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<b><u><em>Bluestocking</em></u></b> [or <b><u><em>Seitō</em></u></b>; accept <b><u>Bluestocking</u></b>s, Japanese <b><u>Bluestocking</u></b> Society, or <b><u>Seitō</u></b>-sha]
<b><u>vibrato</u></b> [accept continuous <b><u>vibrato</u></b>]
<b><u>Zollinger–Ellison</u></b> syndrome [or <b><u>Z-E</u></b> syndrome]
<b><u>Second Italo-Ethiopian</b></u> War [or <b><u>Second Italo-Abyssinian</b></u> War; accept <b><u>Mussolini</b></u>’s invasion of <b><u>Ethiopia</b></u> until “Mussolini” is read; accept <b><u>Italian</b></u> invasion of <b><u>Ethiopia</b></u> in <b><u>1935-1936</b></u>; prompt on <u>Italo-Ethiopian</u> War; prompt on <u>Italian</u> invasion of <u>Ethiopia</u> or equivalents]
<b><u>Colorado</u></b>
John <b><u>von Neumann</u></b> [or <b><u>Neumann</u></b> János]
<b><u>New York</u></b> City [or <b><u>NY</u></b>C; prompt on <u>Manhattan</u> by asking “what larger city is that part of?”]
<b><u>polonaise</u></b>s by Frédéric <b><u>Chopin</u></b> [or <b><u>polonaise</u></b>s by Frédéric François <b><u>Chopin</u></b>; or <b><u>polonaise</u></b>s by Fryderyk Franciszek <b><u>Chopin</u></b>]
Afro-<b><u>Caribbean</b></u>s [or British Afro-<b><u>Caribbean</b></u>s; accept specific island nations including <b><u>Jamaican</b></u>s, <b><u>Barbadian</b></u>s, <b><u>Trinidadian</b></u>s, <b><u>Tobagonian</b></u>s, <b><u>Dominican</b></u>s, or <b><u>Haitian</b></u>s; accept British <b><u>West Indian</b></u>s or <b><u>Windies</b></u> " “West Indies” is read; accept <b><u>Windrush</b></u> Generation until “Windrush” is read; prompt on <u>Black</u>s or <u>colored</u> persons by asking “what region were they from?”; prompt on <u>British</u> or <u>Briton</u>s by asking “from what region did they emigrate?”; prompt on <u>Afro-British</u> or <u>British African</u>s by asking “what non-African region did they directly immigrate from?”; reject “Africans”]
<b><u>Nora</u></b> Helmer [accept <b><u>Nuola</u></b>; prompt on <u>Helmer</u>] (The lecture is Lu Xun’s “What Happens After Nora Leaves Home?”)
<b><u>cities</u> </b>[accept <b><u>urban</u></b> areas; accept <em>Exploring the <b><u>City</em></u></b>: <em>Inquiries Toward an Urban Anthropology</em>; accept <em>The Death and Life of Great American <b><u>Cities</em></u></b>]
<b><u>Wolof</u></b> [or <b><u>Jolof</u></b>]
<b><u>Craters of the Moon</u></b> [or <b><u>Craters of the Moon</u></b> National Monument and Preserve]
Ian <b><u>Smith</b></u> [or Ian Douglas <b><u>Smith</b></u>]
<b><u>word</u></b>s [or <b><u>text</u></b>; or <b><u>letter</u></b>s]
<b><u>Belt and Road</u></b> Initiative [or <b><u>BR</u></b>I; or <b><u>B&amp;R</u></b>; or One <b><u>Belt</u></b> One <b><u>Road</u></b>; accept Silk Road Economic <b><u>Belt</u></b> and 21st-Century Maritime Silk <b><u>Road</u></b> Development Strategy; or <b><u>yí dài yí lù</u></b>; prompt on New <u>Silk Road</u>]
<b><u>cooling</b></u> [accept word forms like <b><u>becoming colder</b></u> or <b><u>cooler</b></u>; accept <b><u>quenching</b></u> until read; prompt on <u>heat transfer</u>; prompt on <u>conduction</u>; prompt on <u>phase transition</u>s]
William <b><u>Seward</b></u> [or William Henry <b><u>Seward</b></u>; accept <b><u>Seward</b></u>’s Folly]
language <b><u>revitalization</u></b> [or descriptions of language <b><u>renew</u></b>al, <b><u>revival</u></b>, <b><u>regeneration</u></b>, <b><u>reintroduction</u></b>, <b><u>resurrect</u></b>ion, <b><u>reclamation</u></b>, <b><u>preservation</u></b>, or equivalents; accept descriptions of <b><u>prevent</u></b>ing <b><u>language death</u></b> or of teaching <b><u>endangered language</u></b>s; accept <b><u>reversing language shift</u></b>; accept <b><u>reviving</u></b> specific languages like Hebrew; prompt on descriptions of <u>teach</u>ing, <u>learn</u>ing, <u>acquiring</u>, or <u>promoting</u> a language by asking “for what purpose for the given language?”; reject “language shift”] (The first line refers to Ghil’ad Zuckerman’s book <em>Revivalistics</em>.)
