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<b><u><em>Caribbean Voices</b></u></em>
Mozart family’s <b><u>grand tour</u></b> of Western Europe [accept <b><u>Grand Tour</u></b>]
<b><u>Uluburun</u></b> shipwreck
<b><u>square planar</b></u>
Melanie <b><u>Klein</u></b> AND <b><u>A</u></b>nna <b><u>Freud</u></b> [accept Melanie <b><u>Reizes</u></b> in place of “Melanie Klein”; prompt on <u>Freud</u> in place of “Anna Freud”]
<b><u>Colonna</u></b> [accept Filippo Giuseppe <b><u>Colonna</u></b>; accept Francesco <b><u>Colonna</u></b>]
<em>The <b><u>Kiss</em></u></b> [or <em>Le <b><u>Baiser</em></u></b>]
<b><u>Muhammad Ali</b></u> Pasha [or <b><u>Muhammad Ali</b></u> of Egypt; <b><u>Muhammad Ali</b></u> Pasha al-Mas’ud ibn Agha; or <b><u>Mehmet Ali</b></u> Pasha; or <b><u>Muḥammad ‘Alī</b></u> Bāshā; or Kavalalı <b><u>Mehmed Ali</b></u> Paşa; reject “Muhammad” or “Ali”] (Bilharzia is a name for schistosomiasis. Lebas facilitated the transport of the Luxor Obelisks to France.)
<b><u>fire-walk</u></b>ing [or <b><u>fire-dancing</u></b>; accept descriptions of <b><u>walk</u></b>ing on hot <b><u>ember</u></b>s, <b><u>coal</u></b>s, or <b><u>flame</u></b>s; prompt on <u>dancing</u> or <u>walk</u>ing]
<b><u>1940</u></b>s [prompt on ’<u>40</u>s] (“Force of circumstance” was a phrase used in the Peel Commission’s report on Palestine. Collins and Lapierre’s history is called <em>O Jerusalem!</em>, and the chapter is about Golda Meir.)
<b><u>Wa</u></b> [or <b><u>wō</u></b>; accept Five Kings of <b><u>Wa</u></b>]
<b><u>fig</u></b> trees [or <b><u>ficus</u></b> carica; accept <b><u>te’ená</u></b> or <b><u>sykēn</u></b>]
<b><u>ABCD</u></b> Study [or <b><u>Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development</u></b> Study]
<b><u>position</b></u> [accept <b><u>position</b></u> operator]
<b><u>Paris</b></u> [accept “Letter from <b><u>Paris</b></u>”] (The second sentence refers to <em>Ladies Almanack</em> by Djuna Barnes.)
<b><u>atheist</u></b>s [accept <b><u>unbeliever</u></b>s, <b><u>nonbeliever</u></b>s, <b><u>material</u></b>ists, or <b><u>natural</u></b>ists; or word forms like <b><u>atheism</u></b> or “problem of <b><u>unbelief</u></b>”; prompt on <u>freethinker</u>s, <u>skeptic</u>s, <u>libertine</u>s, <u>philosophe</u>s, <u>blasphemer</u>s, <u>heretic</u>s, or <u>anti-clerical</u>ists; reject “agnostics” or “deists”] (Hume was eating with D’Holbach’s Coterie.)
<b><u>boat</u></b>s [or <b><u>ship</u></b>s]
<b><u>archon</u></b>s [or <b><u>archon</u></b>tes; accept <em>Hypostasis of the <b><u>Archon</u></b>s</em>]
Dario <b><u>Fo</u></b> [or Dario Luigi Angelo <b><u>Fo</u></b>]
<b><u>Chavín</u></b> culture [accept <b><u>Chavín</u></b> de Huántar]
<em>The <b><u>Songs of Bilitis</em></u></b> [or <em>Les <b><u>Chansons de Bilitis</em></u></b>]
<b><u>Guatemala</b></u> [or Republic of <b><u>Guatemala</b></u>; or República de <b><u>Guatemala</b></u>]
<b><u>Osceola</u></b>&nbsp;(“oss-see-OH-luh”)
<b><u>Sahara</u></b> Desert [accept Western <b><u>Sahara</u></b>; accept <em>Stories of the <b><u>Sahara</em></u></b>; prompt on North <u>Africa</u> or the <u>Maghreb</u> or <u>Morocco</u> or <u>Algeria</u>] (“A Distant Episode” is by Paul Bowles. The Le Clézio novel is <em>Désert</em>. <em>The English Patient</em> is by Michael Ondaatje.)
