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<b><u>Aleutian</u></b> Islands campaign [prompt on, but DO NOT REVEAL, <u>Alaskan</u> campaign or <u>Alaska</u> campaign]
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Michael <b><u>Frayn</u></b> (The play is <em>Noises Off</em>.)
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<b><u>Spanish</u></b> [or <b><u>Español</u></b>]
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Brigitte <b><u>Bardot</u></b> (“bree-ZHEET bar-DOH”) [prompt on <u>BB</u>]
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<b><u>Minamoto</u></b> Clan [accept <b><u>Genji</u></b> Clan or <b><u>Genk</u></b>e Clan; accept <b><u>Minamoto</u></b> no Yorimitsu or <b><u>Minamoto</u></b> no Raikō; accept <b><u>Minamoto</u></b> no Yoshitsune; accept <b><u>Minamoto</u></b> no Yoritomo] (The lead-in is about Minamoto no Yorimitsu slaying Shuten-dōji. The third line is about Watanabe no Tsuna. The fourth line is about Minamoto no Yoshitsune and Benkei.)
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<b><u>pavane</u></b> (“pah-VAHN”) [or <b><u>pavana</u></b> or <b><u>padovana</u></b> or <b><u>Paduana</u></b>; accept <em>The Battle <b><u>Pavane</em></u></b> or <em>Battle <b><u>Pavan</em></u></b>; accept <b><u><em>Pavane</u></b> for a Dead Princess</em> or <b><u><em>Pavane</u></b> pour une infante défunte</em>]
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<b><u>Passover</b></u> [or <b><u>Pesach</b></u>] (Rebecca Alpert’s book is <em>Like Bread on the Seder Plate</em>; Susannah Heschel is often credited with placing an orange on the seder plate rather than using “transgressive” leavened bread.)
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<b><u>Crimea</u></b>n Khanate [accept <b><u>Qırım</u></b> hanlığı, <b><u>Uluğ Orda</u></b>, <b><u>Krymskoye</u></b> khanstvo, Throne of <b><u>Crimea</u></b> and Desht-i Kipchak, Taht-i <b><u>Qırım</u></b> ve Deşt-i Qıpçaq, or <b><u>Little Tartary</u></b>; prompt on Golden <u>Horde</u> until read; prompt on the <u>Tatar</u>, <u>Kipchak</u>, or <u>Cuman</u> state]
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vortex <b><u>shedding</b></u>
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the <b><u>fall</u></b> of the <b><u>Berlin Wall</u></b> [or <b><u>Mauerfall</u></b>; accept equivalent answers such as <b><u>collapse</u></b> of the <b><u>Berlin Wall</u></b>; accept <b><u>German reunification</u></b> or equivalents; accept the <b><u>collapse</u></b> of <b><u>East Germany</u></b> or equivalents; accept <b><u>German Democratic Republic</u></b> or <b><u>GDR</u></b> in place of “East Germany”; prompt on <u>Peaceful Revolution</u> or <u>Die Wende</u>; prompt on <u>end</u> of the <u>Cold War</u>] (<em>Kairos</em> is by Jenny Erpenbeck.)
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<b><u>positive</b></u> [accept <b><u>positive</b></u> psychology or second-wave <b><u>positive</b></u> psychology; accept <b><u>positive</b></u> illusions]
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<b><u>oxygen</u></b> AND <b><u>phosphorus</u></b> [or <b><u>O</u></b> in place of “oxygen”; or <b><u>P</u> </b>in place of “phosphorus”; accept in either order; accept <b><u>organophosphate</u></b>s or <b><u>organophosphorus</u></b> compounds]
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<b><u>crime</u></b> [accept <b><u>crime</u></b> prevention; accept <b><u>crime</u></b> scenes; accept <b><u>crime</u></b> lab; prompt on specific crimes like <u>murder</u> or <u>arson</u>; prompt on <u>evidence</u> with “of what sort of behavior?”; prompt on <u>forensic</u> science or <u>forensic</u> lab with “related to what social phenomenon?”]
