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Joseph Haydn’s <b><u>“Paris” Symphonies</u></b> [or Joseph <b><u>Haydn</u></b>’s <b><u>Symphonies</u></b> Nos. <b><u>82–87</u></b>; prompt on Joseph <u>Haydn’s symphonies</u> by asking “Which set?”]
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<b><u>Arabic</b></u> [or al-‘<b><u>arabiyyah</b></u> or <b><u>ʿarabī</b></u>] (The school in the lead-in is the Balkhi School.)
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<b><u>Iceland</u></b> [or Republic of <b><u>Iceland</u></b> or Lydveldid <b><u>Island</u></b>] (<em>The Library of Water </em>is by Roni Horn. <em>The Visitors</em> is by Ragnar Kjartansson. Icelandic-Danish artist Olafur Eliasson made <em>New York City Waterfalls</em> and <em>The Weather Project</em>.)
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Lorraine <b><u>Daston</u></b>
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<b><u>Snorri</u></b> Sturluson [prompt on <u>Sturluson</u>] (The first sentence is from the <em>Íslendinga saga</em>, the section of the <em>Sturlunga Saga</em> by Sturla Thordarson. The following clues refer to <em>rekit</em>, <em>dróttkvætt</em>, <em>Háttatal</em>, Snorri’s version of the Hrólfr Kraki story, and the story of Thor and Skrymir.)
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quantum <b><u>tunneling</b></u> [accept <b><u>tunnel</b></u> FETs; accept <b><u>tunnel</b></u> magnetoresistance; accept Fowler–Nordheim <b><u>tunneling</b></u>; accept <b><u>tunnel</b></u> diodes; accept scanning <b><u>tunneling</b></u> microscopy]
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Heinrich <b><u>Kramer</b></u>
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Upton <b><u>Sinclair</u></b> [or Upton Beall <b><u>Sinclair</u></b>, Jr.] (The novel is <em>The Jungle</em>.)
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<b><u>Morocco</u></b> [or Kingdom of <b><u>Morocco</u></b>; or al-Mamlakah al-<b><u>Maghrib</u></b>iyah]
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<b><u>Toyota</u></b> [or <b><u>Toyota</u></b> Motor Corporation; or <b><u>Toyota</u></b> Jidōsha kabushikigaisha]
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<b><u>bourgeois</u></b> (“boor-ZHWAH”) [accept <b><u>bourgeoisie</u></b> or <b><u>bürgerliches</u></b>; accept <em>Le <b><u>Bourgeois</u></b> Gentilhomme</em> or <em>The <b><u>Bourgeois</u></b> Gentleman</em> or <b><u>bourgeois</u></b> tragedy or <b><u>bürgerliches</u></b> Trauerspiel or <b><u>bourgeois</u></b> drama or drame <b><u>bourgeois</u></b> or <em>The <b><u>Bourgeois</u></b>: Between History and Literature</em> or “Goethe as a Representative of the <b><u>Bourgeois</u></b> Age” or “Goethe als Repräsentant des <b><u>bürgerlichen</u></b> Zeitalters”; prompt on <u>middle class</u>]
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<b><u>moon</u></b>s [accept <b><u>month</u></b>s; accept <em>Killers of the Flower <b><u>Moon</em></u></b>; accept <em>Empire of the Summer <b><u>Moon</em></u></b>; accept <b><u>moon</u></b>-eyed people; accept Feast of the Hunter’s <b><u>Moon</u></b>; prompt on natural <u>satellite</u>s, <u>astronomical</u> bodies, <u>celestial</u> bodies, <u>stellar</u> bodies, <u>heavenly</u> bodies, or equivalents of any]
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<b><u>Guǎngzhōu</u></b> [or <b><u>Canton</u></b> or <b><u>Kwangchow</u></b> or <b><u>Gwongzau</u></b>; accept <b><u>Canton</u></b>ese; accept <b><u>Canton</u></b> Fair; accept <em>The World in <b><u>Guangzhou</em></u></b>; reject “Guǎngdōng”; reject “Kwangtung”]
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<b><u>squatter</b></u>s [prompt on <u>anarchist</u>s]
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<b><u>premature deindustrialization</u></b> [or word forms; prompt on partial answer; prompt on synonyms like early <u>deindustrialization</u>; prompt on negative <u>deindustrialization</u>]
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<b><u>ultraviolet</u></b> light [or <b><u>ultraviolet</u></b> radiation; or <b><u>UV</u></b> light; or <b><u>UV</u></b> radiation; accept <b><u>UV-A</u></b>, <b><u>UV-B</u></b>, or <b><u>UV-C</u></b>; prompt on <u>sunlight</u>, <u>light</u>, electromagnetic <u>radiation</u>, <u>irradiation</u>, or <u>photon</u>s by asking “Which region of the spectrum?”; reject other specific types of light]
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Omar <b><u>Torrijos</u></b> (“toh-REE-hohs”) [or Omar Efraín <b><u>Torrijos</u></b> Herrera; accept <b><u>Torrijos</u></b>–Carter Treaties]
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<b><u>coal miners’ strike</u></b>s [accept <b><u>coal strike</u></b>s; prompt on <u>march</u>es by asking “during what sort of larger movement?”; prompt on <u>strike</u>s by asking “by whom?” prompt on <u>miner’s strike</u>s by asking “mining of what resource?”] (The WAPC is Women Against Pit Closures.)