Anton <b><u>Chekhov</b></u> [or Anton Pavlovich <b><u>Chekhov</b></u>]
<b><u>MOVE</u></b> [or the <b><u>Christian Movement for Life</u></b>; accept the “<b><u>MOVE</u></b> Nine”]
<b><u>prophecy</u></b> [or <b><u>divination</u></b> or <b><u>augury</u></b>; accept answers such as being able to see or predict the <b><u>future</u></b>; accept answers indicating interpreting <b><u>omen</u></b>s; prompt on <u>divine communication</u> or answers of being able to <u>speak with the gods</u>] (The first line refers to Alcmaeon. The second line refers to Trophonius.)
<b><u>King</u></b> assassination riots [accept descriptions that mention Martin Luther <b><u>King</u></b> Jr. or <b><u>MLK</u></b>; prompt on 1968 <u>riot</u>s or synonyms]
<b><u>TNT</u></b> [or (2,4,6-)<b><u>trinitrotoluene</u></b>; or <b><u>2-methyl-1,3,5-trinitrobenzene</u></b>]
Ulster <b><u>loyalism</b></u> [or Ulster <b><u>loyalist</b></u>s; or Ulster <b><u>unionism</b></u> or Ulster <b><u>unionist</b></u>s; accept Irish <b><u>unionism</b></u> or Northern Irish <b><u>unionism</b></u>; accept descriptions such as wanting Northern <b><u>Ireland</b></u> to <b><u>remain</b></u> part of the <b><u>United Kingdom</b></u> until “United Kingdom” is read; accept ​​Democratic <b><u>Unionist</b></u> Party; reject “Scottish unionism”] (Jamie Bryson was humorously nicknamed “Jamie Biryani.”)
<em>A</em> <em><b><u>Season in Hell</u></b></em> [or <em>Une</em> <em><b><u>Saison en Enfer</u></b></em>]
<b><u>kinetic energy</u></b> [prompt on <u>energy</u>; prompt on <u><em>T</em></u>; prompt on <u><em>E</em></u>; prompt on <u><em>E</em>-sub-<em>k</em></u>]
“<b><u>Pale Fire</b></u>”
<b><u>breadth-first</u></b> search [or <b><u>BFS</u></b>; prompt on <u>search</u> until read]
<b><u>silver</b></u>
<b><u>Vijaya·nagara</u></b>&nbsp;(“VIJ-uh-yuh-NUH-guh-ruh”) Empire
Olaf <b><u>Stapledon</u></b> [or William Olaf <b><u>Stapledon</u></b>]
Iannis <b><u>Xenakis</b></u> [or Giannis Klearchou <b><u>Xenakis</b></u>] (The first line refers to the sixxen.)
atomic <b><u>clock</u></b>s [accept <b><u>clock</u></b> hypothesis or <b><u>clock</u></b> postulate or Atomic <b><u>Clock</u></b> Ensemble in Space]
<b><u>lead</u></b> [prompt on <u>Pb</u>]
<b><u>Venus</u></b> [or <b><u>Vénus</u></b> (“veh-NOO” or “veh-NOOSE”); accept <b><u>Venus</u></b>berg; accept <b><u><em>Venus</u></b> and Adonis</em>; reject “Aphrodite”] (The first clue is from <em>Thaïs</em>.)
