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<b><u><em>Major Barbara</b></u></em>
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<b><u><em>Frankenstein</em></u></b> [or <b><u><em>Frankenstein</u></b>: or, The Modern Prometheus</em>]
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<b><u>common law</b></u> [accept <b><u>judge-made law</b></u> or <b><u>case law</b></u>; accept judicial <b><u>precedent</b></u> until read; prompt on <u>law</u> or different types of law such as contract <u>law</u>; prompt on <u>English law</u> or <u>American law</u> or clear equivalents by asking “what broader system is that part of?”; reject “jus commune”]
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<b><u>jaguar</u></b>s [or <b><u>ocēlōtl</u></b>; accept <b><u>jaguar</u></b> warriors; accept <b><u>jaguar</u></b> knights; prompt on <u>cat</u>s]
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wavefunction <b><u>collapse</u></b> [accept Diósi–Penrose <b><u>collapse</u></b>; or objective-<b><u>collapse</u></b> or spontaneous <b><u>collapse</u></b>; or <b><u>reduction</u></b> of the <b><u>state</u></b> vector; prompt on quantum <u>decoherence</u> until read by asking “What process does that theory help explain?”; reject “observation” or “measurement”]
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Charles <b><u>Ives</u></b> [or Charles Edward <b><u>Ives</u></b>]
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<b><u>rice</u></b> [accept <b><u><em>Oryza</em></u></b> <em>glaberrima</em> or <b><u><em>Oryza</em></u></b> <em>sativa</em>; accept <em>Black <b><u>Rice</em></u></b>]
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<b><u>Serbia</u></b> [or <b><u>Srbija</u></b>; or Republic of <b><u>Serbia</u></b>; accept <b><u>Serbia</u></b> and Montenegro; prompt on Federal Republic of <u>Yugoslavia</u> or FR <u>Yugoslavia</u>; reject “Montenegro”; reject “Srpska” or “Serb Republic”] (The assassinated prime minister was Zoran Dindic.)
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<b><u>Landau</u></b> theory [accept <b><u>Landau</u></b>–Ginzburg theory or Ginzburg–<b><u>Landau</u></b> theory]
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<b><u>France</u></b> [or <b><u>French</u></b> Republic or République <b><u>français</u></b>e] (The first film is Céline Sciamma’s <em>Petite Maman</em>.)
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<b><u>reduction</u></b> [or word forms such as <b><u>reducing</u></b> or <b><u>reductive</u></b>; accept scientific <b><u>reduction</u></b>; accept greedy <b><u>reduction</u></b>ism; accept <b><u>reductio</u></b> ad absurdum] (Feyerabend’s paper is “Explanation, Reduction, and Empiricism.”)
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<b><u>Birdland</u></b> [accept <em>A Night at <b><u>Birdland</em></u></b>]
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<em>The <b><u>White Album</b></u></em>
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W. V. O. <b><u>Quine</b></u> [or Willard van Orman <b><u>Quine</b></u>]
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Todor <b><u>Zhivkov</u></b> [or Todor Hristov <b><u>Zhivkov</u></b>] (of Bulgaria)
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<b><u>Birmingham</u></b> [accept <b><u>Birmingham</u></b> Enlightenment, Lunar Society of <b><u>Birmingham</u></b>, <b><u>Birmingham</u></b> Political Union, or <b><u>Birmingham</u></b> School] (Sampson Lloyd II was the founder of Lloyds Banking Group. The mayor was Joseph Chamberlain.)
