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the <b><u>Black Atlantic</u></b> world [prompt on the <u>Atlantic</u> World]
black <b><u>pepper</u></b> [or black <b><u>pepper</u></b>corns; accept Malabar <b><u>pepper</u></b>; prompt on <u>spice</u>s]
<b><u>sonata</u></b> [or <b><u><em>sonat</em></u></b>; accept <em>The Ghost <b><u>Sonata</em></u></b> or <em>Spök<b><u>sonat</u></b>en</em>]
<b><u>organ</u></b> [or pipe <b><u>organ</u></b>; or church <b><u>organ</u></b>; or electric <b><u>organ</u></b>]
<b><u>Neapolitan</u></b> [or <b><u>napulitano</u></b>; or ’o <b><u>nnapulitano</u></b>; or <b><u>napoletano</u></b>; accept Canzone <b><u>napoletana</u></b> or canzona <b><u>napulitana</u></b>; prompt on <u>Italian</u>] (The jazz pop musician is Pino Daniele, the songwriter of “Napule è.” The other songs are “Guaglione” and “Tu vuò fà l’americano.” The tone poem is <em>Aus Italien</em>.)
<b><u>Chinese</u></b> [or <b><u>Chinese</u></b>-American; accept specific Chinese ethnicities like <b><u>Han</u></b>] (The designers are Vivienne Tam, who created the MAO series, and Vera Wang. The “lipstick king” is Li Jiaqi.)
<b><u>let</u></b>ting <b><u>die</u></b> [or <b><u>allow</u></b>ing someone to <b><u>die</u></b>]
<b><u><em>Akira</em></u></b> (The jegog troupe is Geinoh Yamashirogumi.)
<b><u>vadose</u></b> cave passages [or <b><u>vadose</u></b> zones]
<b><u>India</b></u> [or Republic of <b><u>India</b></u>; or <b><u>Bhārat</b></u> Gaṇarājya] (The susu is the Ganges river dolphin. The sangai inhabits Keibul Lamjao National Park in Manipur. Corbett hunted Champawat, a Bengal tigress that killed over 400 people.)
Free<b><u>mason</u></b>s [or Free<b><u>mason</u></b>ry]
<b><u>radio</u></b> [accept <b><u>FM</u></b> radio, <b><u>AM</u></b> radio, <b><u>shortwave</u></b> stations, <b><u>medium wave</u></b>, <b><u>Radio</u></b> Télévision Libre des Mille Collines, <b><u>Emissora</u></b> Nacional, or <b><u>Rádio</u></b> Libertação; prompt on <u>media</u>, <u>network</u>s, <u>broadcast</u>ing, <u>propaganda, info</u>rmation, <u>telecom</u>munications, <u>communication</u>, <u>station</u>s, or <u>transmission</u>s; prompt on <u>RTLM</u> or <u>RCM</u> or <u>RCA</u> by asking “what does that stand for?”] (“Maria Turra” means “Terrorist Maria.” The causal role often attributed to RLTM in the Rwandan genocide is likely exaggerated, although it may be implicated in some killings.)
<b><u>clown</u></b>s [or <b><u>jester</u></b>s or <b><u>fool</u></b>s]
Mahātmā <b><u>Gandhi</u></b> [or Mohandas Karamchand <b><u>Gandhi</u></b>] (The novels are Mulk Raj Anand’s <em>Untouchable</em>, R. K. Narayan’s <em>Swami and Friends</em>, and Raja Rao’s <em>Kanthapura</em>.)
<b><u>inn</u></b>s [or <b><u>tavern</u></b>s; accept <b><u>inn</u></b> room; accept Crowing Cock <b><u>Inn</u></b>; prompt on bed<u>room</u>s with “in what sort of building?”]
