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<b><u>isostatic rebound</u></b> [or <b><u>post-glacial rebound</u></b>; prompt on <u>rebound</u>; prompt on glacial <u>isostasy</u> or glacial <u>isostatic</u> adjustment]
<b><u>Lamb</b></u> shift (Isidor Rabi reported measurements of the magnetic moment of the electron. The “proton radius puzzle” in the second sentence is diminishing due to more accurate spectroscopic methods, as discussed in the 2018 CODATA recommended values of the fundamental physical constants.)
Michael <b><u>Mann</u></b> [or Michael Kenneth <b><u>Mann</u></b>] (The novel is <em>Heat 2</em>.)
<b><u>mass spec</u></b>trometry [accept <b><u>mass cytometry</u></b>]
<b><u>effective nuclear charge</u></b> [accept <b><u><em>Z</em></u></b>-sub-<b><u>eff</u></b> until read; reject “nuclear charge” or “atomic number”]
<b><u>ubiquitin</b></u> [or <b><u>ubiquitin</b></u>ation; or <b><u>Ub</b></u>; accept <b><u>ubiquitin</b></u> ligases]
Natsume <b><u>Sōseki</u></b> [or <b><u>Natsume</u></b> Soseki; or <b><u>Natsume</u></b> Kin’nosuke]
<b><u>VLBI</u></b> [or <b><u>very-long-baseline interferometry</u></b>; prompt on <u>interferometry</u>]
total <b><u>water potential</u></b> [prompt on <u>potential</u>]
<b><u>broom</u></b>s [accept feather-<b><u>duster</u></b>s or <b><u>whisk</u></b>s or <b><u>brush</u></b> or <b><u>sweeper</u></b> or <b><u>broomstick</u></b>; accept <b><u><em>charavalo</em></u></b> or <b><u><em>ogha</em></u></b> or <b><u><em>picchi</u></b>ka</em> or <b><u><em>pinchi</em></u></b>]
<b><u>Rococo</u></b> [prompt on <u>Late Baroque</u>]
<b><u>axolotl</b></u> [or <b><u><em>A</b></u>mbystoma <b><u>mexicanum</b></u></em>; prompt on <u>salamander</u>s until read; prompt on <u>amphibian</u>s until read; prompt on <u><em>Ambystoma</u></em>]
<b><u>Mi'kmaq</u></b> (“MIG-mah”) [or <b><u>Mi'gmaq</u></b>; or <b><u>Lnu</u></b>; or <b><u>Mi'kmaw</u></b>; prompt on <u>Wabanaki</u> or <u>Algonquian</u>; reject “Abenaki”]
<b><u>tax</u></b>ation [or word forms of collecting <b><u>tax</u></b>es; accept <b><u>vergi</u></b>, <b><u>avarız</u></b>, or <b><u>haraç</u></b>; accept <b><u>tax</u></b>-farming]
<b><u>Adam</u></b> [accept “As <b><u>Adam</u></b> Early in the Morning”]
<b><u>Adam</u></b> AND <b><u>Eve</u></b> [or <b><u>Eve</u></b> AND <b><u>Adam</u></b>]
<b><u>solvation</b></u> [or <b><u>dissolving</b></u>; or <b><u>dissolution</b></u>; or forming a <b><u>solution</b></u>]
​<b><u><em>Intruder in the Dust</b></u></em> (The Ellison essay is actually titled “The Shadow and the Act.”)
<b><u>Hun</u></b>s [or <b><u>Hunn</u></b>ī or <b><u>Hoûnno</u></b>s]
<b><u>Theaetetus</u></b>&nbsp;(“thee-ay-TEE-tuss”) [or <b><u>Theaítētos</u></b>; or <b><u>Theaetetus</u></b> of Athens]
<b><u>Finland</b></u> [or Republic of <b><u>Finland</b></u>, or <b><u>Suomi</b></u>, or <b><u>Suomen</b></u> tasavalta, or Republiken <b><u>Finland</b></u>] (The composer in the third line is Leif Segerstam.)
