prompt on Cre-<u>Lox</u>]
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Kingdom of <b><u>Jaffna</u></b> [or <b><u>Yāḻppāṇam</u></b> (“YARP-pah-num”) or <b><u>Yāpanaya</u></b>]
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<b><u>fall</u></b> of <b><u>Troy</u></b> [or equivalents of the <b><u>sack</u></b>, <b><u>burn</u></b>ing, or <b><u>taking</u></b> of <b><u>Troy</u></b>; or <b><u>Book II</u></b> of the <b><u><em>Aeneid</em></u></b> until “Book II” is read; accept <b><u>Ilium</u></b> or <b><u>Ilios</u></b> in place of “Troy”; prompt on <u>Trojan</u> War; prompt on <u>Book II</u> by asking “of what poem?”]
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<b><u>Boyd</u></b> [accept Benjamin <b><u>Boyd</u></b> or <b><u>Boyd</u></b> Town; accept <em>The <b><u>Boyd</em></u></b> or <b><u><em>Boyd</em></u></b> massacre]
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<b><u>onset</b></u>
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Geoffrey <b><u>Pullum</u></b> [or Geoffrey Keith <b><u>Pullum</u></b>] (Pullum originally titled the essay “The Great Eskimo Vocabulary Hoax.”)
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<b><u>turquoise</u></b> [or <b><u>mefkat</u></b> or <b><u>mafkat</u></b> or <b><u>mfk’t</u></b>]
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<b><u>Pāla</u></b> dynasty [accept <b><u>Pāla</u></b> Empire]
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<b><u>Hindu</u></b>ism [accept <b><u>Vaishnavi</u></b>sm; accept <b><u>Hindu</u></b> caste system] (The first two poems are “Hamatreya” and “Brahma,” both by Ralph Waldo Emerson. The book is <em>Walden</em>.)
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<b><u>youth orchestra</b></u>s [or <b><u>youth symphonies</b></u>; accept World <b><u>Youth Symphony</b></u> Orchestra; accept New York <b><u>Youth Symphony</b></u>; accept the National <b><u>Youth Orchestra</b></u> of the USA; accept Teresa Carreño <b><u>Youth Orchestra</b></u>; accept Simón Bolívar <b><u>Youth Orchestra</b></u>; prompt on <u>orchestra</u>s or <u>symphony</u> orchestras; prompt on <u>youth ensemble</u>s; prompt on equivalent descriptions that indicate <u>orchestra</u>s for <u>young</u> people by asking “what is the term for that type of orchestra?”; prompt on musical <u>training program</u>s, <u>music ed</u>ucation <u>program</u>s, or <u>pre-college program</u>s by asking “what specific part of those programs?”; prompt on <u>El Sistema</u> orchestras until “El Sistema” is read; reject “college orchestras” or answers that indicate an orchestra affiliated with a university or conservatory]
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Diego <b><u>Rivera</u></b> [or Diego María Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la <b><u>Rivera</u></b> y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez]
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<b><u>mode</u></b>s [accept normal <b><u>mode</u></b>s or <b><u>mode</u></b>-locking]
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<b><u>Mediterranean</u></b> Sea [accept <em>The <b><u>Mediterranean</u></b> World in Late Antiquity</em>; accept <em>A <b><u>Mediterranean</u></b> Society</em>; accept <em>The <b><u>Mediterranean</u></b> and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II</em> or <em>La <b><u>Méditerranée</u></b> et le Monde méditerranéen à l’époque de Philippe II</em>] (The second sentence refers to <em>The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II</em>.)
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<b><u>conservation of energy</b></u> [or <b><u>energy conservation</b></u> or descriptions that <b><u>energy</b></u> is <b><u>conserve</b></u>d; accept <b><u>mass-energy conservation</b></u>; accept <b><u>conservation of energy and momentum</b></u> or <b><u>energy-momentum conservation</b></u>; accept <b><u>first law of thermodynamics</b></u> until “first law” is read; accept descriptions that <b><u>energy</b></u> is <b><u>convert</b></u>ed from one form to another, such as “<b><u>potential energy</b></u> is <b><u>convert</b></u>ed into <b><u>kinetic energy</b></u>”; prompt on <u>first law</u> until “first law” is read; reject “mass-energy equivalence” or “conservation of mass” or “conservation of momentum”]
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<b><u>Gold Coast</u></b> [prompt on <u>Ghana</u>]
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<b><u>backtrack</u></b>ing
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<b><u>Milt</u></b> [or <b><u>Milton</u></b>; accept <b><u>Milt</u></b> Hinton; accept <b><u>Milton</u></b> John Hinton; accept <b><u>Milton</u></b> Jackson]
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<b><u>strange</u></b> quark [or <b><u>sideways</u></b> quark; accept <b><u>strange</u></b>ness or <b><u>strange</u></b> matter or <b><u>strange</u></b>lets; accept <b><u>s</u></b> quark; reject “squark”]
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German <b><u>Peasants’ War</u></b> [or German <b><u>Peasants’ Revolt</u></b>; or <em>Deutscher <b><u>Bauernkrieg</em></u></b>; accept <em>The <b><u>Peasant War</u></b> in Germany</em>; reject “English Peasants’ Revolt”] (In the 1980s, East Germany commissioned a massive depiction of the German Peasants’ War. Thomas Müntzer was said to have replied “<em>omnia sunt communia</em>” to his torturers, who interrogated his motivations. The song “Wir sind des Geyers schwarzer Haufen” is about Florian Geyer.)
