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<b><u>vegetarian</u></b>ism [or <b><u>vegetarismus</u></b>; accept <b><u>vegan</u></b>ism]
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Central de <b><u>Abasto</u></b> [or Central de <b><u>Abastos</u></b>; or <b><u>CEDA</u></b>]
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<b><u>Myanmar</u></b> [or Republic of the Union of <b><u>Myanmar</u></b>; or <b><u>Burma</u></b>; or word forms]
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<b><u>leopard</b></u>s [or <b><u><em>P</b></u>anthera<b> <u>pardus</b></u></em>; accept <b><u>Leopard</b></u>’s Kopje; accept <b><u>serpopard</b></u> or <b><u>pard</b></u>; accept black <b><u>panther</b></u> before mention; prompt on <u>cheetah</u>s or <u><em>A</u>cinonyx <u>jubatus</u></em> by asking “what other animal was often conflated with the cheetah?”]
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<b><u>Stanford</b></u> University [accept <b><u><em>Stanford</b></u> Encyclopedia of Philosophy</em>; accept <b><u>Stanford</b></u> School; accept <b><u>Stanford</b></u> disunity mafia; prompt on <u><em>SEP</u></em> by asking “what does that stand for?”]
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<em>The</em> <b><u><em>Stammering Century</b></u></em>
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<b><u>school</u></b>s [or elementary <b><u>school</u></b>s; or primary <b><u>school</u></b>s; or secondary <b><u>school</u></b>s; or public <b><u>school</u></b>s; accept <b><u>class</u></b>rooms; accept “Pygmalion in the <b><u>Class</u></b>room”; prompt on places of <u>learn</u>ing]
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Helen Rand <b><u>Parish</b></u>
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human <b><u>corpse</b></u>s [or <b><u>carcass</b></u>es; or <b><u>remains</b></u>; or dead <b><u>bodies</b></u> or a dead <b><u>body</b></u>; accept <b><u>cadaver</b></u>s; prompt on <u>human</u>s, <u>people</u>, a <u>person</u>, <u>men</u>, or equivalents; reject “skeletons” or “bones”]
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Arthur <b><u>Koestler</b></u> (“KEST-ler”) [or <b><u>Kösztler</b></u> Artúr]
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<b><u>Sierra Leone</u></b> [or <b><u>Salone</u></b>; accept <b><u>Freetown</u></b> or <b><u>Province</u></b> of <b><u>Freedom</u></b>; accept <b><u>Granville Town</u></b> until “Granville” is read; accept <b><u>Sierra Leone</u></b> Colony (and Protectorate), <b><u>Sierra Leone</u></b> Protectorate, Colony of <b><u>Sierra Leone</u></b> and its Dependencies, <b><u>Sierra Leone</u></b> Company, or Friendly Society of <b><u>Sierra Leone</u></b>; prompt on British <u>West Africa </u>or British <u>West African</u> Settlements or British <u>West African</u> Territories] (The West Africa Squadron formed after the Slave Trade Act 1807.)
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<b><u>Uzbekistan</u></b> [or Republic of <b><u>Uzbekistan</u></b>; or <b><u>O‘zbekiston</u></b> Respublikasi]
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<b><u>quantile</u></b>s [accept empirical <b><u>quantile</u></b>s; accept <b><u>percentile</u></b>s; prompt on <u>critical</u> values with “critical values are an example of what more general type of quantity?”; reject “medians” or “quartiles”] (The next-to-last sentence refers to Q–Q plots.)
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Piano Sonata No. <b><u>30</u></b> in E major, <b><u>Opus 109</u></b> [accept either underlined portion]
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<b><u>ethno</u></b>- [or <b><u>ethno</u></b>graphy; or <b><u>ethno</u></b>musicology]
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<b><u><em>Inferno</b></u></em>
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<b><u>life</u></b> [accept pro-<b><u>life</u></b> movement; accept right to <b><u>life</u></b>; accept 40 Days for <b><u>Life</u></b>; accept higher <b><u>life</u></b> movement or higher <b><u>life</u></b> theology or <em>The Higher Christian <b><u>Life</em></u></b>; prompt on <u>anti-choice</u> or <u>anti-abortio</u>n by asking “anti-abortion groups often claim to be safeguarding what human right?”]