<b><u><em>Trout Quintet</u></b> </em>[or <b><u><em>Forellenquintett</em></u></b>; or Franz <b><u>Schubert’s Piano Quintet</u></b> in A major, <b><u>D. 667</u></b>; prompt on <u>Trout</u> or “Die <u>Forelle</u>”; prompt on Franz <u>Schubert’s quintet</u>]
<b><u>empirical</u></b> [accept <b><u>empirical</u></b> cumulative distribution function or <b><u>empirical</u></b> CDF]
<b><u>Tonkin</u></b> [or <b><u>Đông Kinh</u></b>; accept Gulf of <b><u>Tonkin</u></b>; accept Protectorate of <b><u>Tonkin</u></b>; accept <b><u>Tonkin</u></b> War, <b><u>Tonkin</u></b> Affair, or <b><u>Tonkin</u></b> Campaign; accept <b><u>Tonkin</u></b> Flotilla; accept <b><u>Tonkin</u></b>ese Rifles; prompt on North <u>Vietnam</u>; prompt on <u>Indochina</u>]
“The <b><u>Knight’s Tale</b></u>” [accept <b><u><em>Teseida</b></u></em> until read, but reject after] (The Edwardes play is <em>Palamon and Arcite</em>.)
<b><u>Iran</u></b> [or Islamic Republic of <b><u>Iran</u></b>; or Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye <b><u>Iran</u></b>; prompt on <u>Persia</u>]
Hart <b><u>Crane</u></b> [or Harold Hart <b><u>Crane</u></b>] (The latter Crane poem is “The Broken Tower.”)
<b><u>Russia</b></u> [or <b><u>Rossiya</b></u>; or <b><u>Russia</b></u>n Federation or <b><u>Rossiyskaya</b></u> Federatsiya]
<b><u>second law</u></b> of <b><u>thermodynamics</u></b> [prompt on <u>second law</u>]
<b><u>roman</u></b> [or <b><u>romance</u></b>; accept <b><u><em>Roman</u></b> de Silence</em>, <b><u><em>Roman</u></b> de la Rose</em>, or <b><u><em>Roman</u></b> d’Alexandre</em>, <b><u><em>Roman</u></b> de Fauvel</em>, or Alexander <b><u>Romance</u></b>s]
Joseph <b><u>Stalin</u></b> [or Joseph Vissarionovich <b><u>Stalin</u></b>; or Ioseb <b><u>Dzhugashvili</u></b>; accept “<b><u>Stalin</u></b> Epigram”]
<b><u><em>Klara and the Sun</b></u></em>
<b><u>Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam</u></b> [or <b><u>Hidase Dam</u></b> or <b><u>Millennium Dam</u></b>; accept Tālāqu ye-Ītyōppyā <b><u>Hidāsē Gidib</u></b>]
<b><u>South Africa</u></b> [or Republic of <b><u>South Africa</u></b> or R<b><u>SA</u></b>; or <b><u>Ningizimu Afrika</u></b>, <b><u>Mzantsi Afrika</u></b>, <b><u>Suid- Afrika</u></b>, <b><u>Afrika Borwa</u></b>, <b><u>Afrika Dzonga</u></b>, <b><u>Afurika Tshipembe</u></b>, or <b><u>Sewula Afrika</u></b>]
Iron Eyes <b><u>Cody</u></b> [or Espera Oscar de <b><u>Corti</u></b>]
<b><u>Titian</u></b> [or <b><u>Tiziano</u></b> Vecellio or Tiziano <b><u>Vecellio</u></b>; or <b><u>Titianus</u></b>]
Roger <b><u>Shepard</b></u> [or Roger Newland <b><u>Shepard</b></u>; accept <b><u>Shepard</b></u> tones; accept <b><u>Shepard</b></u> tables; accept <b><u>Shepard</b></u> elephant]
<b><u>Pyrrhic</u></b> victory [accept any answer indicating victories of, or like those by, <b><u>Pyrrhus</u></b> of Epirus]
<b><u>shift</u></b>s [or <b><u>chemise</u></b>s; prompt on <u>smock</u>s]
<b><u>Korean</u></b> [or <b><u>Hanguk</u></b>eo or <b><u>Hanguk</u></b>mal] (<em>Autobiography of Death</em> is by Kim Hyesoon. <em>Minor Feelings</em> is by Cathy Park Hong.)