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waving the <b><u>bloody shirt</u></b> [or <b><u>bloody shirt</u></b> campaigns]
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<b><u>adiabatic</u></b> [or <b><u>adiabatic</u></b> processes; or <b><u>adiabatic</u></b> invariants; or <b><u>adiabatic</u></b> theorem; or <b><u>adiabatic</u></b> index; the formula in the first line is the Landau-Zener formula]
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Karl Friedrich <b><u>Gauss</u></b> [accept <b><u>Gaussian</u></b> basis sets, <b><u>Gaussian</u></b> orbitals, <b><u>Gaussian</u></b>s, <b><u>Gaussian</u></b> Inc., or <b><u>Gaussian</u></b> 82]
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<b><u>Cahokia</b></u>
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<b><u>Indianapolis</b></u>, Indiana
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<b><u><em>Harakiri</em></u></b> [or <b><u><em>Seppuku</em></u></b>]
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Emperor <b><u>Taizong</u></b> of Tang [or <b><u>Li Shimin</u></b>; prompt on <u>Li</u>]
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“<b><u><em>Gharbzadegi</em></u></b>” (“garb-zad-ay-GHEE”) [accept “<b><u>Westoxication</u></b>,” “<b><u>Westoxification</u></b>,” “<b><u>Disease of Westernism</u></b>,” “<b><u>Occidentalization</u></b>,” “<b><u>Occidentosis</u></b>,” “<b><u>Weststruckness</u></b>,” or “<b><u>Weststrucktedness</u></b>”; or “<b><u>Plagued by the West</u></b>”; or “<b><u>Westitis</u></b>”; or “<b><u>Euromania</u></b>”; accept translations combining <b><u>Occident</u></b> or <b><u>West</u></b> with <b><u>Plague</u></b>, <b><u>Disease</u></b>, or <b><u>Sickness</u></b>]
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<b><u>Wisconsin</u></b> [or <b><u>Wisconsin</u></b> Territory] (The third sentence refers to Lincoln’s “Address Before the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society.”)
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<b><u><em>Miranda</b></u> v. Arizona</em> [accept <b><u>Miranda</b></u> warnings or <b><u>Miranda</b></u> rights; accept “<b><u>Miranda</b></u>’s Social Cost”]
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<b><u>affluence</b></u> [or word forms like <b><u>affluent</b></u>; accept <em>The <b><u>Affluent</b></u> Worker</em>; accept <em>The <b><u>Affluent</b></u> Society</em>; accept <b><u>affluenza</b></u>]
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Ancient <b><u>Greece</b></u> [or <b><u>Greek</b></u> culture; accept <b><u>Greek</b></u> Dark Ages or <b><u>Greek</b></u> Archaic Period]
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Phyllis <b><u>Schlafly</u></b> (“SHLAFF-lee”) [or Phyllis Stewart <b><u>Schlafly</u></b>; or Phyllis <b><u>Stewart</u></b> or Phyllis McAlpin <b><u>Stewart</u></b>] (The Women Who Want to be Women organized the Pro-Family Rally in response to the National Women’s Conference.)
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<b><u><em>Foucault’s Pendulum</em></u></b> [or <em>Il <b><u>pendolo di Foucault</em></u></b>]
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<b><u>magic</u></b> numbers
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Giulio <b><u>Romano</u></b> [or <b><u>Giulio</u></b> Romano or Giulio <b><u>Pippi</u></b>]
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<b><u>Parmenides</u></b> of Elea
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<b><u>Hangul</u></b> [or <b><u>Hangeul</u></b>; or <b><u>Chosongeul</u></b>; accept <b><u>Korean alphabet</u></b> or <b><u>Korean script</u></b>; prompt on <u>Korean</u>; prompt on <u>alphabet</u> or <u>script</u>]
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cell <b><u>lysis</u></b> [accept <b><u>lysozyme</u></b>; prompt on cell <u>death</u>]
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<b><u>Papua New Guinea</u></b> [or Independent State of <b><u>Papua New Guinea</u></b> or Independen Stet bilong <b><u>Papua Niugini</u></b> or Gau Hedinarai ai <b><u>Papua Matamata</u></b>-Guinea]
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<b><u>France</u></b> [or Kingdom of <b><u>France</u></b>] (The practice of senior physicians wearing longer coats originates from French barber-surgeons. The second line refers to the Pitié-Salpêtrière. The fourth line refers to Guy de Chauliac. The fifth line refers to Ambroise Paré.)