<b><u>temperature</u></b>
<b><u>Azande</b></u> [or <b><u>Zande</b></u> or <b><u>Asande</b></u>; accept <b><u>Niam-Niam</b></u> until read; accept <em>Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic Among the <b><u>Azande</b></u></em>; prompt on <u>Bandia</u> or <u>Vungara</u> or <u>Nzakara</u>]
<b><u>kappa</b></u> [or <b><u>kawatarō</b></u>, <b><u>komahiki</b></u>, <b><u>kawataro</b></u>, <b><u>suiko</b></u>, <b><u>kawappa</b></u>, <b><u>gawappa</b></u>, <b><u>kawako</b></u>, <b><u>kawauso</b></u>, <b><u>enkō</b></u> or <b><u>dangame</b></u>; prompt on water <u>goblin</u> or water <u>imp</u>; reject “frogs”]
<b><u>noise</u></b> [accept shot <b><u>noise</u></b>, white <b><u>noise</u></b>, pink <b><u>noise</u></b>, one-over-<em>f</em> <b><u>noise</u></b>, Poisson <b><u>noise</u></b>, or Johnson–Nyquist <b><u>noise</u></b>]
<b><u>human understanding</u></b> [accept <em>An Essay Concerning <b><u>Human Understanding</em></u></b> or <em>An Enquiry Concerning <b><u>Human Understanding</em></u></b>]
Simone de <b><u>Beauvoir</u></b>&nbsp;(“boh-VWAR”) [or Simone Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand de <b><u>Beauvoir</u></b>] (The magnum opus is <em>The Second Sex</em>.)
<b><u>Spain</u></b> [or Kingdom of <b><u>Spain</u></b>; or Reino de <b><u>España</u></b>] (“DANA” stands for “depresión aislada en niveles altos.”)
Sanford <b><u>Meisner</b></u>
“<b><u>Marriage</u></b>”
<b><u>Hearst</b></u> family [accept William Randolph <b><u>Hearst</b></u> Sr.; accept Patty <b><u>Hearst</b></u> or Patricia Campbell <b><u>Hearst</b></u>] (The Anthony Davis opera is <em>Tania</em>, which is about Patty Hearst’s kidnapping by the Symbionese Liberation Army. The estate in the second sentence is Wyntoon.)
<b><u>sentience</b></u> [or being <b><u>sentient</b></u>; accept <b><u>sentient</b></u> beings; accept <b><u>sentient</b></u>ism; accept <b><u>sentient</b></u>ist cosmopolitan democracy; accept <b><u><em>Sentient</b></u>ist Politics</em>; prompt on “the ability to experience <u>feel</u>ings” or “the ability to feel <u>pain</u>” or “the ability to <u>suffer</u>” until “feelings” is read]
<b><u>gold</u></b> standard [or <b><u>gold</u></b> bullion standard or <b><u>gold</u></b> bullion standard; or <b><u>Gold</u></b> Democrats]
<b><u>flagellin</u></b> [or bacterial <b><u>flagellin</u></b>; or <b><u>FliC</u></b>; or <b><u><em>Hag</em></u></b>]
<b><u>sax</u></b>ophone [or alto <b><u>sax</u></b>ophone; or tenor <b><u>sax</u></b>ophone]
Andrei Arsenyevich <b><u>Tarkovsky</b></u>
<b><u><em>Glengarry Glen Ross</b></u></em>
chaste <b><u>widow</u></b>s [or <b><u>guǎfù</u></b>; accept cult of <b><u>widow</u></b> chastity or <b><u>zhēnjié</u></b>; accept descriptions of <b><u>widow</u></b>s who did not remarry after the death of their husbands; accept <b><u>jiéfù</u></b>; prompt on <u>women</u>, <u>wives</u>, or synonyms; prompt on <u>chaste</u> or <u>virtuous</u> people; reject “faithful maidens”]
<b><u>Qajar</u></b> dynasty [accept <b><u>Qajar</u></b> Iran; accept Naser al-Din Shah <b><u>Qajar</u></b>]