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electron <b><u>hole</u></b>s [reject “holons”]
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<b><u>eddy</u></b> currents [or <b><u>eddies</u></b>; accept <b><u>Foucault current</u></b>s; prompt on <u>current</u>]
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<b><u>space</u></b> [or word forms like <b><u>spatial</u></b>; accept <b><u><em>spazio</em></u></b>; accept <b><u><em>Space</u></b> Writing</em> or <b><u>Spatialism</u></b> or <b><u><em>Spazialismo</em></u></b>; accept <em>Light-<b><u>Space</u></b> Modulator</em>; accept <em>Development of a Bottle in <b><u>Space</em></u></b> or <em>Bird in <b><u>Space</em></u></b>; accept negative <b><u>space</u></b>]
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<b><u>scream</u></b>s [or <b><u>cris</u></b>; or <b><u>krik</u></b>; accept <b><u>cry</u></b> or <b><u>screech</u></b>; accept “darkmother<b><u>scream</u></b>”]
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<b><u>Novgorod</b></u> Republic [or <b><u>Novgorods</b></u>kaya respublika; accept Veliky <b><u>Novgorod</b></u> or Great <b><u>Novgorod</b></u>]
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<b><u>Marguerite</b></u> [accept “Isolation. To <b><u>Marguerite</b></u>” or “To <b><u>Marguerite</b></u>—Continued”; reject “Margaret”] (The first line refers to Arnold’s “A Memory-Picture.” The “lilac kerchief” may explain inconsistencies in Arnold’s descriptions of the color of Marguerite’s hair.)
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<b><u>horse</b></u>s [accept different ages/sexes of horses, such as <b><u>mare</b></u>s, <b><u>colt</b></u>s, or <b><u>stallion</b></u>s; accept African breeds of horses including, but not limited to, <b><u>Mossi</b></u>, <b><u>Yagha</b></u>, <b><u>Tawleed</b></u>, <b><u>M’Bayar</b></u>, or <b><u>Hausa</b></u>; accept <b><u>Barb</b></u> or <b><u>Dongola</b></u>wi horses until read]
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Mount <b><u>Shasta</u></b> [or <b><u>Waka-nunee-Tuki-wuki</u></b> or <b><u>Úytaahkoo</u></b> or <b><u>Wáik’a</u></b>; accept <b><u>Shasta</u></b>–Trinity National Forest; accept <b><u>Shasta</u></b> Lake, <b><u>Shasta</u></b> County, <b><u>Shasta</u></b> ground sloth, or <b><u>Shasta</u></b> Abbey]
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<b><u>turbidity</b></u> [accept <b><u>turbidity</b></u> currents; prompt on <u>gravity</u> until “nonzero values of this quantity” is read by asking “what specific type of gravity currents?”]
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<b><u>melting point</b></u> [or <b><u>melting temperature</b></u>; accept <b><u>freezing point</b></u> or <b><u>freezing temperature</b></u>; accept <b><u>crystallization point</b></u> or <b><u>crystallization temperature</b></u>; accept <b><u>freezing point</b></u> depression; prompt on <u>temperature</u> or <u>T</u> or <u>Tm</u> until “temperature” is read]
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<b><u>Aztec</b></u> [or <b><u>Mexica</b></u>]
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<b><u>victory garden</u></b>s [or <b><u>war garden</u></b>s, <b><u>liberty garden</u></b>s, <b><u>freedom garden</u></b>s, <b><u>victory farm</u></b>s, or <b><u>defense gardens</u></b>; or paraphrases such as <b><u>garden</u></b>s for <b><u>victory</u></b>; accept National <b><u>War Garden</u></b> Commission or “Barney Bear’s <b><u>Victory Garden</u></b>” or <b><u><em>Victory Garden</u></b> Leader’s Handbook</em>; prompt on vegetable <u>garden</u>s, community <u>plot</u>s, <u>farm</u>s, <u>park</u>s, <u>agricultural</u> areas, crop <u>field</u>s, hot<u>bed</u>s, <u>greenhouse</u>s, or equivalents of any] (Bentley wrote <em>Eating for Victory</em>. Hall led the US Crop Corps.)