<b><u>caste</u></b> system [or <b><u><em>jāti</em></u></b>; accept <b><u><em>Caste</u></b>s of Mind</em>]
<b><u>house made of dawn</u></b> [or <b><u>Tségihi</u></b>; or <b><u>house</u></b> of <b><u>dawn</u></b>; or <b><u>dawn-house</u></b>; prompt on <u>house</u>]
<b><u>mercury</u></b> [or <b><u>Hg</u></b>]
<b><u>step-growth</u></b> polymerization [or <b><u>step polymerization</u></b>; accept <b><u>condensation</u></b> polymerization until “condense” is read; prompt on <u>polymer</u>ization until “polymers” is read; prompt on <u>ester</u>ification until “polyesters” is read]
Nikolai <b><u>Kapustin</b></u>
“<b><u>I Sing the Body Electric</u></b>”
Leslie <b><u>Feinberg</b></u>
<b><u>Nigeria</u></b> [or Federal Republic of <b><u>Nigeria</u></b> or Jamhuriyar Tarayyar <b><u>Najeriya</u></b> or Ọ̀hàńjíkọ̀ Ọ̀hànézè <b><u>Naìjíríyà</u></b> or Orílẹ̀-èdè Olómìniira Ìjọba Àpapọ̀ ilẹ̀ <b><u>Nàìjíríà</u></b> or Fediral Repoblik of <b><u>Naijá</u></b>] (The first clue refers to Igbo-Ukwu.)
Zoltán <b><u>Kodály</u></b>&nbsp;(“KOH-dye”) [or <b><u>Kodály</u></b> Zoltán]
Richard <b><u>Wagner</b></u> (“REE-card VAHG-ner”) [or Wilhelm Richard <b><u>Wagner</b></u>]
Barry <b><u>Sharpless</u></b> [or Karl Barry <b><u>Sharpless</u></b>; accept <b><u>Sharpless</u></b> asymmetric dihydroxylation]
<b><u>Antioch</u></b> [or <b><u>Antakya</u></b>]
<b><u>dispersity</u></b> [accept <b><u>polydispersity index</u></b> or <b><u>PDI</u></b>; accept <b><u>Đ</u></b> or <b><u>D-stroke</u></b>]
“<b><u>God Save the King</u></b>” [or “<b><u>God Save the Queen</u></b>”]
<b><u>Mach disk</u></b>s [prompt on <u>normal shock</u>s; prompt on <u>jet shock</u>s]
<b><u>Sally</u></b> <b><u>Hemings</u></b> [accept either underlined portion; accept <em>The <b><u>Heming</u></b>ses of Monticello</em>]
wild <b><u>tongue</b></u>s [accept <b><u><em>How to Tame a Wild Tongue</b></u></em>; accept “<b><u>Speaking in Tongues</b></u>: A Letter to Third World Women Writers”; accept <b><u><em>Wild Tongues Can’t Be Tamed</b></u></em>]
<b><u>homotopies</b></u> [or <b><u>homotopy</b></u>; accept <b><u>homotopic</b></u> equivalence or <b><u>homotopy</b></u> equivalence or <b><u>homotopy</b></u> equivalent; accept <b><u>homotopy</b></u> lifting property; accept <b><u>homotopy</b></u> extension property; accept null-<b><u>homotopic</b></u>; accept <b><u>homotopy</b></u> group] (The first sentence refers to the fact that CW pairs have the homotopy extension property.)
<b><u>capsaicin</b></u> (“cap-SAY-sin”) [or <b><u>8-methyl-<em>N</em>-vanillyl-6-nonenamide</b></u>; accept <b><u>capsaicinoid</b></u>s]
<b><u>solvent suppression</u></b> in NMR [accept any answer suggesting that the <b><u>peaks or signals</u></b> from the <b><u>solvent</u></b> are <b><u>removed</u></b>; prompt on any answer like <u>cleaning up NMR signal</u>, <u>removing noise in NMR</u>, <u>refining NMR signal</u>, <u>refining NMR spectrum</u>, or <u>calibrating NMR</u>; prompt on <u>NMR</u> by asking “what specific aspect of obtaining an NMR spectrum?”; prompt on <u>suppression</u>]
<b><u>Clark</u></b> [accept Kenneth <b><u>Clark</u></b> or Kenneth Mackenzie <b><u>Clark</u></b> or Timothy James <b><u>Clark</u></b> or T. J. <b><u>Clark</u></b>] (The first line is the opening of <em>The Nude</em>.)
