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Millicent <b><u>Fawcett</b></u> [or Millicent Garrett <b><u>Fawcett</b></u> or Millicent <b><u>Garrett</b></u> Fawcett] (Newnham College was the first women’s college at Cambridge.)
<b><u>inflation</u></b> rate [accept <b><u>ch</u><u>ange in price</u></b>s; or <b><u>price change</u>;</b> or <b><u>price index</u></b>]
<b><u>Philistine</u></b>s [accept <b><u>Peleset</u></b> until read; or <b><u>Plisht</u></b>im; or <b><u>Phulistieím</u></b>; accept <b><u>Philistia</u></b>; prompt on <u>Sea People</u>s until “Sea” is read; prompt on <u>Palestinian</u>s]
David <b><u>Cronenberg</u></b> [or David Paul <b><u>Cronenberg</u></b>]
<b><u>Booth</u></b> [accept Maud Ballington <b><u>Booth</u></b> or Ballington <b><u>Booth</u></b>; prompt on <u>Charlesworth</u>] (Ballington Booth was the son of William Booth, the founder of the Salvation Army.)
<b><u>allergy</b></u> [or <b><u>allergies</b></u>; or word forms such as <b><u>allergic</b></u> reaction; accept type I <b><u>hypersensitivity</b></u> reaction; accept <b><u>hives</b></u>; accept <b><u>anaphylaxis</b></u> until read; accept specific allergies such as peanut <b><u>allergy</b></u>]
Robert <b><u>Caro</u></b> [Robert Allan <b><u>Caro</u></b>] (Sidney Blumenthal attacked Caro’s portrayal of Coke Stevenson. “Feather Duster” was a nickname for FDR, whom Robert Moses frequently clashed with.)
<b><u>sefirot</u></b> [or <b><u>sephirot</u></b>h]
<b><u>train</u></b> cars [or <b><u>subway</u></b> cars; accept New York City <b><u>subway</u></b>s; accept <b><u>metro</u></b> cars; accept <b><u><em>Pullman Car</u></b> Hiawatha</em>; prompt on <u>car</u>s] (The other play is <em>Dutchman</em> by Amiri Baraka.)
<b><u>monk</u></b>s [or <b><u>monastic</u></b>s; accept <b><u>cenobite</u></b>s or religious <b><u>brother</u></b>s; accept Marinos the <b><u>Monk</u></b>; prompt on <u>hermit</u>s or <u>saint</u>s] (John Climacus wrote, and is named after, <em>The Ladder of Divine Ascent</em> or <em>Climax Paradisi</em>.)
<b><u>phase</u></b>
Edna St.&nbsp;Vincent <b><u>Millay</b></u>
Johannes <b><u>Gutenberg</u></b> [or Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum <b><u>Gutenberg</u></b>]
<b><u>war</u></b> [or <b><u>Krieg</u></b>; accept <em>On <b><u>War</em></u></b>; accept <em>Vom <b><u>Krieg</u></b>e</em>]
<b><u>local</b></u> [or <b><u>locally</b></u>; accept <b><u>localization</b></u> or <b><u>local</b></u> ring; accept <b><u>local</b></u>ly small category; accept <b><u>local</b></u> property; accept <b><u>local</b></u> minimum or <b><u>local</b></u> maximum or <b><u>local</b></u> extremum]
<b><u>Claudian</u></b> [or Claudius <b><u>Claudian</u></b>us; prompt on <u>Claudius</u>]
<b><u>electron diffraction</u></b> [or ultrafast <b><u>electron diffraction</u></b> or femtosecond <b><u>electron diffraction</u></b>; prompt on <u>electron</u> pulses or <u>diffraction</u>; prompt on <u>UED</u> or <u>FED</u> or <u>ED</u>]
<b><u>liver</u></b> [accept sheep’s or ewe’s <b><u>liver</u></b>; accept <b><u>Liver</u></b> of Piacenza; prompt on internal <u>organ</u>s or <u>entrail</u>s or <u>gut</u>s or <u>offal</u>] (Imseti’s head appeared on the canopic jar for the liver.)