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Bill <b><u>Tulkinghorn</u></b> [or Mr. <b><u>Tulkinghorn</u></b>; prompt on <u>Bill</u>] (He is the antagonist of <em>Bleak House</em>.)
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<b><u><em>den</em></u></b> (Democritus may have removed the negative prefix <em>me</em> from <em>meden</em>, meaning nothing, to get <em>den</em>; by analogy, the <em>not</em> is removed from <em>nothing</em> to get <em>hing</em>.)
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<b><u>tractor</u></b>s [accept <b><u>combine</u></b>s; accept machine-<b><u>tractor</u></b> stations; prompt on <u>machine</u>s, farming <u>equipment</u>, or <u>vehicle</u>s]
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<b><u>Sarmatian</u></b>s [or <b><u>Sarmatae</u></b>; or <b><u>Sarmatai</u></b>; or <b><u>Sarumata</u></b>; or <b><u>Sauromatai</u></b>; accept <em>Limes <b><u>Sarmatiae</em></u></b>; accept <b><u>Sarmatism</u></b>]
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<b><u>Lazarus</u></b> OR <b><u>Babalú-Ayé</u></b> [accept <b><u>Lazarice</u></b>, <b><u>Lazarákia</u></b>, or <b><u>Lazarus</u></b> Saturday; accept <em>Church of the Lukumi <b><u>Babalu Aye</u></b> v. City of Hialeah</em>]
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<b><u>Paris</b></u> (The first two clues refer to Brassaï.)
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<b><u>Carnaval</u></b> [accept “Manha de <b><u>Carnaval</u></b>” or “Morning of the <b><u>Carnival</u></b>”]
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<b><u>integrable</u></b> [or <b><u>integral</u></b>; accept completely <b><u>integrable</u></b> or completely <b><u>integral</u></b>; accept Liouville <b><u>integrable</u></b> or Liouville <b><u>integral</u></b>; accept <b><u>integrability</u></b> in place of “integrable”]
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<b><u>pandemonium</u></b> architecture
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<b><u>Michigan</u></b> [accept University of <b><u>Michigan</u></b>]
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<b><u>Tristan</u></b> and Iseult [or <b><u>Tristan</u></b> and Isolde; or <b><u><em>Tristan</u></b> und Isolde</em>; or <b><u><em>Tristram</u></b> ok Isodd</em>]
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<b><u>San</b></u> people [or <b><u>Saan</b></u>; accept <b><u>Khoisan</b></u> people; accept <b><u>Basarwa</b></u>; prompt on <u>Bushmen</u>]
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<em>The <b><u>Crucible</em></u></b> (by Arthur Miller)
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<b><u>Jamaica</b></u> [or <b><u>Jumieka</b></u>]
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<b><u>ring</u></b>s [accept <b><u>ring</u></b>-swords; accept signet <b><u>ring</u></b>s; accept <b><u>armlet</u></b>s]
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J. S. <b><u>Bach</b></u>’s <b><u>cello suite</b></u>s [accept Johann Sebastian <b><u>Bach</b></u> in place of “J. S. Bach”; prompt on <u>cello suite</u>s by asking “by what composer?”; prompt on <u>suite</u>s]
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the <b><u>Dark Tower</b></u> [accept “Childe Roland to the <b><u>Dark Tower</b></u> Came”; prompt on <u>Tower</u>]
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<b><u>Dumas</u></b> [accept Alexandre <b><u>Dumas</u></b> <em>fils</em> or Alexandre <b><u>Dumas</u></b> <em>père</em>]
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quantum <b><u>tunnel</b></u>ing [or <b><u>tunnel</b></u> effect; prompt on pyramidal <u>inversion</u> or umbrella <u>inversion</u> by asking “what physical process is the mechanism?”]
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<b><u>rag</u></b>time [or <b><u>rag</u></b>s]
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<b><u>Barcelona</u></b> (The basilica is La Sagrada Familia.)
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<b><u>pension</u></b>s
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<b><u>protein fold</u></b>ing [prompt on <u>fold</u>ing but accept it after "protein" is read]
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<b><u>Nuremberg Trial</u></b>s
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<b><u>ethanol</u></b> [or <b><u>ethyl alcohol</u></b> or <b><u>EtOH</u></b>; prompt on <u>C2H6O</u>; prompt on <u>alcohol</u>]
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<b><u>Illumination</u></b>ism [or <b><u><em>Ishraqiyyun</em></u></b> or <b><u><em>Ishraqi</em></u></b>; prompt on School of <u>Isfahan</u> by asking “members of the School of Isfahan built on what earlier philosophy?”]