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<b><u>tying</u></b> a <b><u>camel</u></b> [accept a <b><u>camel’s rope</u></b>; accept variants on the phrase “trust in Allah, but <b><u>tie your camel</u></b>”; prompt on answers like <u>tying</u> or <u>roping</u> without mentioning an animal; prompt on answers like using a <u>camel</u>]
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H. A. <b><u>Janssen</u></b> [accept <b><u>Janssen</u></b> model or <b><u>Janssen</u></b>’s law]
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<b><u>contradiction</b></u>s [or <b><u>contradictories</b></u>; accept <b><u>false statement</b></u>s or other descriptions of <b><u>statement</b></u>s that are <b><u>not true</b></u>; accept law of non-<b><u>contradiction</b></u> or principle of non-<b><u>contradiction</b></u>; prompt on <u>paradox</u>es]
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<b><u>SALC</u></b>s (“salks”) [or <b><u>symmetry-adapted linear combination</u></b>s; prompt on <u>LCAO</u>s or <u>linear combinations of atomic orbital</u>s; reject “atomic orbitals” or “orbitals”]
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<b><u>Gortyn</u></b> [or <b><u>Gortyn</u></b>a; or <b><u>Gortys</u></b>]
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<b><u>Vespasian</b></u> [or Titus Flavius <b><u>Vespasian</b></u>us]
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<b><u>Voltaire</u></b> [or François-Marie d’<b><u>Arouet</u></b>] (Bakunin wrote that “If God really existed, it would be necessary to abolish him.”)
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<b><u>walk</u></b>ing in <b><u>beauty</u></b> [accept “She <b><u>Walks in Beauty</u></b>”]
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<b><u>recursively enumerable</u></b> [reject “recursive”]
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Charles Sanders <b><u>Peirce</u></b> (“purse”) [or C. S. <b><u>Peirce</u></b>]
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<b><u>season</u></b>s [accept <b><u><em>kisetsu</em></u></b>; accept <b><u>season</u></b> word; accept <b><u>autumn</u></b> or <b><u>spring</u></b>; accept <b><u><em>aki</em></u></b> or <b><u><em>haru</em></u></b>; accept “<b><u>Spring</u></b> View”; prompt on periods of <u>time</u>; reject “winter” or “summer” ] (Clues include the <em>Shūishū</em> and <em>Kokinshū</em>, <em>honkadori</em>, Yasunari Kawabata’s Nobel Lecture, and <em>The Diary of Lady Murasaki</em>.)
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postage <b><u>stamp</u></b>s [prompt on <u>envelope</u>s or <u>mail</u> or <u>postage</u>] (The system was Uniform Penny Postage.)
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<b><u>ambiguity</u></b> [accept <b><u>uncertain</u></b>ty, <b><u>nuance</u></b>d, <b><u>unclear</u></b>, <b><u>lack</u></b> of <b><u>clarity</u></b>, or synonyms; accept <b><u>ambiguous</u></b> images, situational <b><u>ambiguity</u></b>, <b><u>ambiguous</u></b> loss, <b><u>ambiguity</u></b> tolerance, intolerance of <b><u>ambiguity</u></b>, <b><u>uncertain</u></b>ty avoidance, or <em>The Flight from <b><u>Ambiguity</em></u></b>; prompt on <u>ambivalence</u> or <u>ambivalent</u>; prompt on <u>TA</u> or <u>UA</u>I by asking “what does that stand for?”; reject “risk”]
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<b><u>Ottoman sultan</b></u>s [accept word forms such as <b><u>sultan</b></u> of the <b><u>Ottoman</b></u> Empire; accept <b><u>Caesar of Rum</b></u> or <b><u>Kayser-i-Rum</b></u>; accept <b><u>emperor</b></u>s, <b><u>padishah</b></u>, or <b><u>badshah</b></u> in place of “sultan”; prompt on <u>sultan</u>, <u>emperor</u>, or <u>padishah</u> alone by asking “of what?”; prompt on <u>ruler</u>s of the Ottoman Empire; reject “king”, “caliph”, or “emir”]
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<b><u>trompe l’oeil</u></b> (“tromp LOY”)
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<b><u>United States</b></u> [or <b><u>America</b></u> or <b><u>US</b></u> or <b><u>USA</b></u> or <b><u>United States</b></u> of America] (Harriet Hosmer sculpted <em>Zenobia in Chains</em>.)