<b><u>Jagiellonian</b></u> Dynasty [or House of <b><u>Jagiellon</b></u>; or <b><u>Jogailaičių</b></u> Dinastija; or <b><u>jagiełło</b></u>; prompt on House of <u>Gediminid</u>]
<b><u>cruise ship</b></u> [prompt on passenger <u>ship</u> or <u>boat</u> or ocean <u>liner</u>] (Wallace refers to that Conroy advertisement-essay often in “A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again.”)
<b><u>Great Cameo</u></b> of France [or <b><u>Big Cameo</u></b> of France or <b><u><em>Grand Camée</u></b> de France</em>]
<b><u>Trinidad</u></b> [prompt on <u>Trinidad and Tobago</u>; reject “Tobago”]
<b><u>Stage Manager</u></b> [prompt on <u>narrator</u>s]
<b><u>whale</b></u>s [accept <b><u>big fish</b></u> or <b><u>giant fish</b></u> or <b><u>great fish</b></u> or <b><u>dag gadol</b></u>; accept <b><u>kētos</b></u> megalos or <b><u>Cetus</b></u> or <b><u>Cetacean</b></u>s; accept killer <b><u>whale</b></u>s or <b><u>orca</b></u>s; prompt on <u>fish</u> or <u>sea monster</u>s] (Editor’s note: Some of the accepts and prompts aren’t taxonomically correct, but are correct in translation for several of the answers. Most pre-modern peoples did not define the word “fish” cladistically.)
Lake <b><u>Maracaibo</u></b> [or Lago de <b><u>Maracaibo</u></b>; accept <b><u>Tablazo</u></b> Strait]
<b><u>cantata</u></b> [accept psalm <b><u>cantata</u></b>; accept parody <b><u>cantata</u></b>]
<b><u>1860</u></b>s [prompt on “<u>60</u>s”]
Duke <b><u>Ellington</b></u> [or Edward Kennedy <b><u>Ellington</b></u>] (The first line refers to his <em>Afro-Eurasian Eclipse</em>.)
<b><u>Turkish</u></b> [or <b><u>Türkçe</u></b>]
<b><u>Dirichlet series</u></b> (“dee-ree-CLAY”) [accept <b><u>L-series</u></b> or <b><u>L-function</u></b> or <b><u>zeta function</u></b> until read; prompt on <u>series</u>; reject “power series”]
William <b><u>Inge</u></b>&nbsp;(“inj”)
<b><u>Sedna</u></b> [or <b><u>Sanna</u></b>]
<b><u>Marduk</b></u> [or Bel-<b><u>Marduk</b></u>]
George <b><u>Orwell</b></u> [or Eric Arthur <b><u>Blair</b></u>]
<b><u>colonization</b></u> [accept de<b><u>colonization</b></u>; or word forms such as <b><u>colonizing</b></u> or <b><u>colonial</b></u>ism; accept <b><u><em>Colonization</b></u> in Reverse</em> or <em>De<b><u>colonising</b></u> the Mind</em>]
<b><u>Caucasus</u></b> Mountains [accept <b><u>Caucasia</u></b> or Trans<b><u>caucasia</u></b>]
<b><u>Sturlung</u></b>s [or <b><u>Sturlungar</u></b>; prompt on <u>Sturluson</u> by asking “what is the clan’s formal name?”]
<b><u>Naples</u></b> [or <b><u>Napoli</u></b>] (The king in the first line is Joachim Murat.)
The <b><u>Wizard</b></u> of Oz [accept <b><u>Oz</b></u> the Great and Terrible or the Great and Powerful <b><u>Oz</b></u>; accept <em>The Wonderful <b><u>Wizard</b></u> of Oz</em>; accept Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Isaac Norman Henkle Emmannuel Ambroise <b><u>Diggs</b></u>; accept <b><u>Wizard of Oz</b></u> experiments] (The song in the second line is “Off to See the Wizard.” The third line is from <em>Wicked</em>.)