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Jean <b><u>Genet</b></u> (“zhawn zhuh-NAY”)
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<b><u>sinking</u></b> [or <b><u>disappearing</u></b> or <b><u>influent</u></b>; accept description or synonyms for going <b><u>underground</u></b> or <b><u>recharging</u></b> aquifers; accept flowing into a <b><u>sinkhole</u></b>; reject “shrinking” or “getting smaller”]
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<b><u>Salerno</b></u>
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John <b><u>Pershing</b></u> [or Black Jack <b><u>Pershing</b></u>; accept <b><u>Pershing</b></u> Map; prompt on <u>Black Jack</u>]
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<b><u>phosphate</u></b>s [or <b><u>PO4</u></b>3-]
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<b><u>memory</b></u> [accept <b><u>remember</b></u>ing or <b><u>recollection</b></u>; accept episodic <b><u>memory</b></u>; accept semantic <b><u>memory</b></u>; accept short-term <b><u>memory</b></u>; accept working <b><u>memory</b></u>; accept long-term <b><u>memory</b></u>; accept <b><u>memory</b></u> error; accept <em>The <b><u>Memory</b></u> Wars</em>; accept recovered-<b><u>memory</b></u> therapy]
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<b><u>Melbourne</u></b> AND <b><u>Sydney</u></b> [accept answers in either order; accept <b><u>Narrm</u></b>, <b><u>Port Phillip</u></b>, <b><u>Melburnian</u></b>s, or University of <b><u>Melbourne</u></b> in place of “Melbourne”; accept <b><u>Port Jackson</u></b>, <b><u>Sydney</u></b>siders, University of <b><u>Sydney</u></b>, or <b><u>Sydney</u></b> Uni in place of “Sydney”] (La Trobe and Macquarie are the oldest verdant universities.)
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Virgin <b><u>Mary</u></b> [or the <b><u>Madonna</u></b>; accept Terra <b><u>Mariana</u></b>]
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<b><u>Coral Gardens</u></b> incident [or <b><u>Bad Friday</u></b>; prompt on <u>Black Friday</u>]
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the molecule is <b><u>inside</u></b> the fullerene [accept common language equivalents like in the <b><u>interior</u></b> or <b><u>encased</u> </b>in]
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<b><u>loan</b></u>words [or lexical <b><u>borrowing</b></u>s; or <b><u>borrowed</b></u> words; or <b><u>importation</b></u>s; accept <b><u>foreign</b></u>isms or <b><u>foreign</b></u> words] (Before Hübschmann, Armenian was wrongly thought to be an Iranian language, but it in fact just has a high proportion of Iranian loanwords.)
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<b><u>Marrakesh</b></u> [or <b><u>Marrakech</b></u> or <b><u>Murrākush</b></u> or <b><u>Mṛṛakc</b></u>]
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<b><u>pion</u></b>s
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<b><u>diatomaceous earth</u></b> [accept <b><u>diatomite</u></b> or <b><u>celite</u></b> or <b><u>kieselguhr</u></b>]
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<b><u>river</u></b>s
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Fyodor <b><u>Dostoevsky</u></b> [or Fyodor Mikhailovich <b><u>Dostoevsky</u></b>] (Those parables appear in <em>The Brothers Karamazov</em>.)
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<b><u>Māori</u></b> [prompt on <u>New Zealander</u>s; the first novel is <em>Potiki</em>]
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<b><u>Bethlehem</u></b> [or <b><u>Belén</u></b>; accept “Iban Para <b><u>Belén</u></b>”]
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<b><u>E</b></u>lizabeth Barrett <b><u>Browning</b></u> [or Elizabeth <b><u>Barrett</b></u> Browning or Elizabeth Barrett Moulton-<b><u>Barrett</b></u>; prompt on <u>Browning</u>; reject “Robert Browning”]
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Guru <b><u>Gobind</u></b> Singh [prompt on <u>Singh</u>; reject “Hargobind”] (Clues include the <em>Charitropakhyan</em> section of the Dasam Granth, the Nihang’s reverence for the Sarbloh Granth, and Gobind’s dictation of the authoritative version of the Adi Granth to Bhai Mani Singh.)
