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<b><u>Wichita</u></b> [or <b><u>Guichita</u></b>; or <b><u>Kitikiti'sh</u></b>; accept <b><u>Quivira</u></b>]
<b><u>Connecticut</b></u>
<em>The <b><u>Carnival of the Animals</b></u></em> [or <em>Le <b><u>Carnaval des Animaux</b></u></em>]
<b><u>Fiat</u></b> [or <b><u>Fiat</u></b> Automobiles S.p.A; or <b><u>Fabbrica Italiana Automobili di Torino</u></b>; or <b><u>Italian Automobile Factory of Turin</u></b>; reject “Fiat Chrysler” or “Stellantis”] (Clues include Lancia’s Aurelia in <em>Il Sorpasso</em>, the Fiat 500’s nickname of “Topolino,” <em>Lascia o raddoppia?</em>, Gianni Agnelli, and the Fiat 600 and Fiat 500.)
<b><u>wanderer</u></b>s [accept <b><u>journeyman</u></b> or <b><u>journeymen</u></b> or <b><u>itinerant</u></b>s or <b><u>hiker</u></b>s or <b><u>traveler</u></b>s or equivalents; accept <b><u>wandergeselle</u></b> or <b><u>wanderjahre</u></b> or <b><u>wanderschaft</u></b>; accept “<b><u>Wanderer</u></b>’s Nightsong” or “<b><u>Wandrer</u></b>s Nachtlied”; accept “The Antique To The Northern <b><u>Wanderer</u></b>” or “The Merry <b><u>Wanderer</u></b>” or <em>Wilhelm Meister’s <b><u>Journeyman</u></b> Years</em> or “Der <b><u>Wanderer</u></b>”]
<b><u>deprotection</b></u> [or word forms; accept descriptions of <b><u>removing</b></u> a <b><u>protecting</b></u> group; prompt on <u>desilylation</u> or <u>detritylation</u> by asking “what general chemical task does that reaction exemplify?”; prompt on <u>removal</u> or <u>cleavage</u> or word forms]
<b><u>archery</b></u> [or equivalents such as <b><u>bow and arrow</b></u> until “bow” is read; prompt on <u>warfare</u> or <u>fighting</u> or <u>weapons</u> use or equivalents by asking “what specific weapon?”]
<b><u>Egypt</u></b> [or <b><u>Miṣr</u></b>; or Arab Republic of <b><u>Egypt</u></b>; accept Jumhūriyyat <b><u>Miṣr</u></b> al-‘Arabiyyah; accept <b><u>Egypt</u></b>ian Hall]
Pindaric <b><u>ode</b></u>s [or victory <b><u>ode</b></u>s; or Olympian <b><u>ode</b></u>s; accept <b><u>epinikia</b></u> until read] (The first clue is from Bacchylides’s fifth ode.)
<b><u>peace</u></b> treaties [or <b><u>peace</u></b> treaty, <b><u>peace</u></b> offers, <b><u>pax</u></b>, <b><u>eirēnē</u></b>, or <b><u>irene</u></b>; accept <b><u>armistice</u></b> or <b><u>truce</u></b>; accept <b><u>Peace</u></b> of Nicias, <b><u>Peace</u></b> of Antalcidas, King’s <b><u>Peace</u></b>, <b><u>Peace</u></b> of Callias, <b><u>Peace</u></b> of Epilycus, Common <b><u>Peace</u></b>, Koinē <b><u>Eirēnē</u></b>, or <em>On the <b><u>Peace</em></u></b>; prompt on <u>treaties</u>, <u>settlement</u>s, <u>agreement</u>s, <u>accord</u>s, <u>document</u>s, <u>pact</u>s, or equivalents of any; reject “surrender” or “alliance” or equivalents of each]
<b><u>Loveday</u></b> [or <b><u><em>dies amoris</em></u></b>; accept King’s <b><u>Loveday</u></b>; accept Annunciation <b><u>Loveday</u></b>]
<b><u>lock</u></b>s [or <b><u>mutex</u></b>es; accept <b><u>lock</u></b> contention or spin<b><u>lock</u></b>s]
Katsushika <b><u>Hokusai</u></b> [or <b><u>Tokitarō</u></b>]
John Cooper <b><u>Clarke</b></u>
Charles <b><u>Gounod</u></b>&nbsp;(“goo-NOH”) [or Charles-François <b><u>Gounod</u></b>]
<b><u><em>Emilia Galotti</em></u></b> [or <b><u><em>Emilie Galotti</em></u></b>]
<b><u><em>ārya</em></u></b> [accept <b><u><em>Arya</u></b> Dharm</em> or <b><u><em>ārya</u></b> samāj</em>]