<b><u>London</u></b> [or Roman <b><u>London</u></b>; or <b><u>Londinium</u></b>; or <b><u>Trinovantum</u></b>; accept <b><u>New Troy</u></b> before mentioned]
<b><u>simplex</b></u> method [or <b><u>simplex</b></u> algorithm; prompt on <u>linear programming</u> until read by asking “what linear programming method?”]
<b><u>Anonymous</u></b> Christianity [or <b><u>anonymous</u></b> Christians]
<b><u>trie</u></b> (“try”) [or <b><u>trie</u></b>s; or <b><u>prefix tree</u></b>s; prompt on search <u>tree</u>s]
<b><u>Sonora</u></b> [or Estado Libre y Soberano de <b><u>Sonora</u></b>]
<b><u>esophagus</b></u> AND <b><u>stomach</b></u>
Ralph <b><u>Lauren</u></b> [or Ralph <b><u>Lifshitz</u></b>; accept Polo Ralph <b><u>Lauren</u></b>]
William <b><u>Hazlitt</b></u>
Las <b><u>Vegas</u></b> [accept <b><u>Paradise</u></b>, Nevada; accept <b><u>Sin City</u></b>; accept Las <b><u>Vegas</u></b> Strip; accept <em>Las <b><u>Vegas</u></b> Sun</em>; prompt on the <u>Strip</u> until read]
<b><u>Kailyard</u></b> School [accept <b><u>kailyard</u></b>s]
music <b><u>education</b></u> [or music <b><u>pedagogy</b></u>; accept <b><u>music appreciation</b></u>; accept descriptions of <b><u>teaching music</b></u> or <b><u>learning music</b></u> or <b><u>learning</b></u> to how play a musical <b><u>instrument</b></u>; accept descriptions of <b><u>learning</b></u> how to play specific instruments such as the <b><u>violin</b></u>; prompt on <u>Young People’s Concerts</u> or descriptions of <u>concerts for kids</u> or <u>younger audiences</u> but that do not imply they are for an educational purpose; prompt on <u>Suzuki</u> method by asking “what is the purpose of the Suzuki method?”] (Duncan Lamont’s suite is an alternative to Britten’s <em>Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra</em>.)
<b><u>gastrulation</u></b> [accept short <b><u>gastrulation</u></b>; prompt on <u>morphogenesis</u> or <u>embryogenesis</u> or <u>embryonic development</u>]
vitamin <b><u>B6</u></b> [accept <b><u>pyridoxine</u></b> or <b><u>pyridoxal</u></b> or <b><u>pyridoxamine</u></b>; accept <b><u>pyridoxal phosphate</u></b>]
<b><u>caliph</u></b> [or <b><u>khilāfah</u></b>; or Sultan-<b><u>Caliph</u></b> of Ottoman Empire; accept <b><u>Commander</u></b> of the <b><u>Faithful</u></b> until “Commander” is read; accept <b><u>’Amir al-Mu’minin</u></b>, <b><u>Halîfe-i Müslimîn</u></b>, or <b><u>Emîrü’l-Mü’minîn</u></b>; accept <b><u>caliphate</u></b> or <b><u>Khilafat</u></b> Movement; prompt on <u>sultan</u> of the Ottoman Empire or Ottoman <u>emperor</u> until “Ottoman” is read by asking “which other title held by the sultan does the clue refer to?”]