<b><u>time</u></b> [accept <b><u>time</u></b> inversion symmetry or <b><u>time</u></b> reversal symmetry or <b><u>time</u></b> reversal operator or complex <b><u>time</u></b>; accept <b><u>time</u></b>-dependent Schrödinger equation or <b><u>time</u></b>-independent Schrödinger equation; prompt on <u>parity-time</u> symmetry; prompt on <u>PT</u> symmetry; reject “charge-parity-time symmetry”; reject “CPT symmetry”]
<b><u><em>Critique of Pure Reason</em></u></b> [or <b><u><em>Kritik der reinen Vernunft</em></u></b>; or <b><u>CPR</u></b>] (by Immanuel Kant)
“The <b><u>Charge of the Light Brigade</u></b>”
<b><u>apocopated</u></b>&nbsp;(“uh-POCK-uh-pated”) rhyme [accept <b><u>apocope</u></b>&nbsp;(“uh-POCK-uh-pee”)]
<em>The <b><u>Book of Mormon</b></u></em>
<b><u>Ricci</u></b> tensor [or <b><u>Ricci</u></b> curvature tensor]
Saul <b><u>Kripke</u></b> [accept <b><u>Kripke</u></b> semantics; accept <b><u>Kripke</u></b> frame]
Benjamin <b><u>Britten</b></u>
Christian <b><u>Dior</b></u> [or Christian Ernest <b><u>Dior</b></u>]
<b><u>cane</u></b> [or sugar<b><u>cane</u></b>; accept <b><u><em>caña</u></b> de azúcar</em>; accept <b><u>cane</u></b> fields; accept <em>The Sugar-<b><u>Cane</em></u></b>; prompt on <u>sugar</u> or <u><em>azúcar</em></u>] (The unnamed authors are Paule Marshall, Kamau Brathwaite, and Junot Díaz.)
<b><u>religion</u></b> [or <b><u>religious</u></b> identity, affiliation, sect, denomination, etc.; or <b><u>faith</u></b> tradition; or <b><u>creed</u></b>; prompt on <u>sect</u>; prompt on <u>denomination</u>; anti-prompt on <u>Christian</u>ity or <u>Maronite</u> or <u>Catholic</u>ism or <u>Islam</u> or <u>Muslim</u> or <u>Sunni</u> or <u>Shi’a</u> or <u>Shi’ite</u> by asking “Can you be less specific?”]
<b><u>Martha’s Vineyard</u></b>
<b><u>plastid</u></b>s [accept <b><u>chloroplast</u></b>s; accept <b><u>apicoplast</u></b>s; prompt on primary <u>endosymbiont</u>s; prompt on membranous <u>organelle</u>s until read] (Thomas Cavalier-Smith proposed the kingdom Chromista for various microbial eukaryotes.)
<b><u>altarpiece</b></u>s [accept <b><u>altar</b></u>s; accept Monforte <b><u>Altarpiece</b></u> or Portinari <b><u>Altarpiece</b></u> or Merode <b><u>Altarpiece</b></u> or Ghent <b><u>Altarpiece</b></u>; prompt on <u>triptych</u>s or <u>polyptych</u>s; prompt on <u>adoration</u>s of the magi or <u>adoration</u>s of the shepherds or <u>nativity scene</u>s or <u>nativities</u> or <u>annunciation</u>s]
<b><u>Viet</b></u>namese [or <b><u>Viet</b></u>namese American; prompt on <u>Asian</u> American] (<em>When Heaven and Earth Changed Places</em> is by Le Ly Hayslip. <em>The Committed</em> and <em>The Sympathizer</em> are by Viet Thanh Nguyen.)
<b><u>crosswalk</u></b>s [or pedestrian <b><u>crossing</u></b>s; accept zebra <b><u>crossing</u></b>s; accept marked <b><u>crosswalk</u></b>s; accept <b><u>pedestrian scramble</u></b>s; prompt on <u>intersection</u>s; prompt on <u>road</u>s or <u>street</u>s; prompt on <u>curb</u>s; prompt on driverless <u>car</u>s or <u>auto</u>mobiles until “Zürich” is read by asking “what areas in which those might be operating?”]
<b><u>olive</b></u> trees [accept <b><u>zaytūn</b></u>āt or <b><u>záyit</b></u> or <b><u>zeitím</b></u>; accept Mount of <b><u>Olive</b></u>s or Har ha<b><u>Zeitím</b></u> or Jabal az-<b><u>Zaytūn</b></u>] (Bethlehem is known in Arabic as Bayt Laḥm, or “House of Meat.”)