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<b><u>white men</u></b> [accept word forms or synonyms of <b><u>white</u></b> AND <b><u>male</u></b>; accept <em>Straight <b><u>White Men</em></u></b>; prompt on any subset of <u>straight</u>, <u>male</u>, or <u>white</u> that doesn’t include both underlined words]
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<b><u>mercy</u></b> [accept word forms; accept God’s <b><u>mercy</u></b>; accept <b><u><em>eleison</em></u></b>; accept <b><u><em>miserere</em></u></b>; accept <b><u><em>rachamim</em></u></b>; accept Year of <b><u>Mercy</u></b>; accept Divine <b><u>Mercy</u></b>; accept Thirteen Attributes of <b><u>Mercy</u></b>; accept <em>Dives in <b><u>Misericordia</em></u></b>; prompt on <u>forgive</u>ness; prompt on <u>compassion</u> or <u>kind</u>ness; reject “grace” or “pity”]
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Blaise <b><u>Pascal</b></u>
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<b><u>insulator</u></b>s [accept Mott <b><u>insulator</u></b>s or Chern <b><u>insulator</u></b>s or Peierls <b><u>insulator</u></b>s or topological <b><u>insulator</u></b>s]
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<b><u>Liú</b></u> Cíxīn (“lyoh tsuh-sheen”) [or Cixin <b><u>Liu</b></u>] (The second line is from “The Poetry Cloud.”)
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<b><u>WIMP</u></b>s [or <b><u>weakly interacting massive</u></b> particles; accept <b><u>WIMP</u></b>zillas; prompt on <u>dark matter</u>]
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<b><u>bogatyr</u></b>s (“boh-guh-TEERS”) [or <b><u><em>vityaz</em></u></b>; accept elder <b><u>bogatyr</u></b>s; prompt on <u>knight</u>-errant until read] (The bogatyrs mentioned, in order, are Vasily Buslayev, Anika the Warrior, Svyatogor, Dobrynya Nikitich, and Ilya Muromets.)
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William Butler <b><u>Yeats</b></u> (The unnamed poem in the giveaway is “The Second Coming.”)
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“the <b><u>moon</u></b> is made of green <b><u>cheese</u></b>” [accept obvious equivalents that mention both the <b><u>moon</u></b> and <b><u>cheese</u></b>] (Wilkins’s book is <em>The Discovery of a World in the Moone</em>.)
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<b><u>ride</u></b> cymbal
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Norman <b><u>Dello Joio</u></b> [or Nicodemo <b><u>DeGioio</u></b>]
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Georgia <b><u>O’Keeffe</b></u>
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<b><u>New York</u></b> City [or <b><u>NYC</u></b>] (Henry George wrote <em>Progress and Poverty</em>. Green was called the “Witch of Wall Street.”)
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<b><u>Berlin</u></b> [accept West <b><u>Berlin</u></b>; accept <b><u>Berlin</u></b> Philharmonic or <b><u>Berlin</u></b> Philharmoniker or Staatskapelle <b><u>Berlin</u></b>]
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<b><u>Yellow</u></b> Emperor [or <b><u>Yellow</u></b> Thearch or <b><u>Huangdi</u></b> or <b><u>Xuānyuán</u></b>] (Huangdi legendarily founded huaxia civilization after winning Zhuolu.)