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Christopher <b><u>Isherwood</u></b> [or Christopher William Bradshaw <b><u>Isherwood</u></b>]
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reaction <b><u>rate</u></b> [accept <b><u>rate</u></b> law or <b><u>rate</u></b> equation; reject “rate constant”]
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<b><u>tax haven</b></u>s [accept corporate <b><u>tax haven</b></u>s or <b><u>corporate haven</b></u>s; accept <b><u>offshore financial center</b></u>s or <b><u>OFC</b></u>s until “OFCs” is read] (The 2013 book is <em>The Hidden Wealth of Nations</em>.)
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<b><u>Constantinian</u></b> dynasty [or <b><u>Constantinian</u></b>s; or descriptions of the family of <b><u>Constantine</u></b> the Great, <b><u>Constantine</u></b> I, Flavius Valerius <b><u>Constantinus</u></b>, <b><u>Konstantinos</u></b> I, <b><u>Constantius</u></b> Chlorus, <b><u>Constantius</u></b> I, or Flavius Valerius <b><u>Constantius</u></b>; accept <b><u>Neo-Flavian</u></b> dynasty; reject “Flavian dynasty”] (Clues include the Lakhmid Imru’ al-Qays, Constans II, Constans, and Constantius II, from accounts by Ammianus Marcellinus, Philostorgius, and Zosimus.)
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<b><u>villi</u></b> [accept micro<b><u>villi</u></b>; accept chorionic <b><u>villus</u></b> sampling]
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projectile <b><u>point</u></b>s [accept arrow<b><u>head</u></b>s or arrow <b><u>tip</u></b>s or spear<b><u>head</u></b>s or spear <b><u>tip</u></b>s; accept <b><u>dart</u></b>s; accept Clovis <b><u>point</u></b>s; accept, but DO NOT REVEAL, fishtail <b><u>point</u></b>s or Fell <b><u>point</u></b>s; prompt on <u>arrow</u>s or <u>spear</u>s; prompt on stone <u>tool</u>s]
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<b><u>Schopenhauer</u></b> family [accept Johanna <b><u>Schopenhauer</u></b>, Adele <b><u>Schopenhauer</u></b>, or Arthur <b><u>Schopenhauer</u></b>]
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<b><u>lion</u></b>s [or <b><u>lioness</u></b>es; prompt on <u>cat</u>s]
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<b><u>itch</b></u>iness [or <b><u>pruritus</b></u>; accept other word forms; prompt on <u>rash</u> before mention with “what sensation accompanies the rash?”]
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Great <b><u>Flood</u></b> [or <b><u>deluge</u></b>]
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<b><u>Lima</b></u>
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<em>The <b><u>Good Soldier</b></u></em>
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Anthony <b><u>Trollope</b></u>
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<b><u>Havana</u></b> [or La <b><u>Habana</u></b>; or La <b><u>Havane</u></b>]
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U.S. <b><u>Virgin Islands</u></b> [prompt on <u>St. Croix</u> (“croy”) by asking “What territory is that a part of?”]