<b><u><em>Manfred</b></u></em> Symphony [or Pyotr <b><u>Tchaikovsky</b></u>’s <b><u>Op. 58</b></u>; accept Pyotr Ilyich <b><u>Tchaikovsky</b></u> in place of “Pyotr Tchaikovsky”]
<b><u>title</u></b>s of nobility [accept foreign <b><u>peer</u></b>ages, <b><u>knight</u></b>hoods, <b><u>baron</u></b>etcies, <b><u>order</u></b>s, <b><u>honor</u></b>s, decorations, or medals; accept <b><u>Title</u></b>s of Nobility Amendment or Canadian <b><u>title</u></b>s debate]
<b><u>Brazil</b></u> [or Federative Republic of <b><u>Brazil</b></u> or República Federativa do <b><u>Brasil</b></u>]
<b><u>Meselson</b>-<b>Stahl</b></u> experiment [or <b><u>Stahl-Meselson</b></u> experiment]
<b><u>Ukraine</u></b> [or <b><u>Ukraina</u></b>]
<b><u>Spain</b></u> [or <b><u>España</b></u>; accept Kingdom of <b><u>Spain</b></u> or Reino de <b><u>España</b></u>; accept <b><u>Spanish</b></u> Empire] (The first line refers to Francisco Pacheco, who was the teacher of Diego Velázquez.)
<b><u>consciousness</u></b>
Patrick <b><u>Kavanagh</u></b> (“KAV-uh-nuh”)
I. M. <b><u>Pei</u></b> [or Ieoh Ming <b><u>Pei</u></b>]
“The <b><u>Bear Came over the Mountain</u></b>”
<b><u>invasion</u></b>s of <b><u>Ireland</u></b> [accept word forms or synonyms of <b><u>land</u></b>ing in, <b><u>sail</u></b>ing to, <b><u>settling</u></b> or <b><u>colonizing</u></b> in place of “invasions”; accept <b><u>Éire</u></b> in place of “Ireland”; prompt on <u>invasion</u>s or synonyms by asking “of what place?” prompt on sea <u>journey</u>s, <u>expedition</u>s, or synonyms by asking “to what place?”; prompt on <u>battle</u>s by asking “which was fought during what sort of larger event?”] (The first sentence is about the <em>Cath Finntrágha</em>, or <em>Battle of Ventry</em>. The poet Amergin and king Fénius Farsaid appear in <em>Lebor Gabála Érenn</em>, or <em>The Book of Invasions</em>.)
<b><u>monogamy</u></b> [accept word forms like <b><u>monogamous</u></b>]
<b><u>ubiquitin</u></b> [or <b><u>Ub</u></b>; accept <b><u>ubiquitin</u></b>ation; accept <b><u>ubiquitin</u></b> ligases]
<b><u>Chimborazo</u></b> (The coat of arms is on Ecuador’s flag.)
nuclear <b><u>deform</u></b>ations [accept answers describing <b><u>non-spherical</u></b> nuclei]
<b><u>panther</u></b>s [accept Polynesian <b><u>Panther</u></b>s or Black <b><u>Panther</u></b>s]
Georgius <b><u>Agricola</u></b> [or Georg <b><u>Bauer</u></b>]
Chimamanda Ngozi <b><u>Adichie</b></u>
<em>A <b><u>Thousand Acres</b></u></em>
<b><u>nucleation</u></b> [or <b><u>nucleate</u></b> or <b><u>nucleating</u></b>; accept water, droplet, or ice <b><u>nucleation</u></b>; accept ice-<b><u>nucleating</u></b> particle or ice <b><u>nucleation</u></b>-active proteins; prompt on <u>condensation</u>, <u>freezing</u>, <u>crystallization</u>, <u>deposition</u>, <u>phase transition</u>s, <u>phase change</u>s, descriptions of <u>droplet form</u>ation, descriptions of <u>cloud form</u>ation, or descriptions of the <u>form</u>ation of <u>precipitation</u>, <u>hail</u>, <u>snow</u>, or <u>rain</u> by asking “what small-scale process is that initiated by?”] (An INP is an ice-nucleating particle. A CCN is a cloud condensation nucleus.)
Dorothy <b><u>Hale</u></b> [accept <em>The Suicide of Dorothy <b><u>Hale</em></u></b>] (That painting is <em>The Suicide of Dorothy Hale </em>by Frida Kahlo.)