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<em>The</em> <b><u><em>Washington Post</em></u></b> [accept <b><u>WaPo</u></b>; prompt on The <u>Post</u>]
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<b><u>lonely</u></b> [accept <em>Owner of a <b><u>Lonely</u></b> Heart</em>; accept <em>Miss <b><u>Lonely</u></b>hearts</em>]
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<b><u>New York</u></b> City [or <b><u>NY</u></b>C]
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<b><u>two</b></u> [or <b><u>supertonic</b></u>; accept “Tea for <b><u>Two</b></u>”; accept <b><u>two</b></u> chord or <b><u>two</b></u> seventh chord; accept <b><u>ii</b></u>–V–I progression after “five, one” is read]
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<b><u>elliptic curve</u></b>s [prompt on partial answer; prompt on <u>EC</u>s; reject “ellipses”; reject “ellipsoid”]
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<b><u>dye</u></b>s [accept <b><u>pigment</u></b>s; accept <b><u>color</u></b>ed molecules]
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<b><u>hypertension</b></u> [or <b><u>high blood pressure</b></u>; or <b><u>elevated blood pressure</b></u>; prompt on <u>blood pressure</u>]
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Daidō <b><u>Moriyama</u></b> [or <b><u>Moriyama</u></b> Daidō]
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electrical <b><u>cable</u></b>s [or electrical <b><u>wire</u></b>s; or electrical <b><u>cord</u></b>s; or <b><u>transmission line</u></b>s; accept telegraph <b><u>wire</u></b>s]
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Martha <b><u>Nussbaum</b></u> [or Martha Craven <b><u>Nussbaum</b></u>; or Martha <b><u>Craven</b></u>]
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<b><u>thing</u></b>s [accept <b><u><em>Thing</u></b>s That Talk</em>, <b><u>thing</u></b> theory, <b><u>thing</u></b> power, or <em>The Social Life of <b><u>Thing</u></b>s</em>; reject synonyms]
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<b><u>Machado</u></b> de Assis [or Joaquim Maria <b><u>Machado</u></b> de Assis; prompt on de <u>Assis</u>]
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<b><u><em>prān</u></b>a</em> [accept <b><u><em>prān</u></b>āyāma</em>; accept <b><u><em>prān</u></b>a pratishtha</em>; prompt on <u>breath</u>]
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<b><u>Germania</u></b> [or Magna <b><u>Germania</u></b>; or <b><u>Germania</u></b> Libera; or <b><u>Germanic Barbaricum</u></b>; prompt on <u>Barbaricum</u>;<b> </b>reject “Germany” or “Alamannia”]
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<b><u>foot binding</u></b> [or <b><u><em>chánzú</em></u></b>; or <b><u>bound feet</u></b>; accept <b><u>foot wrapping</u></b>]
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Arthur <b><u>Prior</b></u> [or Arthur Norman <b><u>Prior</b></u>]
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<b><u>Piano Quartet</u></b> No. <b><u>1</u></b> in G minor, Op. 25 [or Brahms’s <b><u>First Piano Quartet</u></b>; accept <b><u>Opus 25</u></b>]
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<b><u>biography of</b></u> Samuel <b><u>Johnson</b></u> [prompt on <u>biography</u> (by Boswell) by asking “of whom?”; accept <b><u><em>Life of</b></u> Samuel<b><u> Johnson</b></u></em>; accept Dr <b><u>Johnson</b></u> in place of “Samuel Johnson”]
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<b><u>cylinder</u></b> [accept <b><u>cylindrical</u></b> coordinates]
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Johannes <b><u>Rydberg</u></b> [accept <b><u>Rydberg</u></b> formula or <b><u>Rydberg</u></b> constant or <b><u>Rydberg</u></b> polaron or <b><u>Rydberg</u></b> atom or <b><u>Rydberg</u></b> state or <b><u>Rydberg</u></b>–Ritz combination principle]
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<b><u>sphere</u></b>s [or <b><u>Sphäre</u></b>n; or public <b><u>sphere</u></b>s; accept <b><u>public</u></b>s or <b><u>publicity</u></b> or “subaltern counter<b><u>public</u></b>s” until “public” is read; accept <b><u>Öffentlichkeit</u></b>; accept <em>The Structural Transformation of the Public <b><u>Sphere</em></u></b>, <em>Strukturwandel der <b><u>Öffentlichkeit</em></u></b>; <b><u><em>Sphere</u></b>s</em> trilogy, “Rethinking the Public <b><u>Sphere</u></b>,” or <b><u>sphere</u></b> sovereignty; prompt on social <u>space</u>s, <u>bubble</u>s, <u>globe</u>s, <u>arena</u>s, or <u>discursive</u> spaces]
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<b><u>Manchukuo</u></b> [or <b><u>State of Manchuria</u></b>; or <b><u>Empire of Manchuria</u></b> or <b><u>Empire of Great Manchuria</u></b>; accept <b><u>Japanese</u></b>-occupied <b><u>Manchuria</u></b> until “Japanese” is read; accept Pacification of <b><u>Manchukuo</u></b>; prompt on <u>Manchuria</u>]
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Hannah <b><u>Arendt</u></b> [or Johanna <b><u>Arendt</u></b>] (The latter book by Byung-Chul Han is <em>Vita Contemplativa: In Praise of Inactivity</em>.)