Robert <b><u>Burns</u></b> [or Rabbie <b><u>Burns</u></b>]
<b><u>RNA interference</u></b> [or <b><u>RNAi</u></b>]
Sandra <b><u>Cisneros</b></u>
<b><u>Chinese</u></b> Americans [or <b><u>Cantonese</u></b> Americans]
<b><u>horse</u></b>s [or <b><u>stallion</u></b>s]
Sergei <b><u>Rachmaninoff</u></b> [or Sergei Vasilyevich <b><u>Rachmaninoff</u></b>] (The word for “do you hear” is <em>slýshishʹ</em>.)
Utagawa <b><u>Hiroshige</u></b> [or Ando <b><u>Hiroshige</u></b>; prompt on <u>Utagawa</u>] (The parody in the second line is by Utagawa Kuniyoshi.)
<b><u>art</u></b>ists’ <b><u>colony</u></b> [or <b><u>art</u></b>ists’ <b><u>colonies</u></b>; prompt on <u>colony</u> or <u>colonies</u>; prompt on <u>school</u>s]
<b><u>universities</u></b> [or <b><u>college</u></b>s; accept <b><u>University</u></b> Wits; prompt on <u>school</u>s or <u>educational</u> institutions]
<b><u>distance</u></b> [or <b><u>close</u></b>ness; or <b><u>proximity</u></b>; or <b><u>near</u></b>ness; or <b><u>separation</u></b>; or how <b><u>far</u></b> away something is; or how far <b><u>apart</u></b> things are; or interpersonal <b><u>distance</u></b>; or psychological <b><u>distance</u></b>; or egocentric <b><u>distance</u></b>; or power <b><u>distance</u></b>; or mental <b><u>distance</u></b>; or <b><u>distance</u></b> in time; or <b><u>distance</u></b> perception; or perceived <b><u>distance</u></b> from oneself; accept social <b><u>distancing</u></b>; prompt on <u>length</u>; prompt on personal <u>space</u>; prompt on <u>location</u>; prompt on <u>level</u>; prompt on comfort <u>zone</u>s; prompt on personal <u>bubble</u>; prompt on <u>proxemics</u> until read by asking “what is that the study of?”]
<b><u>carbonyl</u></b> [accept <b><u>aldehyde</u></b> or <b><u>ketone</u></b>]
catalyst <b><u>support</u></b>s [or <b><u>supported</u></b> catalysts; accept <b><u>carrier</u></b>s or solid <b><u>support</u></b>s; prompt on heterogeneous <u>catalyst</u>s or single-atom <u>catalyst</u>s until “catalysts” is read; prompt on <u>substrate</u>s; reject “zeolites” or “MOFs” or “metal-organic frameworks”]
Mr. <b><u>Norris</u></b> [or <b><u>Arthur</u></b> Norris; accept <em>Mr. <b><u>Norris</u></b> Changes Trains</em>]
Bedřich <b><u>Smetana</b></u>
<b><u>FLN</u></b> [or <b><u>Front de Libération Nationale</u></b>; or <b><u>National Liberation Front</u></b>; or <b><u>Jabhatu l-Taḥrīri l-Waṭanī</u></b>]
<b><u>Catholics</b></u> [accept <b><u>Jesuits</b></u> or <b><u>Catholic priests</b></u>; prompt on <u>priests</u>; prompt on <u>Poles</u> or <u>Polish</u> people by asking “what is the other status that they were targeted over?”]
<b><u>nuclear pore</u></b>s [or <b><u>nuclear pore</u></b> complexes or <b><u>NPC</u></b>s; prompt on <u>nuclear envelope</u> or <u>nuclear membrane</u>; prompt on <u>nucleoporin</u>s or FG-<u>Nup</u>s by asking “what complex do those proteins form?”]