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<b><u>Tokugawa</u></b> shogunate [or <b><u>Edo</u></b> shogunate; or <b><u>Tokugawa</u></b> bakufu; or <b><u>Edo</u></b> bakufu; prompt on <u>Japan</u> or <u>Nippon</u>]
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<b><u>Oort</b></u> cloud [or Öpik–<b><u>Oort</b></u> cloud; accept inner <b><u>Oort</b></u> cloud; prompt on <u>Hills</u> cloud until read]
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<b><u>generation</u></b>s [accept birth <b><u>cohort</u></b>s, age <b><u>cohort</u></b>s, graduation <b><u>cohort</u></b>s, or <b><u>generational</u></b> cohorts; accept <b><u>generation</u></b> gaps; accept overlapping <b><u>generation</u></b>s; prompt on <u>population</u>s until read; prompt on specific generations like <u>millennial</u>s or Baby <u>Boom</u>ers by asking “what type of group is that?”] (The first line refers to the Human Mortality Database.)
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<b><u>William I</u></b> [or <b><u>Willem I</u></b>; or <b><u>Willem Frederik</u></b>; accept <b><u>William I</u></b> of the Netherlands; prompt on <u>William</u> or <u>Willem</u>; reject “William the Silent” or “William of Orange”]
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<b><u>transmembrane</u></b> proteins [accept <b><u>integral membrane</u></b> proteins; accept <b><u>membrane-spanning</u></b> proteins or proteins that <b><u>span the membrane</u></b>; prompt on <u>membrane</u> proteins or proteins <u>in</u> or <u>inside the membrane</u>; prompt on <u>insoluble</u> proteins]
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<b><u>Brazil</b></u> [or <b><u>Brasil</b></u>; or Federative Republic of <b><u>Brazil</b></u> or República Federativa do <b><u>Brasil</b></u>] (The album in the first clue is <em>Clube da Esquina</em>.)
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Mary <b><u>Douglas</b></u> [or Dame Mary <b><u>Douglas</b></u> or Margaret Mary <b><u>Tew</b></u>]
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<b><u>coarctate</u></b> reactions [accept pseudo<b><u>coarctate</u></b> reactions]
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<b><u>bounded</u></b>ness [accept <b><u>bounded</u></b> functions or <b><u>bounded</u></b> quantifiers]
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<b><u>superman</u></b> [accept <b><u>Übermensch</u></b> or “How I Found the <b><u>Superman</u></b>”; prompt on <u><em>Man and Superman</em></u>]
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Nikos <b><u>Kazantzakis</u></b>
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<b><u>Great American Novel</u></b> [or <b><u>GAN</u></b>; accept “<b><u>Great American Novel</u></b>ist”]
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<b><u>Siena</u></b>
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<b><u>Sichuan</u></b> [or <b><u>Szechwan</u></b>; accept <b><u>Sìchuān</u></b> Basin or <b><u>Red Basin</u></b>; accept <b><u>Chóngqìng</u></b>; prompt on West <u>China</u>, Southwestern <u>China</u>, <u>Xīnán</u>, <u>Yangtze</u> River, or <u>Yángzǐ</u> Jiāng]
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<b><u><em>Poor Folk</em></u></b> [or <b><u><em>Bednye lyudi</em></u></b>; or <b><u><em>Poor People</em></u></b>]
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<b><u>travel</u></b>ing [or synonyms such as <b><u>journey</u></b>ing, <b><u>moving</u></b>, or <b><u>migrating</u></b>; accept <b><u>pilgrimage</u></b>; accept specific methods of travel like <b><u>fly</u></b>ing or <b><u>camel-riding</u></b>; accept <b><u>going</u></b> to Mecca or <b><u><em>hajj</em></u></b> until read; accept <b><u><em>safar</em></u></b> until read] (The first line refers to the <em>Reliance of the Traveller</em>. The article of clothing Muslims are allowed to keep on while performing <em>wudu</em> while traveling are their socks.)