<b><u>worker</u></b>s [accept Young Christian <b><u>Worker</u></b>s, <b><u>worker</u></b>-priests, or Catholic <b><u>Worker</u></b> Movement; prompt on <u>Catholic</u>s]
<b><u>eddy</u></b> currents [or <b><u>eddies</u></b> or <b><u>Foucault’s current</u></b>; prompt on <u>current</u>s; prompt on electromagnetic <u>induction</u> until read; prompt on <u>magnetism</u> or <u>magnetic</u> fields until “magnetic” is read]
<b><u>Gandhāra</u></b> [accept <b><u>Gāndhārī</u></b> language; accept <b><u>Paropamisadae</u></b> or <b><u>Parupraesanna</u></b>; prompt on <u>Peshawar</u> Valley, Indo-<u>Bactria</u>, or <u>Afghanistan</u>]
<b><u>Bruckner</u></b>’s Symphony No. <b><u>9</u></b> [or <b><u>Bruckner</u></b>’s <b><u>Ninth</u></b>; or Anton <b><u>Bruckner</u></b>’s Symphony No. <b><u>9</u></b> in D minor; or <b><u>WAB 109</u></b>]
<b><u>binding</b></u> [or ligand-target <b><u>binding</b></u> or drug <b><u>binding</b></u>; accept <b><u>association</b></u>; accept molecular <b><u>docking</b></u> until read; accept <b><u>complex</b></u> formation or complexing]
<b><u>acyclic</u></b> [or <b><u>open</u></b>-chain; accept <b><u>Aciclovir</u></b>; accept <b><u>acyclic</u></b> nucleoside phosphonates; accept answers indicating <b><u>no ring</u></b>; prompt on <u>ANP</u>s] (Aciclovir contains a ring, but its name is a portmanteau of “acyclic” and “viral DNA.”)
<b><u>Spanish Civil</u></b> War [or Guerra <b><u>Civil Española</u></b>]
<b><u>linear</b></u>
<b><u>bipartite</u></b> graph [or <b><u>bipartite</u></b>ness]
<em>The <b><u>End of Poverty</b></u></em>
<em>The <b><u>Theory of Moral Sentiments</b></u></em>
<b><u>solvent-free</b></u> [accept descriptions of <b><u>no solvent</b></u>s or reactions run <b><u>without solvent</b></u>s; accept <b><u>neat</b></u> until read; prompt on <u>microwave</u>-irradiated or any answers including the word “microwave” until “microwave” is read by asking “those reactions are also under what other condition?”]
<b><u>thymic epithelial</u></b> cells [or medullary <b><u>thymic epithelial</u></b> cells; or cortical <b><u>thymic epithelial</u></b> cells; or <b><u>thymus epithelial</u></b> cells; accept <b><u>TEC</u></b>s (“teks”); accept m<b><u>TEC</u></b>s (“M-teks”) or c<b><u>TEC</u></b>s (“C-teks”); accept junctional <b><u>thymic epithelial</u></b> cells or j<b><u>TEC</u></b>s (“J-teks”); accept <b><u>thymic tuft</u></b> cells; prompt on <u>epithelial</u> cells by asking “in which organ?”] (The clues in order refer to: thymic tuft cells, mTECs, PGE and AIRE+ mTECs, all TECs broadly, jTECs/mTECS, just mTECs, cTECs, TECs generally.)
<b><u>curvature</u></b> [or <b><u>curvature</u></b> invariants; or <b><u>curvature</u></b> renormalization group method; or Ricci <b><u>curvature</u></b>; or <b><u>curvature</u></b> of spacetime]
<b><u>mala</u></b> [or <b><u><em>mālā</em></u></b> or japa <b><u>mala</u></b> or <em>jaap <b><u>maala</em></u></b>]
Jesse <b><u>Livermore</u></b> [or Jesse Lauriston <b><u>Livermore</u></b>; accept <b><u>Livermore</u></b> accumulating cylinder; prompt on Larry <u>Livingston</u> by asking “who was that character based upon?”]