<b><u>Mbuti</u></b> [or <b><u>Bambuti</u></b>]
<b><u>Hanging</u></b> Odes [or al-<b><u>Mu’allaqā</u></b>t; accept <b><u>suspended</u></b> or <b><u>seven</u></b> in place of “hanging”; accept <b><u>poem</u></b>s or <b><u>qaṣīda</u></b>s in place of “odes”]
<b><u>surrealism</u></b> [or <b><u>surréalisme</u></b>; accept <b><u><em>Surrealist</u></b> Manifesto</em>] (<em>The Poet Assassinated</em> and <em>Calligrammes</em> are by Guillaume Apollinaire.)
<b><u>dictator</u></b>s [or <b><u>dictator</u></b> novel; or novela del <b><u>dictador</u></b>]
<b><u>Ajwa</u></b> dates
Bertolt <b><u>Brecht</u></b> [or Eugen Berthold Friedrich <b><u>Brecht</u></b>]
<b><u>log</u></b>arithmic [or O(<b><u>log</u></b> n); accept logarithms of any base,&nbsp;such as O(<b><u>ln</u></b> n) or O(<b><u>log</u></b><sub>2</sub>n)]
Henry M. <b><u>Teller</u></b> [or Henry Moore <b><u>Teller</u></b>; or <b><u>Teller</u></b> Amendment]
<b><u>Good’s buffer</u></b>s [or <b><u>Good buffer</u></b>s]
Gerry <b><u>Adams</b></u> [or Gerard <b><u>Adams</b></u>; or Gearóid Mac <b><u>Ádhaimh</b></u>]
Friedrich <b><u>Hartogs</u></b> [or Friedrich Moritz <b><u>Hartogs</u></b>; or Fritz <b><u>Hartogs</u></b>]
<b><u>Monique</u></b> [accept <b><u>Monique</u></b> Wittig]
comprehensive <b><u>2D gas chromatography</u></b> [or <b><u>two dimensional gas chromatography</u></b> or <b><u>GC x GC</u></b>; prompt on <u>GC</u> or <u>gas chromatography</u> alone; prompt on <u>multidimensional gas chromatography</u>; prompt on <u>chromatography</u>]
solar <b><u>eclipse</u></b>s [prompt on <u>transit</u>s or <u>occultation</u>s]
<b><u>Germany</u></b> [or <b><u>Deutschland</u></b>] (The 1931 film is <em>Mädchen in Uniform</em>. The sexologist is Magnus Hirschfeld. The director is Rainer Werner Fassbinder, and the actress is Marlene Dietrich.)
<b><u>Los Angeles</b></u> [accept <b><u>LA</b></u>; accept <b><u><em>L.A.</b></u> Variations</em>; accept <b><u>Los Angeles</b></u> Philharmonic or <b><u>LA</b></u> Phil; accept <b><u>Hollywood</b></u>]
<b><u>China</u></b> [accept <b><u>Chinese</u></b> room argument]
Paul <b><u>Auster</u></b> [or Paul Benjamin <b><u>Auster</u></b>]
<b><u>house</u></b>hold [or <b><u>house</u></b>s or <b><u>home</u></b>s; accept specific places or rooms in <b><u>house</u></b>s like <b><u>kitchen</u></b>s; accept <b><u>door</u></b>s to the house; accept <b><u>Kitchen</u></b> God]
<b><u>Cheshire Cat</u></b> [or <b><u>Cheshire Puss</u></b>; prompt on <u>cat</u> or <u>puss</u>]
<b><u>Lisbon</b></u> [or <b><u>Lisboa</b></u>; accept <em>The History of the Siege of <b><u>Lisbon</b></u></em> or <em>História do Cerco de <b><u>Lisboa</b></u></em>] (The first and third sentences refer to <em>The Maias</em> by Eça de Queirós. The fourth sentence references<em> The History of the Siege of Lisbon </em>by José Saramago.)
<b><u>saltpeter</u></b> [or potassium <b><u>nitrate</u></b>; or <b><u>niter</u></b>; accept calcium <b><u>nitrate</u></b> since that was the material most commonly excavated in Mammoth Cave and turned into potassium nitrate by later chemical processes]
<b><u>glycogen</u></b> [accept <b><u>glycogen</u></b> storage diseases or <b><u>glycogen</u></b> phosphorylase]
Yoweri <b><u>Museveni</u></b> [or Yoweri Kaguta <b><u>Museveni</u></b> Tibuhaburwa]
<b><u>styrene</b></u> [accept poly<b><u>styrene</b></u> or <b><u>PS</b></u>; accept <b><u>vinylbenzene</b></u> or <b><u>phenylethylene</b></u> or <b><u>phenylethene</b></u> until “vinyl” is read and prompt on it afterwards; prompt on <u>Styrofoam</u>]
<b><u>being</u></b> [or <b><u>wujūd</u></b>; accept <b><u>existence</u></b> or word forms; accept great chain of <b><u>being</u></b>; accept <b><u>being</u></b> qua being; accept <b><u>ens</u></b> or analogia <b><u>entis</u></b>]
Oriana <b><u>Fallaci</u></b> (“fall-LAH-chee”)
<b><u>Norway</u></b> [or <b><u>Norge</u></b>] (the mass shooter discussed by Knausgaard is Anders Breivik.)