<b><u>Alice</u></b> [accept <b><u>Alice</u></b> Auma, <b><u>Alice</u></b> Lakwena, or <b><u>Alice</u></b> Lenshina]
<em>The <b><u>Dream Songs</b></u></em> [accept <b><u><em>77 Dream Songs</b></u></em>; accept <b><u><em>His Toy, His Dream, His Rest</b></u></em> until read]
<b><u>Asimov</u></b> [or Isaac <b><u>Asimov</u></b>; or Janet <b><u>Asimov</u></b>]
Clifford <b><u>Geertz</b></u> [or Clifford James <b><u>Geertz</b></u>]
<b><u>rhesus</b></u> monkey [or rhesus <b><u>macaque</b></u>; accept <b><u><em>Macaca</b></u> mulatta</em>; accept <b><u>rhesus</b></u> factor; accept <b><u>rhesus</b></u> isoimmunization or <b><u>rhesus</b></u> disease; prompt on <u>Rh</u> or <u>Rh</u> factor or <u>Rh</u> disease or <u>Rh</u> incompatibility by asking “what organism is that named for?”; prompt on <u>monkey</u> or <u>primate</u> or <u>simian</u>; reject “ape”]
<b><u>qadr</u></b> [or <b><u>power</u></b>, <b><u>decree</u></b>, <b><u>destiny</u></b>, <b><u>predestination</u></b>, <b><u>determination</u></b>, <b><u>preordination</u></b>, <b><u>pre-decree</u></b>, or <b><u>measure</u></b>; accept <b><u>free will</u></b> until “rain” is read; accept <b><u>Qadar</u></b>iyyah, <b><u>Qadar</u></b>ites, or Laylat al-<b><u>Qadr</u></b>; accept Night of <b><u>Power</u></b>; prompt on <u>night</u> or <u>laylat</u>]
<b><u>cyclin-dependent kinase</u></b>s [or <b><u>CDK</u></b>s; accept <b><u>CDK</u></b>1; reject “cyclins”]
<b><u>Catherine</u></b> Barkley [or Catherine <b><u>Barkley</u></b>]
<b><u>Milwaukee</b></u>
<b><u>basis</u></b> sets [or <b><u>base</u></b>s; or <b><u>basis</u></b> functions]
<b><u>lotus</b></u>es [or <b><u>padma</b></u> or <b><u>padme</b></u> or <b><u><em>Nelumbo nucifera</b></u></em>; accept <b><u>Lotus</b></u> Sūtra or Sūtra on the White <b><u>Lotus</b></u> of the True Dharma; accept Oṃ maṇi <b><u>padme</b></u> hūṃ; accept <b><u>Lotus</b></u> Temple; prompt on <u>flower</u>s or water <u>flower</u>s; prompt on aquatic <u>plant</u>s] (The first line refers to the <em>Tama Sutta</em> or <em>Tamonata Sutta</em>.)
<b><u>Ganesh</u></b> [or <b><u>Ganesha</u></b>; accept <b><u>Vinayaka</u></b> or <b><u>Ganapati</u></b> or <b><u>Gajanana</u></b> or <b><u>Pillaiyar</u></b>]
gene <b><u>pyramid</u></b>ing [accept marker-assisted <b><u>pyramid</u></b>ing; accept gene <b><u>stack</u></b>ing]
orbital <b><u>overlap</b></u> [accept neglect of diatomic differential <b><u>overlap</b></u>; accept <b><u>overlap</b></u> matrix or <b><u>overlap</b></u> integral; reject “hybridization”]
<em>The <b><u>Atrocity Exhibition</em></u></b> [or <b><u><em>Love and Napalm</u></b>: Export USA</em>] (by J.G. Ballard)
<b><u>Cyprus</b></u> [or Republic of <b><u>Cyprus</b></u>, <b><u>Kypros</b></u>, <b><u>Kypriaki</b></u> Dimokratia, or <b><u>Kibris</b></u> Cumhuriyeti]
<b><u>salmon</b></u> [accept species of Pacific salmon such as, but not limited to, coho, sockeye, Chinook, pink, or chum <b><u>salmon</b></u>; prompt on <u>fish</u> until mention]
<b><u>barrel</u></b>s [or <b><u>cask</u></b>s; or <b><u>keg</u></b>s; or <b><u>vat</u></b>s; or <b><u>butt</u></b>s; or <b><u>tun</u></b>s; or <b><u>Fass</u></b>en] (The dance is the Schäfflertanz, or “Coopers’ Dance.” The “angel’s share” evaporates while a spirit such as whiskey is aging inside a barrel.)