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<b><u>Jacobin club</u></b>s [or <b><u>Club</u></b>s des <b><u>Jacobin</u></b>s; prompt on <u>Jacobin</u>s or revolutionary <u>club</u>s]
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<b><u><em>Brick Lane</b></u></em>
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<b><u>assisted</b></u> <b><u>suicide</b></u> [or physician-<b><u>assisted</b></u> <b><u>suicide</b></u>; or <b><u>PAS</b></u>; or physician <b><u>assisted-death</b></u>; or <b><u>PAD</b></u>; accept <b><u>euthanasia</b></u>; accept <b><u>dying with dignity</b></u>; accept medical <b><u>assistance</b></u> in <b><u>dying</b></u>; prompt on <u>suicide</u> or <u>suicide</u> tourism or equivalents like <u>kill</u>ing one<u>self</u>; prompt on <u>dying</u> or word forms] (The documentary is <em>The Suicide Tourist</em>.)
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<b><u>Pakistan</u></b> [or Islamic Republic of <b><u>Pakistan</u></b>; or Islāmī Jumhūriyah <b><u>Pākistān</u></b>]
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<b><u>Dalit</b></u>s [or <b><u>Dalit</b></u>a; accept <b><u>Untouchable</b></u>s; accept <b><u>Scheduled Caste</b></u>s or <b><u>SC</b></u>s; accept <b><u>Chamar</b></u> or <b><u>Jatav</b></u>; accept <em>An Anthology of <b><u>Dalit</b></u> Literature</em>; prompt on <u>outcaste</u>s; prompt on <u>Malayali</u>, <u>Keralite</u>, <u>Marāṭhī</u>, <u>Indian</u> people, <u>sweeper</u>s, or latrine <u>cleaner</u>s by asking “of what class?”] (Baby Kamble wrote <em>The Prisons We Broke</em>. The fourth sentence is from <em>A Fine Balance</em> by Rohinton Mistry. Anand’s novel is <em>Untouchable</em>. Arundhati Roy wrote <em>The God of Small Things</em>.)
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<b><u><em>Waldstein</u></b> Sonata </em>[or Piano Sonata No. <b><u>21</u></b> in C major, <b><u>Opus 53</u></b> (accept either underlined portion)]
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<em>The <b><u>Sea</b></u></em>
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<b><u>Aisha</u></b> Qandicha [or Aisha <b><u>Qandicha</u></b>; or <b><u>Lalla</u></b> Aisha]
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<b><u>Tshombe</u></b> (“CHOM-bay”) family [accept Moïse (Kapenda) <b><u>Tshombe</u></b>] (Moïse Tshombe was in large part motivated by a desire to regain the glory of the Lunda Empire.)
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Sam <b><u>Weller</u></b> [or <b><u>Sam</u></b>uel Weller; accept <b><u>Wellerism</u></b>s]
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<b><u><em>canon</em></u></b> of Polykleitos [or <b><u><em>kanon</em></u></b>]
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<b><u>Medici</u></b> family
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<b><u>sphere</u></b>s [or <b><u>spherical</u></b>; accept hard <b><u>sphere</u></b>s; accept <b><u>spherical</u></b> harmonics; accept <b><u>spherical</u></b> model; accept mean <b><u>spherical</u></b> approximation or mean <b><u>spherical</u></b> model]
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<b><u>Big Shot</u></b> [accept Mr. <b><u>Big Shot</u></b> or <b><u>Big Shot</u></b> Rob or <b><u>Big Shot</u></b> Bob]
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Maria Goeppert <b><u>Mayer</u></b> [or Maria <b><u>Goeppert</u></b> Mayer; accept Goeppert <b><u>Mayer</u></b> transformation or <b><u>Goeppert</u></b> Mayer transformation]
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James <b><u>MacMillan</u></b> [or James Loy <b><u>MacMillan</u></b>]
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<b><u>mantilla</u></b>s (“man-TEE-yahs”)
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<b><u>Charles</u></b> [accept <b><u>Charles</u></b> I or <b><u>Charles</u></b> II or <b><u>Charles</u></b> Stuart]
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<b><u>three-center two-electron</u></b> bonds [or <b><u>3c-2e</u></b> bonds]
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<b><u>Bulgaria</b></u> [accept Kingdom of <b><u>Bulgaria</b></u> or People’s Republic of <b><u>Bulgaria</b></u>]