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<b><u>Nazca</u></b> culture
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<b><u><em>Nixonland</em></u></b> [or <b><u><em>Nixonland</u></b>: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America</em>]
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<b><u>band gap</b></u> [or <b><u>energy gap</b></u>; accept fundamental <b><u>band gap</b></u> or optical <b><u>band gap</b></u> or indirect <b><u>band gap</b></u>; prompt on <u>gap</u>]
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<b><u>biopower</u></b> [or <b><u>biopolitics</u></b>; or <b><u><em>biopouvoir</em></u></b>; or <b><u><em>biopolitique</em></u></b>]
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<b><u><em>Antigone</b></u></em> [accept <em>Tegonni: An African <b><u>Antigone</b></u></em>; prompt on <u><em>Tegonni</u></em>; prompt on <u>Odale</u> until read] (The play in the third sentence is Kamau Brathwaite’s <em>Odale’s Choice</em>.)
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<b><u>Canio</u></b> OR <b><u>Tonio</u></b> [prompt on <u>Pagliaccio</u> or <u>Taddeo</u>; reject “clown”]
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<b><u>Finland</b></u> [or <b><u>Suomi</b></u>, Republic of <b><u>Finland</b></u>, or <b><u>Suomen</b></u> tasavalta] (Per Brahe is remembered well enough to be referenced in the modern Finnish phrase <em>kreivin aikaan,</em> “in the Count’s time,” meaning “in the nick of time.” Olaus Magnus depicted the Vyborg Blast from the lead-in on the <em>Carta Marina.</em>)
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“A <b><u>Defence of Poetry</u></b>”
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<b><u><em>We</em></u></b> [or <b><u><em>My</em></u></b> (“mih”)] (The review from the lead-in is “Freedom and Happiness” by George Orwell.)
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Saint <b><u>Peter</u></b>’s <b><u>key</u></b>s [or the <b><u>Key</u></b>s of <b><u>Heaven</u></b>; accept <em>Christ Giving the <b><u>Key</u></b>s to Saint <b><u>Peter</em></u></b>; accept <b><u>Peter</u></b> the Apostle, San <b><u>Pietro</u></b>, Simon <b><u>Peter</u></b>, <b><u>Cephas</u></b>, <b><u>Petrus</u></b>, <b><u>Petros</u></b>, <b><u>Shimoun Bar Younahi</u></b>n, or <b><u>Šīm‘ōn bar Yōnā</u></b> in place of “Saint Peter”; accept <b><u>chiave</u></b> or <b><u>chiavi</u></b> in place of “keys”; prompt on <u>key</u>s, <u>chiavi</u>, <u>chiave</u>, <em>Delivery of the <u>Key</u>s</em>, or <em>Consegna delle <u>chiavi</em></u> by asking “which keys?”; reject “Simon” or “Keys to the Vatican”]
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<b><u>Filioque</u></b> (“fill-ee-OH-kway”) controversy [accept <b><u>Filioquism</u></b> or anti-<b><u>Filioquism</u></b>; accept answers indicating the question of whether the <b><u>Holy Spirit proceeds from</u></b> both the Father and the <b><u>Son</u></b>; reject answers that use the words “proceeds <em>through</em>”; prompt on the <u>East–West</u> schism; prompt on answers about reuniting the <u>Catholic</u> Church and the <u>Eastern</u> Orthodox Church]
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Christina <b><u>Maslach</u></b> [accept <b><u>Maslach</u></b> Burnout Inventory]
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<b><u><em>Messiah</em></u></b> [or <b><u>HWV 56</u></b>]
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<b><u>Puerto Rico</u></b> [or Commonwealth of <b><u>Puerto Rico</u></b>] (Santiago’s memoir is <em>When I Was Puerto Rican</em>.)
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<b><u>historical Jesus</u></b> [accept <em>The Quest of the <b><u>Historical Jesus</em></u></b>; prompt on <u>Jesus</u> Christ or <u>Jesus</u> of Nazareth; prompt on <u>Christ</u>]
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<b><u>indium</u></b> [or <b><u>In</u></b>] (The pigment is YInMn Blue, and the solar cell material is CIGS, or copper indium gallium selenide.)