<b><u>bandeirante</u></b>s (“bun-day-RON-chiss”) [or <b><u>bandeira</u></b> members; accept <b><u>bandeirismo</u></b> or <em>Monument to the <b><u>Bandeira</u></b>s</em>; prompt on synonyms of <u>slaver</u>s until “slave-traders” is read; prompt on gold <u>prospector</u>s until “prospectors” is read; prompt on synonyms of <u>settler</u>s, <u>colonist</u>s, or <u>explorer</u>s until “colonized” is read; prompt on <u>Paulista</u>s, <u>Portuguese</u>, or <u>Brazilian</u>s]
<b><u>water</u></b> [accept <em>Governing <b><u>Water</em></u></b>; accept <em>The Three Ages of <b><u>Water</em></u></b>; accept <b><u>water</u></b> security; accept <b><u>water</u></b> refugees; accept <b><u>Water</u></b> Code of 1981; accept “stopping power of <b><u>water</u></b>”; accept <b><u><em>agua</em></u></b>; accept <b><u>hydro</u></b>politics; accept answers indicating fresh or clean <b><u>water</u></b>; prompt on <u>river</u>s or <u>stream</u>s or <u>sea</u>s or <u>ocean</u>s by asking, “Can you be less specific?”]
<b><u>Soviet Union</b></u> [or <b><u>USSR</b></u> or Union of <b><u>Soviet</b></u> Socialist Republics; or <b><u>CCCP</b></u> or <b><u>SSSR</b></u> or Soyuz <b><u>Sovetskikh</b></u> Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik; accept <b><u>Russia</b></u> or <b><u>Rossiya</b></u>; accept <b><u>Russian</b></u> Federation or <b><u>Rossiyskaya </b></u>Federatsiya; accept Soviet <b><u>Armenia</b></u>, <b><u>Armenian</b></u> Soviet Socialist Republic, <b><u>Hayastan</b></u>, or <b><u>Haykakan</b></u>] (The clues include the choreographer Leonid Yakobson, the dancer Maya Plisetskaya, Agrippina Vaganova, <em>The Red Poppy</em>, and Aram Khachaturian.)
<b><u>Pomona</b></u>
the <b><u>Congo</b></u> [accept Democratic Republic of the <b><u>Congo</b></u>, the <b><u>DRC</b></u>, or Republic of <b><u>Zaire</b></u>, or <b><u>Congo</b></u>-Kinshasa; accept Republic of the <b><u>Congo</b></u> or <b><u>ROC</b></u> or <b><u>Congo</b></u>-Brazzaville; accept <b><u>Congo</b></u> River Basin; accept The <b><u>Congos</b></u>; accept <em>Heart of the <b><u>Congos</b></u></em>; prompt on Central <u>Africa</u> until “African” is read; reject “Central African Republic” or “CAR”]
<b><u>run</u></b>ning [accept <b><u>jog</u></b>ging, <b><u>racing</u></b>, foot<b><u>race</u></b>s, <b><u>sprint</u></b>ing, endurance <b><u>run</u></b>ning, <b><u>marathon</u></b> running, <b><u>dash</u></b>ing, <b><u>chasing</u></b>, <b><u>chase</u></b>, or other types of running; accept <b><u>pursuit</u></b> or <b><u>pursuing</u></b> until “pursuit” is read; prompt on loco<u>motion</u>, <u>move</u>ment, <u>exercise</u>, <u>sport</u>s, <u>striding</u>, <u>stride</u>s, or equivalents of any; prompt on <u>hunt</u>ing or <u>track</u>ing or equivalents by asking “via what activity?”; reject “walking” or “ambulation” or “trekking”]
<b><u>Margiana</u></b> [or <b><u>Marguš</u></b> or <b><u>Margush</u></b> or <b><u>Margianḗ</u></b> or <b><u>Marv</u></b>; accept Bactria-<b><u>Margiana</u></b> Archaeological Complex; accept Frāda of <b><u>Margiana</u></b>]
“<b><u>Steam Heat</u></b>”
Luce <b><u>Irigaray</b></u>
<b><u>sinking</b></u> [accept equivalents such as <b><u>sunken</b></u> city; accept <b><u>drown</b></u>ing or <b><u>flood</b></u>ing or going <b><u>underwater</b></u>; accept <b><u>sinking</b></u> into a sea/ocean/lake; prompt on becoming <u>invisible</u> or <u>disappearing</u> by asking “what physical occurrence caused the city to disappear?”]