<b><u>silencing</u></b> [accept <b><u><em>Silencing</u></b> the Past</em>; accept <em>Subaltern <b><u>Silence</em></u></b>; prompt on <u>erasure</u>; prompt on <u>subordination</u> or equivalents]
<b><u>drug</b></u> trafficking [or <b><u>narco</b></u>tráfico, illegal <b><u>drug</b></u> trade, or <b><u>narcotic</b></u>s; accept <b><u>cocaine</b></u> trade, <b><u>drug</b></u> cartels, or <b><u>narco</b></u>s; prompt on organized <u>crime</u> or <u>gang</u>s] (The first sentence refers to <em>My Cocaine Museum</em>. Oswaldo Zavalda wrote <em>Drug Cartels Do Not Exist</em>. The musical genre is <em>narcocorrido</em>.)
<b><u>Menander</u></b> [or <b><u>Menander</u></b> I Soter; or <b><u>Milinda</u></b>; accept <b><u><em>Milinda</u></b>pañha</em> or <em>Questions of <b><u>Milinda</em></u></b>]
Igor <b><u>Stravinsky</b></u>
<b><u>geostrophic</b></u> balance [or <b><u>geostrophic</b></u> approximation, <b><u>geostrophic</b></u> wind, or <b><u>geostrophic</b></u> flow; accept <b><u>geostrophic</b></u> adjustment or <b><u>geostrophic</b></u> paradox; accept <b><u>quasigeostrophic</b></u>, <b><u>quasigeostrophic</b></u> condition, <b><u>quasigeostrophic</b></u> theory, or <b><u>quasigeostrophic</b></u> approximation]
<b><u>memoir</u></b>s [or <b><u>autobiography</u></b>]
<b><u>blindness</u></b> [or word forms such as being <b><u>blind</u></b>; accept descriptions such as being <b><u>unable to see</u></b>; accept <b><u>low vision</u></b> or <b><u>visual impairment</u></b> or <b><u>vision impairment</u></b>; prompt on a <u>disability</u>]
<b><u>xenon</b></u> [or <b><u>Xe</b></u>]
<b><u>sodium</u></b> [accept <b><u>Na</u></b>; accept <b><u>sodium</u></b>-potassium pump]
Paul <b><u>Strand</u></b> (His best-known photograph is <em>Wall Street</em>.)
<b><u>Queens</u></b> County
<b><u>tap</u></b> dance [prompt on <u>dance</u>; prompt on <u>sing</u>ing before mention with “while engaging in what other activity?”]
<b><u>collision</u></b>s [accept <b><u>scattering</u></b>; accept <b><u>collision</u></b> operator or Landau <b><u>collision</u></b> operator or Boltzmann <b><u>collision</u></b> integral or <b><u>collision</u></b>less Boltzmann equation or elastic <b><u>collision</u></b>s or inelastic <b><u>collision</u></b>s]
<em>The <b><u>Wealth of Nations</em></u></b> (by Adam Smith)
Johann Wolfgang von <b><u>Goethe</b></u>
<b><u>Stanford</u></b> University [or <b><u>Stanford</u></b> School; accept <b><u>Stanford</u></b> Encyclopedia of Philosophy; accept “<b><u>Stanford</u></b> Disunity Mafia”]
<b><u>Taliban</u></b> [or <b><u>Taleban</u></b>; or <b><u>Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan</u></b>; or Afghan <b><u>Taliban</u></b>]
Greek <b><u>underworld</u></b> [accept <b><u>hell</u></b> or <b><u>Hades</u></b> or <b><u>land of the dead</u></b>]
<b><u>friendship</u></b> [or <b><u>amity</u></b>]
liquid <b><u>drop</b></u>lets [accept <b><u>droplet</b></u> microfluidics; or <b><u>Drop</b></u>-seq; prompt on <u>emulsion</u>s until read; prompt on <u>compartment</u>s; prompt on <u>micelle</u>s; prompt on electro<u>spray</u>]
<b><u>Socrates</b></u> [accept <b><u>Socratic</b></u> method; accept “Misunderstanding <b><u>Socrates</b></u>”]
<b><u>revenge</u></b> [or synonyms such as <b><u>vengeance</u></b> accept <b><u>Vindice</u></b> or <em>The <b><u>Revenger</u></b>’s Tragedy</em>; accept <b><u>vendetta</u></b> or <b><u>feud</u></b>; accept descriptions of <b><u>kill</u></b>ing in response to a crime or <b><u>wrong</u></b>; prompt on <u>kill</u>ing or equivalents by asking “for what purpose?”]