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<b><u>cities</u></b> [or <b><u>city</u></b>; accept <b><u>city</u></b>-state; accept <em>La <b><u>città</u></b> felice</em>; accept <b><u>City</u></b> of Ladies or <b><u>Cité</u></b> des Dames]
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Ernest <b><u>Hemingway</u></b> [or Ernest Miller <b><u>Hemingway</u></b>]
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<b><u>alphabet</u></b>s
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<b><u>Laplace</u></b> (“luh-PLOSS”) distribution [or <b><u>double exponential</u></b> distribution]
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<b><u>chlamydia</u></b> [accept <b><u><em>Chlamydia</u></b> trachomatis</em>]
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<b><u>degrees of freedom</u></b> [or <b><u>DOF</u></b>]
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<b><u>chesed</u></b> (“HESS-ed”) [or <b><u>hesed</u></b>; accept gemilut <b><u>ḥasadim</u></b> or gemilut <b><u>chasadim</u></b>]
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<b><u><em>Prison Notebooks</em></u></b> [or <b><u><em>Quaderni del carcere</em></u></b>] (by Antonio Gramsci)
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<b><u>St. Mark</u></b>’s Square [or Piazza <b><u>San Marco</u></b>]
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<b><u>Namibia</u></b> [or Republic of <b><u>Namibia</u></b>] (The country’s name is derived from that of the Namib desert.)
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<b><u>swim</u></b>ming [accept cell <b><u>motility</u></b>; accept cell <b><u>locomotion</u></b>; accept descriptions of specific living entities such as <b><u>cells</u></b> or <b><u>bacteria</u></b> or <b><u>sperm</u></b> <b><u>moving</u></b>; accept descriptions of <b><u>self-propulsion</u></b>; accept descriptions of <b><u>moving</u></b> in <b><u>fluid</u></b>s; accept <b><u>taxis</u></b>; accept <b><u>kinesis</u></b>; accept descriptions of <b><u>flagella</u></b> or <b><u>cilia</u></b> <b><u>beating</u></b> or <b><u>moving</u></b> until read; prompt on <u>motion</u> by asking “what is undergoing motion”]
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<b><u>totem</u></b> pole [prompt on <u>crest pole</u>]
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<b><u>Smith</b></u> [accept Tracy K. <b><u>Smith</b></u>, Danez <b><u>Smith</b></u>, or Patricia <b><u>Smith</b></u>]
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<b><u>scholasticism</b></u> [accept <b><u>Thomism</b></u> until Thomas is read]
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rock <b><u>musician</u></b>s [or <b><u>rock</u></b> or <b><u>pop</u></b> artists; accept <b><u>guitarist</u></b>s, <b><u>singer</u></b>s, or <b><u>rock</u></b>stars; prompt on <u>artist</u>s or <u>performer</u>s]
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<b><u>rain</b></u> [accept rain<b><u>storm</b></u>; accept “There Will Come <b><u>Soft Rains</b></u>”; accept “The <b><u>Long Rain</b></u>”] (The fourth sentence refers to “All Summer in a Day.”)
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<b><u>Yudhishṭhir</u></b>a (“yoo-DISH-tih-ruh”) [prompt on <u>Dharmarāja</u>]
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Tim <b><u>Walz</u></b> [or Timothy James <b><u>Walz</u></b>]
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<b><u>Louis XIV</b></u> [accept <b><u>Louis</b></u> the <b><u>Sun King</b></u>; prompt on <u>Louis</u>]
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<b><u>ionic</u></b> [accept <b><u>ionic</u></b> liquids or <b><u>ionic</u></b> strength or <b><u>ionic</u></b> radius or <b><u>ionic</u></b> bonds]
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a <b><u>bag</b></u> of winds [or <b><u>sack</b></u> of winds; or <b><u>windbag</b></u>; prompt on <u>wind</u>s by asking “what contains them?”]
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<b><u>terpene</b></u>s [or <b><u>terpenoid</b></u>s; accept <b><u>isoprenoids</b></u>, <b><u>triterpene</b></u>, or <b><u>triterpenoid</b></u>; prompt on <u>isoprene</u> until read by asking “what molecules are made of isoprene subunits?”]