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<b><u>J-setting</u></b> [or <b><u>J-Sette</u></b>; or Prancing <b><u>J-Settes</u></b>]
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<b><u>Henry</u></b> [accept <b><u>Henry</u></b> IV; accept <b><u>Henry</u></b> V; accept <b><u>Henry</u></b> VII or <b><u>Henry</u></b> Tudor]
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<b><u>position</b></u> AND <b><u>momentum</b></u> [or generalized <b><u>coordinate</b></u>s AND generalized <b><u>momenta</b></u>; prompt on <u><em>x</u></em> or <u><em>q</u></em> for <b><u>position</b></u> and <u><em>p</u></em> for <b><u>momentum</b></u> until read]
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the <b><u>Palatinate</u></b> [or Electoral <b><u>Palatinate</u></b>, Electorate of the <b><u>Palatinate</u></b>, <b><u>Pfalz</u></b>, <b><u>Kurpfalz</u></b>, or Rhineland-<b><u>Palatinate</u></b>; accept Poor <u>Palatine</u>s or Elector <u>Palatine</u>]
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<b><u>Ottoman</b></u> Empire [or Sublime <b><u>Ottoman</b></u> State or <b><u>Osman</b></u>lı İmparatorluğu or <b><u>Osman</b></u>lı Devleti or Devlet-i Aliyye-i <b><u>Osmân</b></u>iyye] (The first two lines refer to <em>Nights of Plague</em> and <em>The White Castle</em>.)
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<b><u>anger</u></b> [accept <em>On <b><u>Anger</u></b> or</em> <em>De<b> <u>Ira</em></u></b>; accept <b><u><em>Anger</u></b> and Forgiveness</em>; prompt on <u>emotion</u>s or <u>passion</u>s; prompt on synonyms like <u>rage</u>; prompt on <u>revenge</u> or <u>vengeance</u>]
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<b><u>adaptive preference</u></b>s [prompt on <u>preferences</u>]
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<b><u>DSCH</u></b> [or <b><u>D, E-flat, C, B</u></b> natural; prompt on Dmitri <u>Shostakovich</u>’s <u>initials</u> or <u>signature</u>]
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<b><u>France</b></u>
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<b><u>Pyrenees</b></u> [or <b><u>Pirineos</b></u>, <b><u>Pyrénées</b></u>, <b><u>Pirineu</b></u>, <b><u>Pirinioak</b></u>, <b><u>Pirenèus</b></u>, or <b><u>Pirineus</b></u>]
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<b><u><em>Women in Love</b></u></em>
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<b><u>asteroid</u></b>s [accept S-type <b><u>asteroid</u></b>s or C-type <b><u>asteroid</u></b>s; accept Apollo <b><u>asteroid</u></b>s; accept near-Earth <b><u>asteroid</u></b>s; prompt on <u>Near-Earth</u> objects; prompt on <u>minor planet</u>s]
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<b><u>Kanishka I</b></u> [or <b><u>Kanishka the Great</b></u> or <b><u>Kanēške</b></u> (“kah-nesh-kay”) <b><u>I</b></u>; prompt on <u>Kanishka</u> or <u>Kanēške</u>]
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<b><u>Venus</b></u> [accept <b><u>Venus</b></u> Erycina; accept <b><u>Aphrodite</b></u>]
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plant <b><u>carnivory</u></b> [accept <b><u>carnivore</u></b> or <b><u>carnivorous</u></b> plants; accept <b><u>insectivore</u></b> or word forms; accept descriptions of plants <b><u>eating meat</u></b> or <b><u>insect</u></b>s or <b><u>animal</u></b>s; prompt on <u>eating</u> or <u>digestion</u>; prompt on <u>tropism</u> or <u>movement</u> by asking “what behavior are they engaging in by moving?”; prompt on <u>trap</u>ping or <u>attract</u>ing insects or animals until “traps” is read] (The Charles Darwin book is <em>Insectivorous Plants</em>.)