<b><u>poikilotherm</u></b>ic regulation
<b><u>Neolithic Revolution</b></u> [or <b><u>First Agricultural Revolution</b></u>; accept any answer that refers to the <b><u>adopt</b></u>ion or <b><u>invent</b></u>ion of <b><u>agriculture</b></u>, <b><u>farm</b></u>ing, <b><u>herd</b></u>ing, or <b><u>pastoral</b></u>ism; accept any answer that refers to the <b><u>domestication</b></u> of <b><u>crop</b></u>s, <b><u>animal</b></u>s, <b><u>plant</b></u>s, or <b><u>wheat</b></u>; prompt on <u>sedentarism</u> or <u>settlement</u> by asking “alongside what other process?”; prompt on <u>Agricultural Revolution</u>]
Roald <b><u>Dahl</u></b> (the story in the first line is called “The Wish.”)
<b><u>Finland</u></b> [or <b><u>Suomi</u></b>; accept <b><u>Suomen</u></b> tasavalta]
Oscar <b><u>Wilde</b></u> [or Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills <b><u>Wilde</b></u>; accept Oscar <b><u>Wilde</b></u>’s tomb; accept <em>A Conversation with Oscar <b><u>Wilde</b></u></em>]
Lola <b><u>Montez</b></u> [or Lola <b><u>Montès</b></u> or Eliza Rosanna <b><u>Gilbert</b></u>; accept the Countess of <b><u>Landsfeld</b></u> until read; prompt on <u>Lola</u>]
<b><u>Angola</u></b> [or Republic of <b><u>Angola</u></b>; or República de <b><u>Angola</u></b>]
<b><u>feedback</u></b> [accept AGN <b><u>feedback</u></b> or active galactic nuclei <b><u>feedback</u></b> or stellar <b><u>feedback</u></b> or supernova <b><u>feedback</u></b>]
<b><u>catacomb</u></b>s [accept <b><u>Catacomb</u></b> Church or <b><u>Katakombnaya</u></b> tserkov; prompt on <u>tunnel</u>s, <u>underground</u> passageways, or synonyms]
<b><u>Plato</u></b> [or <b><u>Platon</u></b>]
tropical <b><u>storm</u></b>s [accept <b><u>hurricane</u></b>s, <b><u>cyclone</u></b>s, <b><u>typhoon</u></b>s, thunder<b><u>storm</u></b>s, rain<b><u>storm</u></b>s, <b><u>squall</u></b>s, <b><u>ciclón</u></b>, <b><u>ciclones</u></b>, National <b><u>Hurricane</u></b> Center, Central Pacific <b><u>Hurricane</u></b> Center, Galveston <b><u>Hurricane</u></b>, Joint <b><u>Typhoon</u></b> Warning Center, <b><u>storm</u></b> glasses, <b><u>ciclonoscopio</u></b>, or <em>The Philosophy of <b><u>Storm</u></b>s</em>; prompt on <u>weather</u> or <u>rain</u> or natural <u>disaster</u>s; prompt on <u>flood</u>s or <u>inundation</u>s or equivalents by asking “caused by what events?”] (Clues include accumulated cyclone energy and the National Weather Service.)
<b><u>Ur</u></b>- [accept <b><u>Ur</u></b>-Nanshe or <b><u>Ur</u></b>-Nammu]
<b><u><em>ijtihad</em></u></b> [accept gates of <b><u><em>ijtihad</em></u></b>; accept independent <b><u>reason</u></b>ing; prompt on physical or mental <u>effort</u> or <u>exertion</u>]
<b><u>zeta</b></u> [accept Riemann <b><u>zeta</b></u> function or Dedekind <b><u>zeta</b></u> functions or local <b><u>zeta</b></u> functions]
<b><u>hyperplane</u></b>s [prompt on <u>plane</u>s]
<b><u>Kóryos</u></b> [or <b><u>Männerbund</u></b>; or war-<b><u>band</u></b>s; accept warrior <b><u>sodalitie</u></b>s]
Mia <b><u>Mottley</b></u> [or Mia Amor <b><u>Mottley</b></u>]
<b><u>ubuntu</b></u>