fluid <b><u>flow</u></b> [or equivalents such as <b><u>fluid motion</u></b> or <b><u>fluid movement</u></b>; accept <b><u>fluid dynamics</u></b> or <b><u>fluid simulation</u></b>]
<b><u>Ottoman</b></u> Empire [or Sublime <b><u>Ottoman</b></u> State, Devlet-i ʿAlīye-i ʿ<b><u>Osmānīye</b></u>, <b><u>Osmanlı </b></u>İmparatorluğu, or <b><u>Osmanlı</b></u> Devleti]
<b><u>oratorio</u></b>s
<b><u>alcohol</b></u> [accept <b><u>vodka</b></u>, <b><u>beer</b></u>, <b><u>wine</b></u>, <b><u>spirit</b></u>s, hard <b><u>liquor</b></u>, <b><u>booze</b></u>, <b><u>moonshine</b></u>, <b><u>ethanol</b></u>, or ethyl <b><u>alcohol</b></u>; prompt on <u>drink</u>s or <u>beverage</u>s]
<b><u>wound</u></b>s [accept <em>Emerald <b><u>Wound</u></b>s</em> or <em>Night Sky With Exit <b><u>Wound</u></b>s</em>]
software <b><u>test</b></u>ing [accept <b><u>test</b></u>-driven development or unit <b><u>test</b></u>ing or structured <b><u>test</b></u>ing or basis path <b><u>test</b></u>ing; prompt on <u>fuzzing</u> until read by asking “which is an approach to what more general task?”; reject “debugging”] (The program in the first sentence is “american fuzzy lop” [sic].)
Maryse <b><u>Condé</u></b> (“mah-REEZ kon-DAY”)
<b><u>All the King’s</u></b> [accept “<b><u>All the King’s</u></b> Horses”; accept <b><u><em>All the King’s</u></b> Men</em>]
<b><u>girl</u></b>s [accept <em>Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal <b><u>Girl</em></u></b> or <em>A <b><u>Girl</u></b> is a Half-Formed Thing</em>; reject synonyms]
<b><u>mixed-phase</u></b> clouds [or <b><u>MPC</u></b>s; accept liquid-top <b><u>mixed-phase</u></b> clouds or <b><u>LTMP</u></b>s]
<b><u>disputation</u></b> [or <b><u>dialectics</u></b> or <b><u>disputing</u></b> or <b><u>discrimination</u></b> or <b><u>distinction drawing</u></b> or <b><u><em>biàn</u></b> zhě</em>; accept <b><u><em>Disputers</u></b> of the Tao</em>]
<b><u>sunrise</u></b> [or <b><u>dawn</u></b>; or <b><u>daybreak</u></b>; or <b><u><em>Sonnenaufgang</em></u></b>; or <b><u><em>Morgenstrahl</em></u></b>; prompt on <u>morning</u> or <u><em>Morgen</em></u>]
Christoph Willibald <b><u>Gluck</u></b> (Gluck’s Neapolitan rival was Niccolò Piccinni, and the libretto they both set was <em>Iphingénie en Tauride</em>.)
reaction <b><u>coordinate</u></b>s [or <b><u>collective</u></b> variables; accept intrinsic reaction <b><u>coordinate</u></b>s or geometric <b><u>coordinate</u></b>s or <b><u>order parameter</u></b>s; prompt on <u>parameter</u>s; prompt on atomic or nuclear <u>position</u>s, bond <u>angle</u>s, <u>dihedral</u> angles, or bond <u>length</u>s by asking “they are part of what broader set of variables?”]
naval <b><u>mutinies</b></u> [or naval <b><u>mutiny</b></u>; accept <b><u>naval rebellion</b></u>s or <b><u>naval uprising</b></u>s or <b><u>naval revolt</b></u>s or <b><u>naval revolution</b></u>s; accept <b><u>sailor</b></u>s or <b><u>seamen</b></u> in place of naval; prompt on <u>rebellion</u>s or <u>uprising</u>s or <u>revolt</u>s or <u>revolution</u>s by asking “led by people of what occupation?”; prompt on <u>military</u> or <u>armed</u> forces or <u>soldier</u>s in place of naval] (The policy in the second clue was Lenin’s New Economic Policy.)