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<b><u>Panay</b></u>
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<b><u>cumdach</u></b>s [or <b><u>cumhdach</u></b> or <b><u>cumdaigh</u></b> or <b><u>cumhdaigh</u></b>; prompt on <u>book shrine</u>s]
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<b><u>Auschwitz</u></b> [accept <b><u>Oświęcim</u></b> or Auschwitz II-<b><u>Birkenau</u></b> or Auschwitz III-<b><u>Monowitz</u></b>; accept <em>Survival in <b><u>Auschwitz</em></u></b>; prompt on <u>concentration camp</u>s or <u>death camp</u>s or <em>Konzentrations<u>lager</em></u>] (The third sentence is from “Vanadium.” <em>The Captive Mind</em> is by Czesław Miłosz. The author is Tadeusz Borowski.)
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<b><u><em>Northanger Abbey</b></u></em>
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<b><u>Florence</b></u> [prompt on <u>Sarzana</u> or <u>Verona</u> or <u>Lucca</u> by asking “where was that person born?”]
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<b><u>Impressionism</b></u> [accept California <b><u>Impressionism</b></u> or American <b><u>Impressionism</b></u>; accept <b><u>The Ten</b></u> or <b><u>Ten American Artists</b></u> until “Ten” is read; accept <b><u>plein-air</b></u> painting] (The second clue refers to William Meritt Chase.)
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<b><u>transfinite</u></b> [accept <b><u>transfinite</u></b> recursion or <b><u>transfinite</u></b> sequences]
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<b><u>alpha-synuclein</u></b> [or <b><u>SCNA</u></b>; prompt on <u>synuclein</u>]
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William <b><u>Wordsworth</u></b> (The Bate book is <em>Romantic Ecology: Wordsworth and the Environmental Tradition</em>.)
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<b><u>Garamante</u></b>s [or <b><u>Garamantian</u></b> civilization; accept <b><u>Gamara</u></b> or <b><u>Germa</u></b>; prompt on proto-<u>Berber</u> or <u>Amazigh</u>]
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Maya <b><u>Angelou</b></u> [or Marguerite Annie <b><u>Johnson</b></u>] (The first poem is “Weekend Glory.”)
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<b><u>victory</b></u> [accept V for <b><u>Victory</b></u>; accept <b><u>victory</b></u> gardens; accept Double <b><u>Victory</b></u>; accept <b><u>Victory</b></u> over Japan Day; accept <b><u>Victory</b></u> ships; prompt on <u>V-J</u> Day or <u><em>V-J</u> Day in Times Square</em>]
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<b><u>Hegel</u></b>ianism [accept <b><u>absolute idealism</u></b>; accept Left <b><u>Hegel</u></b>ians or Right <b><u>Hegel</u></b>ians; accept “the <b><u>System</u></b>” until “system” is read; prompt on <u>dialectic</u>s, <u>ideal</u>ism, or <u>speculative</u> philosophy]
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<b><u>Egeria</u></b> [or <b><u>Etheria</u></b> or <b><u>Aetheria</u></b>; accept <em>Itinerarium <b><u>Egeriae</em></u></b>]
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<b><u>SV40</u></b> [or <b><u>simian vacuolating virus 40</u></b> or <b><u>simian virus 40</u></b>] (The first clue describes the J-domain’s role in binding the pRb/E2F complex. The second clue is about LTA’s interaction with p53.)
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<b><u>pastel</b></u>s [accept dry <b><u>pastel</b></u>s; accept oil <b><u>pastel</b></u>s; accept <b><u>pastel</b></u> crayons; accept <b><u>pastel</b></u> drawings; accept <b><u>pastel</b></u> on paper; prompt on <u>crayon</u>s until “trois crayon” is read]
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Dambisa <b><u>Moyo</u></b> [or Baroness <b><u>Moyo</u></b>]
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“<b><u>Requiem</u></b>” [or “<b><u>Rekviem</u></b>”]
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Alejo <b><u>Carpentier</u></b> [or Alejo <b><u>Carpentier</u></b> y Valmont]
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Jeremy <b><u>Bentham</b></u>
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<b><u>thiol</u></b> [accept <b><u>mercaptan</u></b> or <b><u>mercapto</u></b> before “mercaptan”; accept <b><u>sulfhydryl</u></b> or <b><u>sulfanyl</u></b> before “disulfide”]
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