<b><u>mountain</u></b>s [or <b><u>shan</u></b>; or <b><u>mount</u></b>; or <b><u>peak</u></b>; or <b><u>pillar</u></b>; accept the Four <b><u>Mountains</u></b>]
Ha <b><u>Jin</b></u> [or Hā <b><u>Jīn</b></u>; or <b><u>Jīn</b></u> Xuěfēi] (The story in the first sentence is “Children as Enemies.”)
<b><u>hyaluronic acid</b></u> [or <b><u>hyaluronan</b></u>; accept native <b><u>hyaluronic acid</b></u>, accept low molecular weight <b><u>hyaluronic acid</b></u>, accept high molecular weight <b><u>hyaluronic acid</b></u>; prompt on any of <u>HA</u>, LMW-<u>HA</u>, or HMW-<u>HA</u>]
<b><u>chiral</u></b>ity [accept <b><u>chiral</u></b> asymmetry or super<b><u>chiral</u></b>ity or inherent <b><u>chiral</u></b>ity; accept <b><u>optical activity</u></b> or <b><u>optical rotation</u></b> until “optical rotations” is read]
Amy <b><u>Beach</u></b> [or Amy Marcy Cheney <b><u>Beach</u></b>]
linear <b><u>momentum</b></u> [accept four-<b><u>momentum</b></u> or <b><u>momentum</b></u>-energy or <b><u>momenergy</b></u>; prompt on <u>p</u>; reject “energy” alone; reject “angular momentum”]
<b><u>ammonium nitrate</u></b> [accept <b><u>NH<sub>4</sub>NO<sub>3</sub></u></b>]
<b><u>power</u></b> [accept optical <b><u>power</u></b>]
<b><u>BLAST</u></b> [or <b><u>basic local alignment search tool</u></b>; accept <b><u>BLAST</u></b>n or nucleotide <b><u>BLAST</u></b> or <b><u>BLAST</u></b>p or protein <b><u>BLAST</u></b>; prompt on sequence <u>alignment</u> by asking “what program is being used to perform that process?”]
<b><u>sinusoidal</u></b> [accept <b><u>sine</u></b> or <b><u>cosine</u></b>; prompt on <u>periodic</u>]
<b><u>North</u></b>ern <b><u>Japan</u></b> [accept <b><u>Hokkaidō</u></b> or <b><u>Aomori</u></b> Prefecture or <b><u>Tsugaru</u></b> Peninsula or <b><u>Tōhoku</u></b>; accept <b><u><em>Tsugaru</u></b>-jamisen</em> or <b><u><em>Tsugaru</u></b> jongara bushi</em>; accept <b><u>Sapporo</u></b>, <b><u>Wakkanai</u></b>, <b><u>Kushiro</u></b>, or anywhere on <b><u>Hokkaidō</u></b>; or <b><u>Northeast</u></b>ern <b><u>Japan</u></b>; prompt on <u>Japan</u>]
<b><u>revelation</u></b>s [or <b><u><em>waḥy</em></u></b>; accept <b><u>revealing</u></b> or <b><u>revelation</u></b>s of the Qur’an; accept the <b><u>word or God</u></b> or <b><u>divine inspiration</u></b>; accept <b><u>God or Allah speaking</u></b>; accept <b><u>ilham</u></b> until read]
<b><u>race</u></b> [accept <em>The <b><u>Racial</em></u></b> <em>Order</em>;<em> </em>accept <b><u><em>Race</em></u></b> <em>in America</em>;<em> </em>prompt on skin <u>color</u>; anti-prompt on <u>Black</u>ness or <u>White</u>ness or <u>non-White</u>ness by asking “what type of identity is that an example of?”; reject “ethnicity”]
<b><u>time travel</u></b> [accept <b><u>travel</u></b>ing to the <b><u>future</u></b> or <b><u>travel</u></b>ing to the <b><u>past</u></b>] (That novella is H.G. Wells’s <em>The Time Machine</em>.)