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<b><u>origami</u></b> [or <b><u>paper fold</u></b>ing; prompt on <u>paper</u>]
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Honoré de <b><u>Balzac</b></u> (The first line refers to <em>Ursule Mirouët</em>.)
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<b><u>Terence</u></b> [or Publius <b><u>Terentius</u></b> Afer; accept <b><u><em>Terentius</u></b> et delusor</em>] (The play is <em>Dulcitius</em>.)
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<b><u>hearth</u></b> [or <b><u>fireplace</u></b>; accept <b><u>family fire</u></b>; prompt on <u>fire</u> or <u>home</u>s or <u>house</u>s or <u>household</u>s]
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Muhammad <b><u>Iqbal</u></b> [or Mohammed <b><u>Iqbal</u></b>; or <b><u>Allāma</u></b>; or Allāma <b><u>Iqbal</u></b>]
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Way of the <b><u>Celestial Master</u></b>s [or Way of the <b><u>Heavenly Master</u></b>s; or <b><u>Tiān Shī</u></b> Dào; accept Way of the <b><u>Five Pecks of Rice</u></b> or <b><u>Wǔ Dǒu Mǐ</u></b> Dào] (Wèi Huācún founded the Shangqing School. The Celestial Masters were founded by Zhang Daoling.)
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<b><u>convolution</u></b> [or <b><u>convolving</u></b>]
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Jacques <b><u>Chirac</u></b> (“shee-RAHK”) [or Jacques René <b><u>Chirac</u></b>]
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<b><u>Moravia</u></b> [or <b><u>Morava</u></b>, <b><u>Morawa</u></b>, <b><u>Morawy</u></b>, or <b><u>Mähren</u></b>; accept <b><u>Moravian</u></b> Church, <b><u>Moravian</u></b> Brethren, <b><u>Moravian</u></b>ism, or <b><u>Moravská</u></b> církev; accept Great <b><u>Moravia</u></b>, <b><u>Moravia</u></b> Magna, Velká <b><u>Morava</u></b>, Wielkie <b><u>Morawy</u></b>, Gross<b><u>mähren</u></b>, or <b><u>Marahensium</u></b>; accept Margraviate of <b><u>Moravia</u></b> or <b><u>Moravian</u></b> Gate; prompt on <u>Czechia</u> or <u>Czech</u> Republic or <u>Česká</u> republika until “Czech” is read]
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<b><u>butterflies</b></u> [or <b><u>butterfly</b></u>; accept <em>Madame <b><u>Butterfly</b></u></em> or <em>Madama <b><u>Butterfly</b></u></em>; accept <em>M. <b><u>Butterfly</b></u></em>; accept <b><u>Butterfly</b></u> Lovers; accept <b><u><em>Butterfly</b></u> Dream</em> or <em>Judge Bao Thrice Investigates the <b><u>Butterfly</b></u> Dream</em> or <em>Bāo Dài Zhì Sān Kān <b><u>Húdié</b></u> Mèng</em>; accept Yuānyāng <b><u>Húdié</b></u>; prompt on <u>insect</u>s or <u>arthropod</u>s; prompt on <u>lepidoptera</u>ns; reject “caterpillars”]
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genetic <b><u>transformation</u></b> [or creating <b><u>transgenic plants</u></b>; or <b><u>gene transfer</u></b>; or <b><u>transfection</u></b>; reject transduction]
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<b><u>existence</b></u> [or <b><u>real</b></u>ity; or word forms like “<b><u>exist</b></u>ing” or “being <b><u>real</b></u>”; accept <b><u>existential</b></u> quantifier; accept <b><u>being</b></u> until read] (The Quine paper is titled “On What There Is.”)