<b><u><em>Gradus ad parnassum</em></u></b> [or “<b><u>Steps to Parnassus</u></b>”; accept “Doctor <b><u>Gradus ad parnassum</u></b>”]
<em>The <b><u>Knight in the Panther’s Skin</em></u></b> [or <b><u><em>Vepkhist'q'aosani</em></u></b>]
Cyril <b><u>Connolly</b></u>
<b><u>Neoplatonism</u></b> [prompt on <u>Platonism</u>]
<b><u>Ravenna</b></u>
<em>The <b><u>Managed Heart</b></u></em>
<b><u>nova</u></b>e [or <b><u>nova</u></b>s; accept classical <b><u>nova</u></b>e or recurrent <b><u>nova</u></b>e or dwarf <b><u>nova</u></b>e; reject “supernova” or “kilonova”]
<b><u>1910</b></u>s [prompt on ’<u>10</u>s] (The poem in the first line is Blunden’s “Concert Party: Busseboom”; the poem in the second and third lines is “Rouen.”)
<b><u>Portugal</b></u> [or Kingdom of <b><u>Portugal</b></u> or Reino de <b><u>Portugal</b></u>; accept <b><u>Portuguese</b></u> Empire or Império <b><u>Português</b></u> or <b><u>Portuguese</b></u> Overseas or Ultramar <b><u>Português</b></u>] (The estates in the second line are <em>prazos</em>; the orphaned girls are the Órfãs do Rei. <em>Chibalo</em> comes from the Tsonga <em>xibalo</em> system.)
bacterio<b><u>phage</u></b>s [accept <b><u>phage</u></b> display or <b><u>phage</u></b>-assisted continuous evolution; accept lambda <b><u>phage</u></b> or M13 <b><u>phage</u></b>; prompt on <u>virus</u>es]
First <b><u>Thanksgiving</u></b> [accept answers describing the <b><u>feast</u></b> or <b><u>meal</u></b> between the <b><u>Pilgrims</u></b> and <b><u>Native American</u></b>s in 1621]
Alexander <b><u>Calder</b></u>
<b><u>lactone</u></b>s [accept Spirono<b><u>lactone</u></b> or spiro<b><u>lactone</u></b>s; accept nepeta<b><u>lactone</u></b>; accept L-gulono<b><u>lactone</u></b>; prompt on cyclic <u>ester</u>s or <u>ester</u>s until read; prompt on <u>macrolide</u>s] (The first line refers to the GULO enzyme in vitamin C production.)
<b><u>delayed extraction</b></u>
<b><u>lattice</b></u>s [accept crystal <b><u>lattice</b></u>s, integer <b><u>lattice</b></u>s, or <b><u>lattice</b></u> points; prompt on <b><u>point group</b></u>s until read; prompt on <b><u>integer</b></u>s by asking “what structure do the integers comprise?”; prompt on <u>crystal</u>s by asking “what mathematical objects are typically used to represent crystals?”] (The second sentence clues the crystallographic restriction theorem.)
<b><u>fire</u></b> [accept <b><u><em>Fire!!</em></u></b> or <em>The <b><u>Fire</u></b> Next Time</em>]
<b><u>kora</b></u>
<b><u>garbage collection</b></u> [accept <b><u>tracing</b></u>; prompt on automatic <u>memory management</u>]
<b><u>admissibility</u></b> [or legal <b><u>admissibility</u></b>; or evidentiary <b><u>admissibility</u></b>; accept answers indicating that their contributions are <b><u>admissible</u></b> or can be <b><u>admit</u></b>ted as evidence in court; prompt on <u>evidence</u> by asking “with what property?”; prompt on answers indicating that evidence can be <u>use</u>d or is <u>usable</u>; prompt on <u>expert</u>ise or any underlined portion of <u>expert</u> <u>witness</u>es’ <u>testimony</u> by asking “with what property?”; prompt on answers that mention the <u>exclusionary</u> rule by asking “what term applies to a thing that rule does <em>not</em> exclude?”]
<b><u>nonlocal</b></u>ity [prompt on <u>entangled</u> or <u>entanglement</u> or <u>correlated</u> or <u>correlation</u>; prompt on descriptions of having <u>hidden variable</u>s until “Hidden variable theories” is read] (The second sentence refers to LOCC protocols.)