William Lane <b><u>Craig</b></u>
<b><u>Norwich</b></u> (“NOR-itch”) [accept Julian of <b><u>Norwich</b></u> or Juliana of <b><u>Norwich</b></u>; accept William of <b><u>Norwich</b></u>]
<b><u>nucleophilic</b></u>ity [or <b><u>nucleophile</b></u>s; accept <b><u>nucleophilic</b></u> abstraction; accept <b><u>nucleophilic</b></u> aromatic substitution; accept <b><u>Lewis base</b></u>s or <b><u>Lewis basic</b></u> until read; prompt on <u>base</u>s or <u>basic</u>]
<b><u><em>Blood Wedding</b></u></em> [or <b><u><em>Bodas de sangre</b></u></em>]
<b><u>Kelly</u></b> [or <b><u>Kelley</u></b>; or Ellsworth <b><u>Kelly</u></b>; or Mike <b><u>Kelley</u></b>; or Mary <b><u>Kelly</u></b>]
Wolfgang Amadeus <b><u>Mozart</u></b>’s <b><u>Clarinet</u></b> Concerto [or <b><u>Clarinet</u></b> Concerto in A major by <b><u>Mozart</u></b>, K. 622]
<b><u>Malcolm</u></b> X AND Martin Luther <b><u>King</u></b> Jr. [accept Malcolm <b><u>X</u></b> or Malcolm <b><u>Little</u></b> or Malik el-<b><u>Shabbaz</u></b> in place of “Malcolm”; accept <b><u>MLK</u></b> Jr. in place of “Martin Luther King Jr.”] (<em>Remember This House </em>is by James Baldwin and depicts Malcolm X, MLK, and Medgar Evers.)
<b><u>boron nitride</u></b> [or <b><u>BN</u></b>; accept hexagonal <b><u>boron nitride</u></b> or h-<b><u>BN</u></b>]
blowing <b><u>bubble</u></b>s [or blowing soap <b><u>bubble</u></b>s; accept making <b><u>bubbles</u></b>] (<em>Life of Man</em> is by Jan Steen.)
<b><u>Odile</u></b> (“oh-DEEL”) [or <b><u>Black Swan</u></b>; or le <b><u>Cygne Noir</u></b>; reject “Odette”]
<b><u>Des Moines</b></u> (“duh MOIN”)
<b><u>attention</u></b> [accept <b><u>attention</u></b> deficit disorder or <b><u>attention</u></b> deficit hyperactivity disorder; accept selective <b><u>attention</u></b>; prompt on <u>ADD</u> or <u>ADHD</u> until “ADHD” is read by asking “what faculty is impaired in that disorder?”]
<b><u>certain</b></u>ty [or word forms like <b><u>certitude</b></u>; accept “Facts and <b><u>Certainty</b></u>”; accept <em>On <b><u>Certainty</b></u></em>; accept <em>Über <b><u>Gewissheit</b></u></em>]
<b><u>Rām</u></b>a [accept <b><u><em>Rām</u></b>āyaṇa</em>, <b><u><em>Rām</u></b>āyaṇam</em>, Phra <b><u>Ram</u></b>, <b><u><em>Ram</u></b>akien</em>, <b><u><em>Yama</u></b> Zatdaw</em>, or <b><u><em>Rām</u></b>a Jātaka</em>; accept <b><u>Rama</u></b> IV or <b><u>Mongkut</u></b>; accept <b><u>Rama</u></b> II or Phra Phuttalerdla <b><u>Naphalai</u></b> or <b><u>Chim</u></b>; accept <b><u>Rama</u></b> III or <b><u>Nangklao</u></b> or <b><u>Thap</u></b>; prompt on Phra <u>Narai</u> by asking “what character is he reborn as?”] (KCKP stands for <em>Khun Chang, Khun Phaen</em>. The romance is <em>Phra Aphai Mani</em>.)
<b><u>Sumerian</u></b> [accept <b><u>eme-gir</u></b>] (Clues include “Song of the Hoe,” <em>Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the Netherworld</em>, and Enheduanna.)
Neo-<b><u>Assyrian</u></b> Empire [or <b><u>Assyria</u></b> or māt <b><u>Aššur</u></b>]