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<b><u>octet</u></b>s [accept <b><u>eight</u></b>; accept <b><u>eight</u></b>fold way]
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J. Paul <b><u>Getty</u></b> [or Jean Paul <b><u>Getty</u></b> Sr.; accept the <b><u>Getty</u></b>, <b><u>Getty</u></b> Center, <b><u>Getty</u></b> Museum, <b><u>Getty</u></b> Villa, or J. Paul <b><u>Getty</u></b> Museum; accept <b><u>Getty</u></b> House; accept <b><u>Getty</u></b> Trust]
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<b><u>cancer</b></u>
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<b><u>white dwarf</u></b>s [or <b><u>white dwarf</u></b> stars or <b><u>white dwarves</u></b> or <b><u>WD</u></b>s; accept pulsating <b><u>white dwarf</u></b>s, pulsating <b><u>white dwarves</u></b>, variable <b><u>white dwarf</u></b>s, or variable <b><u>white dwarves</u></b>; prompt on <u>dwarf</u> stars or <u>dwarf</u>s or <u>dwarves</u>]
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<b><u>Havdalah</u></b> (“hahv-DULL-uh” or “hahv-dah-LAH”)
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<b><u>physicalism</b></u> [or word forms of <b><u>physicalist</b></u>; or <b><u>materialism</b></u> or word forms of <b><u>materialist</b></u>; accept <b><u><em>Physicalism</b></u>, or Something Near Enough</em>; prompt on type-<u>identity</u> theory or token-<u>identity</u> theory]
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<b><u>Angola</b></u> [or Republic of <b><u>Angola</b></u> or República de <b><u>Angola</b></u>; accept <b><u>Angola</b></u>gate] (Rafael Marques wrote the anti-José Eduardo dos Santos op-ed.)
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Thomas <b><u>Carew</u></b> (“carey”) (The latter poem is “A Rapture.”)
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<b><u>geodesic</u></b>s [accept <b><u>geodesic</u></b> equation]
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Jean-Paul <b><u>Sartre</u></b>
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<b><u>Acadian</b></u>s [prompt on <u>French</u> colonists or colons <u>français</u>; prompt on New <u>French</u>; prompt on French <u>Canadian</u>s; reject “Cajuns”] (“Beausoleil” was Broussard’s nickname.)
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<b><u>Spain</u></b> [or <b><u>España</u></b>; or Kingdom of <b><u>Spain</u></b>, Reino de <b><u>España</u></b>, Regne d’<b><u>Espanya</u></b>, or <b><u>Espainiako</u></b> Erresuma; accept <b><u>Spanish</u></b> Civil War or Guerra Civil <b><u>Española</u></b>; accept (Second) <b><u>Spanish</u></b> Republic or (Segunda) República <b><u>Española</u></b>; prompt on <u>Catalonia</u> until read] (The first poem is Sylvia Townsend Warner’s “Journey to Barcelona.”)
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Bill <b><u>Evans</u></b> [or William John <b><u>Evans</u></b>; reject “Gil Evans”] (The second sentence is about the song “Time Remembered”)
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<b><u>ring</u></b>s [accept <b><u>cyclic</u></b> or <b><u>cycle</u></b>s]
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<b><u>Central Park</b></u>
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<b><u><em>Totality and Infinity</u></b>: An Essay on Exteriority</em> [or <b><u><em>Totalité et Infini</u></b>: essai sur l’extériorité</em>]
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<em>The <b><u>Afternoon of a Faun</em></u></b> [or <em>L’<b><u>après-midi d’un faune</em></u></b>; reject “<em>Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun</em>” or “<em>Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune</em>”]
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<b><u>Sasanian</b></u> Empire [or the <b><u>Sassanids</b></u> or the <b><u>Sasan</b></u>]
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<b><u>space station</u></b>s [or research <b><u>station</u></b>s in <b><u>space</u></b>; accept <b><u>spaceship</u></b>s; accept International <b><u>Space Station</u></b> or <b><u>ISS</u></b>; accept <b><u>Solaris Station</u></b>; prompt on research <u>station</u>s or <u>research facilities</u>]
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<b><u>Attila</u></b> [or <b><u>Attila</u></b> the Hun; or <b><u>Atli</u></b>; or <b><u>Etzel</u></b>]
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Friedrich <b><u>Nietzsche</u></b> (“NEE-chuh”) [or Friedrich Wilhelm <b><u>Nietzsche</u></b>]
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