Guillaume de <b><u>Machaut</u></b>&nbsp;(“mah-SHOH”) [or Guillaume de <b><u>Machault</u></b>]
<b><u>stellar wind</u></b> [or <b><u>interstellar wind</u></b>; accept <b><u>solar wind</u></b>; prompt on <u>wind</u>]
<b><u><em>Jenůfa</em></u></b>&nbsp;(“yeh-NOO-fuh”) [or <b><u><em>Její pastorkyňa</em></u></b>; or <b><u><em>Her Stepdaughter</em></u></b>]
Anne <b><u>Carson</b></u> (The first and third lines refer to <em>The Beauty Of The Husband</em>.)
<b><u>Three Kingdoms</u></b> period [or <b><u>Sānguó</u></b> Shídài]
<b><u>France</u></b> [or <b><u>French </u></b>Republic; or <b><u>République française</u></b>]
<b><u><em>Antigone</b></u></em>
<b><u>market</u></b>places [accept <b><u>mercado</u></b>s or <b><u>tiyānquiztli</u></b>; accept <b><u>bazaar</u></b>s]
papal <b><u>bull</u></b>s (Both bulls were authored by Boniface VIII.)
<b><u>fugue</b></u>
magic <b><u>bullet</b></u>s [accept silver <b><u>bullet</b></u>s; prompt on <u>gun</u>s, <u>rifle</u>s, <u>pistol</u>s, fire<u>arm</u>s, or <u>weapon</u>s]
<b><u>adrenal</u> </b>glands [accept <b><u>adrenal</u></b> medulla]
<b><u>Orlando</b></u> [or <b><u>Roland</b></u>; accept <b><u><em>Orlando</u> </b>Furioso</em> or <b><u><em>Orlando</b></u> Innamorato</em>; reject “Rinaldo”]
<b><u>Montréal</u></b> [accept Great Peace of <b><u>Montréal</u></b>]
<b><u>nail</u></b>s [accept finger<b><u>nail</u></b>s and toe<b><u>nail</u></b>s; prompt on <u>finger</u>s or <u>toe</u>s]
<b><u>diffusion</u></b> [accept <b><u>diffusivity</u></b> or <b><u>diffusive</u></b> flux; accept reaction–<b><u>diffusion</u></b> system; accept convection–<b><u>diffusion</u></b> equation or drift–<b><u>diffusion</u></b> equation]
<b><u>antiquarian</u></b> [or <b><u>antiquary</u></b>; prompt on <u>historian</u>]
Julio <b><u>Cortázar</b></u>
<b><u>Sephardim</u></b> [or <b><u>Sepharadim</u></b>; or <b><u>Sephardic</u></b> Jews; or <b><u>Sephardi</u></b> Jews; accept <b><u>Sephardic</u></b> Judaism or <b><u>Sephardi</u></b> Judaism; prompt on <u>Spanish Jew</u>s or <u>Portuguese Jew</u>s or <u>Iberian Jew</u>s; prompt on <u>converso</u>s or <u>marrano</u>s; prompt on <u>Mizrahi</u> with “what group do they share their rite with?”]