<b><u>melon</u></b>s [accept water<b><u>melon</u></b>, musk<b><u>melon</u></b>, <b><u>honeydew</u></b> melon, <b><u>cantaloupe</u></b>, winter <b><u>melon</u></b>, <b><u>gulobi</u></b> melon, or other melon varieties; accept xī<b><u>guā</u></b>, dōng<b><u>guā</u></b>, xiāng <b><u>guā</u></b>, <b><u>qovun</u></b>, <b><u>battikh</u></b>, <b><u><em>Citrullus</em></u></b>, <b><u><em>C. lanatus</em></u></b>, <b><u><em>Cucumis</em></u></b>, or <b><u><em>C. melo</em></u></b>; accept <b><u>Melon</u></b> Revolution or <b><u>Melon</u></b> Day; prompt on <u>gourd</u>s or <u>cucurbit</u>s or <u>Cucurbit</u>aceae until “cucurbits” is read; reject “bitter melon”]
<b><u>valve</u></b>s [accept any kind of <b><u>valve</u></b>, such as butterfly <b><u>valve</u></b>s or check <b><u>valve</u></b>s]
<b><u>Rwanda</b></u> [or Republic of <b><u>Rwanda</b></u> or Repubulika y’u <b><u>Rwanda</b></u> or République du <b><u>Rwanda</b></u> or Jamhuri ya <b><u>Rwanda</b></u>]
<b><u>Los Angeles</b></u> [or <b><u>LA</b></u>; accept Mothers of East <b><u>Los Angeles</b></u> or ME<b><u>LA</b></u>]
<b><u>Markov perfect</u></b> equilibrium [or <b><u>Markov perfect</u></b> Nash equilibrium; prompt on subgame <u>perfect</u> <u>equilibrium</u>; prompt on Nash <u>equilibrium</u>; prompt on <u>Markov</u>ian equilibrium or <u>Markov</u>ian strategies; prompt on <u>memoryless</u> Nash equilibrium by asking “that trait is usually present in what type of equilibria?”]
<b><u>omer</u></b> (“OH-mair”) [or Counting of the <b><u>Omer</u></b>; or Sefirat Ha<b><u>Omer</u></b>; accept Lag Ba<b><u>Omer</u></b> or Lag B’<b><u>Omer</u></b>]
<b><u>proverb</u></b>s [accept Book of <b><u>Proverb</u></b>s or <b><u>Mishlei</u></b>]
<b><u>Knoxville</u></b>, Tennessee [accept University of Tennessee, <b><u>Knoxville</u></b>] (Bass’s facility is colloquially called the “Body Farm.”)
<b><u>superfluid</u></b>ity [or word forms]
Margaret Chase <b><u>Smith</b></u> [or Margaret Madeline <b><u>Chase</b></u>; or Margaret Madeline Chase <b><u>Smith</b></u>]
Milton <b><u>Glaser</b></u>
<b><u>dendritic</u></b> cells [or <b><u>DC</u></b>s or <b><u>veiled</u></b> cells; accept conventional <b><u>dendritic</u></b> cells or plasmacytoid <b><u>dendritic</u></b> cells or <b><u>cDC</u></b>s or <b><u>pDC</u></b>s; accept myeloid <b><u>dendritic</u></b> cells or <b><u>mDC</u></b>s; reject “dendrites”]
<b><u>thief</u></b>-in-law [or <b><u>thief</u></b>-with-code; or <b><u><em>vor</u></b> v zakone</em>; accept <b><u>thieves</u></b> or <b><u><em>vory</em></u></b>]
<em>Epic of <b><u>Sundiata</em></u></b> [or <em>Epic of <b><u>Sunjata</em></u></b>]
<b><u>China</u></b> [or People's Republic of <b><u>China</u></b>; or <b><u>PRC</u></b>]
<b><u>yes</u></b> [accept <b><u><em>yes</u></b> I said yes I will Yes</em>; reject synonyms such as “yeah”] (The Harry Blamires book is <em>The New Bloomsday Book</em>.)
<b><u>France</b></u> [or Kingdom of <b><u>France</b></u>; or Royaume de <b><u>France</b></u>] (The first three philosophers are Mademoiselle de Scudéry, Julien Offray de la Mettrie, and Pierre Gassendi.)