<b><u>two stressed</u></b> syllables [or <b><u>two long</u></b> syllables; accept <b><u>stressed stressed</u></b> or <b><u>long long</u></b>; accept <b><u>macron macron</u></b> or <b><u>two</u></b> syllables with <b><u>macron</u></b>s; accept <b><u>two heavy</u></b> or <b><u>two emphasized</u></b> syllables; prompt on <u>two</u> syllables]
light <b><u>scattering</b></u> [accept Rayleigh <b><u>scattering</b></u> or Compton <b><u>scattering</b></u> or Mie <b><u>scattering</b></u>; accept dynamic light <b><u>scattering</b></u>; accept <b><u>scattering</b></u> angle; prompt on <u>collision</u>s]
​<b><u>silk</b></u> industry [or <b><u>sericulture</b></u>; or <b><u>sī</b></u>chóu or <b><u>sī</b></u>xiàn; accept <b><u>silk</b></u>worms or <b><u>silk</b></u> moth or <b><u>cán</b></u>; accept <b><u>silk</b></u>punk; accept <em>Spring <b><u>Silk</b></u>worms</em> or <em>Chūn <b><u>Cán</b></u></em>; accept <em>The Harmony <b><u>Silk</b></u> Factory</em>; prompt on <u>clothing</u>, <u>cloth</u>es, <u>textile</u>s, <u>thread</u>, <u>fiber</u>s, <u>dress</u>, or <u>fashion</u>; prompt on <u>mulberry</u> or <u>mulberries</u>]
<b><u>djinn</u></b> [or <b><u>genie</u></b>s; or <b><u>jinni</u></b>] (The story is the second story in <em>One Thousand and One Nights</em>.)
<em>missa <b><u>brevis</em></u></b> [or <em>missae <b><u>breves</em></u></b>]
<b><u>Draupadī</u></b>&nbsp;(“DROH-puh-dee”) [or <b><u>Pāṃcālī</u></b> or <b><u>Yajñasenī</u></b>; reject “Drupada”]
<b><u>cover</u></b>ing maps [or <b><u>cover</u></b>s; accept <b><u>cover</u></b>ing projections or <b><u>cover</u></b>ing spaces; accept universal <b><u>cover</u></b>s]
<b><u>singularities</u></b> [or gravitational <b><u>singularities</u></b> or space-time <b><u>singularities</u></b>]
<b><u>judicial review</u></b> [or <b><u>judicial control</u></b>; prompt on judicial <u>activism</u>]
<b><u>China</b></u> [or People’s Republic of <b><u>China</b></u> or <b><u>PRC</b></u>; or <b><u>Zhōngguó</b></u> or <b><u>Zhōnghuá</b></u> Rénmín Gònghéguó]
<em>Die <b><u>Meister·singer</u></b> von Nürnberg</em> [or <em>The <b><u>Master-Singers</u></b> of Nuremberg</em>] (The 1956 production was Wieland Wagner’s Bayreuth production, meant to excise his grandfather’s politics. Beckmesser’s last name was originally “Hanslich” after the critic Eduard Hanslick.)
<b><u>short</u></b> [accept <b><u><em>Short</u></b> Symphony</em>; accept <b><u><em>Short</u></b> Ride in a Fast Machine</em>]
<b><u>infinity</b></u> [or <b><u>infinite</b></u>; accept <b><u>infinity</b></u> room or <b><u>infinity</b></u> mirror room; accept <b><u><em>Infinity</b></u> Net</em>]
<b><u>Galánta</u></b> [accept <em>Dances of<b> <u>Galánta</em></u></b> or <b><u><em>Galántai</u> </b>táncok</em>]
Great <b><u>Depression</u></b> [accept <b><u>Dust Bowl</u></b>]
<b><u>Augustus</u></b> [or <b><u>Octavian</u></b> or Gaius Julius Caesar <b><u>Augustus</u></b> or Gaius <b><u>Octavius</u></b>; accept <b><u>Augustus</u></b> of Prima Porta; reject <u>Caesar</u>]
<b><u>Naram-Sin</u></b> [or <b><u>Naram-Suen</u></b>]
<b><u>Superfund</b></u> [or <b><u>CERCLA</b></u>; or <b><u>Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act</b></u> of 1980; accept <b><u>Superfund</b></u> excise taxes] (The ATSDR is the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.)
<b><u><em>Deptford</em></u></b> <em>Trilogy</em>
<b><u>amphora</b></u>s [or <b><u>amphorae</b></u> or <b><u>amphoreus</b></u>; prompt on <u>pottery</u>, <u>vase</u>s, <u>ceramic</u>s, <u>container</u>s, <u>urn</u>s, or <u>pot</u>s]
<b><u>Minoan</u></b> civilization [accept <b><u>Keftiu</u></b>]
<b><u>folk</u></b> [or <b><u>folk</u></b> art or <b><u>folk</u></b> horror]
Gary <b><u>Snyder</b></u>