<b><u>strain</b></u> [accept <b><u>strain</b></u> tensor; accept engineering <b><u>strain</b></u> or transverse <b><u>strain</b></u> or axial <b><u>strain</b></u>; accept finite <b><u>strain</b></u> or infinitesimal <b><u>strain</b></u>; accept <b><u>deformation</b></u> for first-line buzzes]
<b><u>Cistercian</u></b>&nbsp;(“sis-TER-shuns”) order [or Sacer Ordo <b><u>Cistercien</u></b>sis; prompt on <u>Cîteaux</u> by asking “What order did that develop into?”; reject “Benedictine(s)”] (The vision came to St. Bernard of Clairvaux.)
<b><u>World War I</u></b> [or <b><u>First World War</u></b>; or <b><u>WWI</u></b>; accept the <b><u>Great War</u></b>]
Constantin <b><u>Guys</u></b> (“gheez”) [or Ernest-Adolphe <b><u>Guys</u></b> de Saint-Hélène; prompt on <u>M.G.</u>]
<b><u>choroid plexus</u></b> [accept <b><u>epiplexus</u></b>; prompt on the <u>blood–cerebrospinal fluid barrier</u> or <u>blood–CSF barrier</u> by asking “what is the primary tissue component of this barrier?”; prompt on brain <u>ventricles</u> or lateral <u>ventricles</u> by asking “what is the primary tissue lining these regions?”]
<b><u><em>Salome</b></u></em>
<b><u>Algeria</b></u> [or People’s Democratic Republic of <b><u>Algeria</b></u>; or <b><u>Algérie</b></u> or al-<b><u>Jazā’ir</b></u>; accept French <b><u>Algeria</b></u> or French <b><u>Alger</b></u> or <b><u>Algérie</b></u> française]
<b><u>Yellow</u></b> River [or <b><u>Huáng</u></b> Hé]
<b><u>Philip II</u></b> [or <b><u>Phillip Augustus</u></b>; or <b><u>Philippe Auguste</u></b>; prompt on <u>Philip</u>]
<em>Le <b><u>tombeau de Couperin</b></u></em> (“luh tom-BOH duh coop-RAN”) [or <em>The <b><u>Grave of Couperin</b></u></em>, <em>The <b><u>Tomb of Couperin</b></u></em>, <b><u><em>Couperin’s Tomb</b></u></em>, or similar translations]
<em>The <b><u>Shock Doctrine</b></u></em>
<b><u><em>Artikulation</b></u></em>
<b><u>German</b></u> [or <b><u>Deutsch</b></u>; accept Low <b><u>German</b></u> or High <b><u>German</b></u> or Swiss <b><u>German</b></u>; accept Swiss Standard <b><u>German</b></u> or Swiss High <b><u>German</b></u>; accept Basel <b><u>German</b></u> or Basel<b><u>deutsch</b></u> or Basel<b><u>dytsch</b></u>] (The lead-in is from Mit brennender Sorge.)
<b><u>Kinshasa</b></u> [accept <b><u>Léopoldville</b></u> until read]
Saint <b><u>Peter</u></b> AND Saint <b><u>Paul</u></b> [accept <b><u>Simon</u></b> Peter or <b><u>Cephas</u></b> in place of “Saint Peter”; accept <b><u>Saul</u></b> of Tarsus in place of “Paul”; accept <b><u>Petrine</u></b> AND <b><u>Pauline</u></b> Christianity; accept <em>The Apocalypse of <b><u>Peter</u></b> </em>and <em>The Apocalypse of <b><u>Paul</em></u></b>]
<b><u>companion</u></b>s [or the <b><u>Companion</u></b>s of the Prophet; accept <b><u><em>ṣaḥāba</em></u></b> or <b><u><em>ṣaḥābiyy</em></u></b> or <b><u><em>ṣaḥābiyyah</em></u></b>; prompt on <u>Ahl al-Bayt</u> or descriptions of <u>Muhammad’s family</u> or <u>relative</u>s by asking “what broader social group includes but is not limited to those people?”; prompt on <u>muhājirūn</u> or <u>anṣār</u> until read by asking “what broader group of people are they included in?”]