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<b><u>polka</u></b> [accept “Säkkijärven <b><u>Polkka</u></b>”]
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<b><u>Tichborne</u></b> case [accept <b><u>Tichborne</u></b> claimant; accept “El impostor inverosímil Tom <b><u>Castro</u></b>,” “The Improbable Imposter Tom <b><u>Castro</u></b>,” or Arthur <b><u>Orton</u></b> case]
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<b><u>Black Power</u></b> [accept <b><u>Black nationalism</u></b>, British <b><u>Black Panther</u></b>s, B<b><u>BP</u></b>, <b><u>BP</u></b>M, <b><u>Black Power</u></b> Revolution, United <b><u>Black Association</u></b> for Development, <b><u>UBAD</u></b>, Universal <b><u>Coloured People’s Association</u></b>, <b><u>UCPA</u></b>, <b><u>Black Beret</u></b> Cadre, <b><u>St. Lucia Action</u></b> Movement, <b><u>SLAM</u></b>, or <b><u>Afro</u></b>-Caribbean <b><u>Liberation</u></b> Movement; prompt on <u>Pan-African</u>ism, <u>Black</u> pride, <u>Afrocentrism</u>, <u>civil rights</u>, New <u>Left</u>, Caribbean <u>Left</u>, or word forms of any; reject “African socialism,” “Négritude,” “Black Consciousness,” or “Rastafarianism”] (Clues include Anguilla seceding from its federation with Saint Kitts and Nevis, the Black Writers Conference, the University of the West Indies, and Makandal Daaga’s National Joint Action Committee.)
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<b><u>DMAPP</u></b> and <b><u>IPP</u></b> [accept <b><u>dimethylallyl pyrophosphate</u></b> and <b><u>isopentenyl pyrophosphate</u></b>; prompt on partial answers; if a player answers phonetically (e.g., “<u>dee-map</u>” rather than “<b><u>D-M-A-P-P</u></b>”), ask them to spell their answer; reject “DMAP”]
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F. H. <b><u>Jacobi</u></b> (“YAH-koh-bee”) AND Moses <b><u>Mendelssohn</u></b> [accept Friedrich Heinrich <b><u>Jacobi</u></b> in place of “F. H. Jacobi”; accept Moses Ben <b><u>Mendel</u> </b>in place of “Moses Mendelssohn”]
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Elizabeth <b><u>Bishop</b></u> (The first two poems are “The Map” and “Night City.”)
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<b><u>pragmatism</u></b> [accept <em>Perspectives on <b><u>Pragmatism</em></u></b>]
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algebraic <b><u>varieties</u></b> [or algebraic <b><u>variety</u></b>; accept affine <b><u>varieties</u></b> or projective <b><u>varieties</u></b>]
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<b><u>hijab</b></u> [or <b><u>ḥijāb</b></u>; accept <b><u>headscarve</b></u>s or <b><u>headscarf</b></u>; accept <b><u>veil</b></u>s; accept <b><u>burka</b></u>s; accept <b><u>niqab</b></u>s; accept <b><u>chador</b></u>s; accept <b><u>face cover</b></u>ings or <b><u>head cover</b></u>ings; prompt on <u>cover</u>ings]
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<em>The <b><u>Honest Whore</u></b> </em>(by Thomas Dekker and Francis Middleton)
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<b><u>trombone</b></u> [accept slide <b><u>trombone</b></u>] (The opening line refers to Miff Mole.)
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<b><u>judge</u></b>s [accept <b><u>justice</u></b>s or <b><u>jurist</u></b>s; prompt on <u>magistrate</u>s; reject “lawyers”] (John Hathorne was a judge in the Salem Witch Trials.)
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<b><u>electron</u></b>s [prompt on <u>e</u>-]
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<b><u>newt</u></b>s [accept <b><u>salamander</u></b>s; accept <em>The War with the <b><u>Newt</u></b>s</em> or <em>Válka s <b><u>Mlok</u></b>y</em>]
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<b><u>Heracles</b></u> [or <b><u>Hercules</b></u>; accept <em>Farnese <b><u>Hercules</b></u></em> or <b><u><em>Ercole</b></u> Farnese</em>; accept <em>Lansdowne <b><u>Hercules</b></u></em>]
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