<b><u>Austroasiatic</u></b> [reject “Austronesian”]
The <b><u>Hague</u></b> [or Den <b><u>Haag</u></b>; or s-<b><u>Gravenhage</u></b>]
Italian <b><u>Futurism</u></b>
<b><u>Gold Coast</u></b> [accept <b><u>British Ghana</u></b>; prompt on <u>Ghana</u>]
<b><u>neutrino</u></b>s [accept anti<b><u>neutrino</u></b>s; accept sterile <b><u>neutrino</u></b>s; accept <b><u>neutrino</u></b> oscillation]
<b><u>king</u></b>s [or <b><u><em>oba</em></u></b>; accept <em>The <b><u>King</u></b> Did Not Hang</em>; accept <em>Oedipus <b><u>Rex</em></u></b> or <em>Oedipus the <b><u>King</em></u></b>; accept <b><u><em>Ọba</u></b> kò so</em>; reject “king’s horseman” or “horseman”]
Jerry <b><u>Fodor</b></u> [or Jerry Alan <b><u>Fodor</b></u>]
<em>The <b><u>Betrothed</em></u></b> [or <em>I <b><u>promessi sposi</em></u></b>] (Emilia Luti helped rewrite the novel in Tuscan Italian, as described in <em>The Manzoni Family </em>by Natalia Ginzburg.)
<b><u>school</u></b> meal programs [accept answers indicating <b><u>school</u></b> food, lunches, or breakfasts; prompt on <u>meal</u>, <u>food</u>, <u>lunch</u>, or <u>breakfast</u> programs]
<b><u>transaminase</u></b>s [or <b><u>aminotransferase</u></b>s; accept <b><u>alanine transaminase</u></b> or <b><u>alanine aminotransferase</u></b> or <b><u>ALT</u></b> or <b><u>ALAT</u></b>; accept <b><u>serum glutamate-pyruvate transaminase</u></b> or <b><u>GPT</u></b> or <b><u>serum glutamic-pyruvic transaminase</u></b> or <b><u>SGPT</u></b>]
<b><u>Mi’kmaq</u></b> [or <b><u>Micmac</u></b>; or <b><u>Mi’gmaq</u></b>]
Thomas <b><u>Hardy</u></b> (The first three poems are “The Caged Goldfinch,” “The Blinded Bird,” and “Neutral Tones”)
<b><u>production function</u></b>s [or translog <b><u>production function</u></b>s; or Cobb-Douglas <b><u>production function</u></b>s; reject “supply (functions)”; reject “cost function(s)”]
<b><u>social</u></b> [accept <b><u>social</u></b> epidemiology or <b><u>social</u></b> determinants of health; prompt on <u>SDOH</u>]
<b><u>Ramdas</u></b>&nbsp;(“RAHM-doss”) [accept Baba <b><u>Ram Dass</u></b>; accept Swami <b><u>Ramdas</u></b>; accept Samarth <b><u>Ramdas</u></b>]
<b><u>MITS</u></b> [or <b><u>Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems</u></b>]
<b><u>Boötes</u></b> (“boh-OH-teez”) [or <b><u>Butes</u></b> or <b><u>Boutes</u></b>; accept <b><u>Philomelos</u></b>]
Ralph Waldo <b><u>Emerson</b></u>
<b><u>ratchet</b></u>s [or Brownian <b><u>ratchet</b></u>s; accept Feynman’s <b><u>ratchet</b></u> or Smoluchowski’s <b><u>ratchet</b></u> or the Feynman–Smoluchowski <b><u>ratchet</b></u>; prompt on Maxwell’s <u>demon</u>]
nuclear <b><u>lamin</b></u>s [accept <b><u>laminopathies</b></u> or <b><u>laminopathy</b></u>; accept <b><u>lamin</b></u> A or <b><u>lamin</b></u> A/C; prompt on nuclear <u>lamina</u>; prompt on nuclear <u>matrix</u>; prompt on intermediate <u>filament</u>s until read; prompt on <u>progerin</u> until read by asking “progerin is a mutant form of what normal type of protein?”]
Charles <b><u>Chesnutt</b></u> [or Charles Waddell <b><u>Chesnutt</b></u>]