Anthony <b><u>Trollope</u></b>&nbsp;(“TRAHL-up”)
<b><u>starfish</u></b> [or <b><u>sea star</u></b>s; accept <b><u>Asteroidea</u></b>; accept specific species like purple <b><u>sea star</u></b> or common <b><u>sea star</u></b> or crown-of-thorns <b><u>sea star</u></b>; accept <b><u><em>Acanthaster</u></b> planci</em> until read; prompt on <u>Asterozoa</u>; prompt on <u>echinoderm</u>ata; reject “brittle stars”]
<b><u>Santa Barbara</u></b>, California [accept UC <b><u>Santa Barbara</u></b>; accept Mission <b><u>Santa Barbara</u></b> or Misión de <b><u>Santa Bárbara</u></b>; accept <b><u>Santa Barbara</u></b> oil spill]
<b><u><em>Daisy Miller</b></u></em>
Kingdom of <b><u>León</b></u> [or Reinu de <b><u>Llión</b></u>, Reino de <b><u>León</b></u>, or Reino de <b><u>Leão</b></u>; accept Castilla y <b><u>León</b></u>; prompt on Kingdom of <u>Galicia</u> until “Galicia” is read by asking “what kingdom controlled Galicia for much of this period?”]
<b><u>decolonization</u></b> [or word forms like <b><u>decolonizing</u></b>; accept <b><u><em>Decolonising</u></b> the Mind</em> (by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o)]
Alison <b><u>Bechdel</b></u> [or <b><u>Alison</b></u> Bechdel]&nbsp;
<b><u>solution</b></u>s to ordinary <b><u>differential equation</b></u>s [or <b><u>solution</b></u>s to O<b><u>DE</b></u>s or <b><u>solution</b></u>s to <b><u>diff eq</b></u>s; prompt on <u>solution</u>s]
<b><u>Apelles</u></b> of Kos [accept <em>The Calumny of <b><u>Apelles</em></u></b>]
<b><u>alanine</u></b> [or <b><u>Ala</u></b>; or <b><u>A</u></b>]
<b><u>Krampus</u></b> [accept <b><u>Krampus</u></b> Night or <b><u>Krampus</u></b>nacht or <b><u>Krampus</u></b>lauf]
Taqī <b><u>Usmānī</u></b> [or Muhammad Taqī <b><u>Usmānī</u></b>]
Johann <b><u>Pachelbel</u></b> [or Johann <b><u>Bachelbel</u></b>] (That is his Canon in D.)
<em>The <b><u>School of Athens</em></u></b> [or <b><u><em>Scuola di Atene</em></u></b>]
<b><u><em>Yī Yī</b></u></em> [or <b><u><em>One One</b></u></em>; or <em>A <b><u>One and A Two</b></u></em>]
<b><u>Orgel</u></b> diagrams
Arthur <b><u>Sullivan</u></b> [or Sir Arthur Seymour <b><u>Sullivan</u></b>]
<b><u>horse race</b></u> [prompt on <u>race</u>; prompt on Kentucky <u>Derby</u> until read by asking “what kind of event is it?”] (The Lawrence story is “The Rocking-Horse Winner.”)
+<b><u>0</b></u> [or plus <b><u>zero</b></u>]
<b><u>palaver</u></b> (“puh-LAV-er”) [accept <b><u>palaver</u></b> house or <b><u>palaver</u></b> hut]
Barbara <b><u>Kingsolver</u></b> [or Barbara Ellen <b><u>Kingsolver</u></b>] (The novels are <em>Demon Copperhead</em> and <em>The Poisonwood Bible</em>.)