<b><u>essence-function</u></b> [or <b><u><em>che-yong</em></u></b> or <b><u><em>tǐ-yòng</em></u></b> or <b><u><em>tai-yū</em></u></b>]
<b><u>Wentworth</u></b> family [accept Sir John <b><u>Wentworth</u></b>, 1st Baronet; accept Benning <b><u>Wentworth</u></b>]
<b><u>exogenous</u></b> [or <b><u>exogeneity</u></b>]
Gail <b><u>Jefferson</u></b> [accept <b><u>Jefferson</u></b>ian transcription]
<b><u>table</u></b>s [accept kitchen <b><u>table</u></b>s or dinner <b><u>table</u></b>s]
<b><u>tea parties</u></b> [or Boston <b><u>Tea Party</u></b>; or Annapolis <b><u>Tea Party</u></b>; or Edenton <b><u>Tea Party</u></b>; or Philadelphia <b><u>Tea Party</u></b>; prompt on <u>tea boycott</u> or <u>tea protest</u>; prompt on <u>boycott</u> of British goods]
Vinicius de <b><u>Moraes</u></b> (“vee-NEE-see-oos jee moh-RAISH”)
<b><u>Assyria</u></b> [or <b><u>Assyrian</u></b> Empire; or <b><u>Ashur</u></b>; accept Neo-<b><u>Assyrian</u></b> Empire] (Atherstone’s epic is <em>The Fall of Nineveh </em>and the Byron play is <em>Sardanapalus</em>)
<b><u>piano</u></b> [or <b><u>piano</u></b>forte]
Kingdom of <b><u>Kongo</u></b> (The Malebo Pool lies on the Congo River between the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.)
<b><u>Charlemagne</u></b> [or <b><u>Charles the Great</u></b> or <b><u>Carolus Magnus</u></b>; prompt on <u>Charles</u> or <u>Carolus</u>]
<b><u>Hadley cell</u></b>s [or <b><u>Hadley circulation</u></b>; accept <b><u>Hadley</u></b> alone after “circulation” is read]
<b><u>Helen</u></b> of Troy [or <b><u>Helena</u></b> or <b><u>Helénē</u></b>; or <b><u>Helen</u></b> of Sparta; prompt on Maud <u>Gonne</u> until read by asking “what mythological figure is a stand-in for Maud Gonne in these poems?”] (The unnamed poems are “A Prayer for My Daughter,” “When Helen Lived,” and “Leda and the Swan.”)
<b><u>uranium enrich</u></b>ment [accept <b><u>uranium isotope separation</u></b> or molecular laser <b><u>isotope separation</u></b> of <b><u>uranium</u></b> or atomic vapor laser <b><u>isotope separation</u></b> of <b><u>uranium</u></b>; accept <b><u>separation</u></b> of <b><u>uranium isotope</u></b>s by laser excitation; accept <b><u>U</u></b> in place of “uranium”; prompt on <u>enrichment</u> or <u>isotope separation</u> by asking “of what element?”; prompt on AVL<u>IS</u> or ML<u>IS</u>; prompt on gaseous <u>diffusion</u> until read; prompt on gas <u>centrifugation</u> until read; reject “uranium purification”]
<b><u><em>Malina</b></u></em>
<b><u>Fisk</u></b> University
<b><u>entire</b></u> [accept answers indicating that the function is <b><u>everywhere differentiable</b></u>, <b><u>everywhere analytic</b></u>, or <b><u>everywhere holomorphic</b></u> until “everywhere” is read; prompt on <u>holomorphic</u> until read; prompt on complex <u>differentiable</u> or <u>analytic</u> by asking “what is this called for complex function?”]
<b><u>ideal gas</u></b>es [or <b><u>perfect gas</u></b>es]
<b><u>millet</u></b>s [accept pearl <b><u>millet</u></b>]
<b><u>overfit</u></b>ting [or <b><u>overtrain</u></b>ing]
<b><u>Bes</b></u> [or <b><u>Bisu</b></u>; accept <b><u>Aha</b></u> until read]
<b><u>Mau Mau</u></b> rebellion [or <b><u>Mau Mau</u></b> uprising or <b><u>Mau Mau</u></b> revolt; or <b><u>Kenya Emergency</u></b>; prompt on <u>Emergency</u> or <u>struggle</u> or the <u>Movement</u>] (Clues include songs translated by Maina wa Kĩnyattĩ in Jack Mapanje’s anthology <em>Gathering Seaweed</em>, Mĩcere Gĩthae Mũgo and Ngũgĩ’s play <em>The Trial of Dedan Kimathi</em>, the World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture, and the Kamĩrĩthũ Community Education and Cultural Centre.)
Anson <b><u>Burlingame</u></b> [accept <b><u>Burlingame</u></b> Treaty]
<b><u>5</u></b> [accept <b><u>five</u></b> stages of grief]
<b><u>teeth</u></b> [accept canine <b><u>teeth</u></b>; accept <b><u>incisor</u></b>s or <b><u>molar</u></b>s]
<b><u>Hallstatt</u></b> [accept <b><u>Hallstatt</u></b> culture]
<b><u>medal</b></u>s [or <b><u>medallion</b></u>s; prompt on <u>prize</u>s or <u>award</u>s; prompt on <u>jewel</u>ry or fraternal <u>jewel</u>s]