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<b><u>face</u></b> [accept “lose <b><u>face</u></b>,” “save <b><u>face</u></b>,” “give <b><u>face</u></b>,” or word forms of any of those non-underlined terms; accept <b><u>miàn</u></b>zi or <b><u>liǎn</u></b> until each is read; accept <b><u>face</u></b>work, <b><u>face</u></b>-to-face interactions, “On <b><u>Face</u></b>-Work,” or <b><u>face</u></b>-threatening acts; prompt on <u>honor</u>, <u>prestige</u>, <u>reputation</u>, social <u>standing</u>, social <u>status</u>, <u>dignity</u>, <u>respect</u>, self-<u>worth</u>, <u>moral</u>ity, or equivalents of any until “reputation” is read] (Smith wrote <em>Chinese Characteristics</em>.)
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<b><u>Digambar</b></u>as (“dig-UM-buh-ruhs”) [or <b><u>sky-clad</b></u>; prompt on <u>Jain</u>ism, <u>Jain</u>s, <u>Jain</u>a, or <u>Jain</u> Dharma until “Jainism” is read]
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<b><u>cage</u></b> [accept <b><u>caged</u></b> compounds or <b><u>cage</u></b> effect]
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<b><u>Venice</u></b> AND <b><u>Milan</u></b> [accept <b><u>Venezia</u></b> in place of “Venice”; accept <b><u>Milano</u></b> in place of “Milan”]
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<b><u>schlieren</u></b> photography [or <b><u>schlieren</u></b> imaging]
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<b><u>viscosity</b></u> [accept <b><u>viscosity</b></u> solution, method of vanishing <b><u>viscosity</b></u>, volume <b><u>viscosity</b></u>, bulk <b><u>viscosity</b></u>, kinematic <b><u>viscosity</b></u>, shear <b><u>viscosity</b></u> coefficient, or second <b><u>viscosity</b></u> coefficient] (The Stokes hypothesis is the assumption that bulk viscosity, which equals the shear viscosity coefficient plus two-thirds times the second viscosity coefficient, equals zero.)
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<b><u>pilgrim</u></b>s [or holy <b><u>palmer</u></b>s; accept “To Be a <b><u>Pilgrim</u></b>,” <b><u><em>Pilgrim</u></b>’s Progress</em>, or <em>The Passionate <b><u>Pilgrim</em></u></b>]
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<b><u>Diocletian</u></b> [or Gaius Aurelius Valerius <b><u>Diocletianus</u></b>; or <b><u>Diokletianós</u></b>; accept <b><u>Diocles</u></b>; prompt on <u>Jovius</u>] (The first sentence refers to Diocletian’s killing of Aper in the <em>Historia Augusta</em>.)
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<b><u>sea star</b></u>s [or <b><u>starfish</b></u>; accept <b><u>Asteroidea</b></u> or <b><u>asteroid</b></u>s until read; accept specific <b><u>sea star</b></u>s like the crown of thorns, purple, or common <b><u>sea star</b></u>s; accept <b><u>sea cucumber</b></u>s until “bipinnaria” is read; prompt on <u>echinoderm</u>ata until read; reject “brittle stars”]
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<b><u><em>Dracula</em></u></b> (The sequel is <em>Dracula’s Daughter</em>.)
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Martin <b><u>Van Buren</u></b> (His Secretary of War was Joel Roberts Poinsett.)
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<em>The <b><u>Creation</em></u></b> [or <em>Die <b><u>Schöpfung</em></u></b>] (by Franz Joseph Haydn)
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<b><u><em>bucchero</em></u></b> (“BOO-kay-roh”) ware [or <b><u><em>bucchero</em></u></b> <em>sotile</em>; or <b><u><em>bucchero</u></b> pesante</em>]
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<b><u>names</u></b> [or School of <b><u>Names</u></b> or <b><u><em>Xíngmíngjiā</em></u></b>]
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William <b><u>Morris</b></u>
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<b><u>Honolulu</u></b>, Hawaii [or City and County of <b><u>Honolulu</u></b>; accept <b><u>Oʻahu</u></b> because technically Urban Honolulu is a census-designated place and the whole island has unified city-county government]
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<b><u>breast cancer</u></b> [accept triple negative <b><u>breast cancer</u></b> or inflammatory <b><u>breast cancer</u></b> or <b><u>IBC</u></b>; prompt on <u>cancer</u> until read]
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