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<b><u>Kagame</u></b> [accept Alexis <b><u>Kagame</u></b> or Paul <b><u>Kagame</u></b>]
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<b><u>impurity</u></b> [or word forms; or ritual <b><u>impurity</u></b>; or <b><u><em>tum’ah</em></u></b>; accept <b><u>unclean</u></b>liness or word forms; accept <b><u>contamination</u></b>; accept self-<b><u>pollution</u></b> until read; accept <em>Av Ha<b><u>Tumah</em></u></b> or “Father of <b><u>Unclean</u></b>liness”] (The Biblical passage is Leviticus 13:45–46.)
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<b><u>luminescence</u></b> dating [accept more specific answers such as <b><u>thermoluminescence</u></b> or <b><u>radioluminescence</u></b> or optically-<b><u>stimulated luminescence</u></b>; prompt on <u>OSL</u> or <u>TT-OSL</u> or <u>IRSL</u> or <u>TL</u> or <u>RL</u> or <u>ISL</u> by asking “What does the L stand for?”]
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Toyotomi <b><u>Hideyoshi</b></u> [or Kinoshita <b><u>Tokichiro</b></u>; or Hashiba <b><u>Hideyoshi</b></u>; prompt on <u>Toyotomi</u>] (The first line refers to Ishikawa Goemon.)
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Salvador <b><u>Allende</u></b> [or Salvador Guillermo <b><u>Allende</u></b> Gossens]
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<b><u><em>Little Lord Fauntleroy</b></u></em>
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Mike <b><u>Leigh</u></b> (“lee”)
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Kwame <b><u>Nkrumah</b></u> [or Francis Kwame <b><u>Nkrumah</b></u>]
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John Henry <b><u>Newman</u></b> [or Cardinal <b><u>Newman</u></b>]
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<b><u><em>Possession</b></u></em>
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financial <b><u>portfolio</b></u> [or market <b><u>portfolio</b></u>; prompt on financial <u>assets</u>, financial <u>positions</u>, <u>stocks</u>, <u>bonds</u>, or <u>mutual funds</u>]
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<em>The <b><u>Poetics of Space</em></u></b> [or <em>La <b><u>Poétique de l’Espace</em></u></b>]
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<b><u>buffalo</u></b> [or American <b><u>bison</u></b>; accept White <b><u>Buffalo</u></b> Calf Woman] <b>
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<b><u>gimbal lock</u></b>ing
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<b><u><em>De spectaculis</em></u></b> [or <em>On the <b><u>Spectacles</em></u></b>; or <em>The <b><u>Shows</em></u></b>]
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<b><u>entropy</u></b> AND <b><u>enthalpy</u></b> [accept <b><u>enthalpy–entropy</u></b> compensation; accept <b><u>S</u></b> in place of “entropy”; accept <b><u>H</u></b> in place of “enthalpy”]
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<b><u>Boer</u></b> War [accept Second <b><u>Boer</u></b> War or Second Anglo-<b><u>Boer</u></b> War; accept <b><u>Transvaal</u></b> War; prompt on <u>Jameson Raid</u> by asking “what war did that event result in?”; reject “First Boer War” or “First Anglo-Boer War”]
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Texas <b><u>Ranger</u></b>s [or <b><u>Diablos Tejano</u></b>s]
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al-<b><u>Andalus</b></u> [accept <b><u>Andalusia</b></u>; accept <b><u>Muslim Spain</b></u> or <b><u>Arab Spain</b></u> or equivalents; accept Caliphate of <b><u>Córdoba</b></u>; accept Martyrs of <b><u>Córdoba</b></u>; accept <b><u>Umayyad Spain</b></u>; accept <b><u>Taifa</b></u> Spain; accept <b><u>Almohad Spain</b></u>; accept Emirate of <b><u>Granada</b></u>; accept <b><u>Nasrid Spain</b></u>; accept <b><u>Iberia</b></u> or <b><u>España</b></u> or <b><u>Hispania</b></u> in place of “Spain”; prompt on <u>Spain<b></u>, </b><u>Iberia</u>, <u>España</u>, or <u>Hispania</u> by asking “ruled by whom?”] (The historian Américo Castro coined the term <em>convivencia</em>. The knight was El Cid.)
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<b><u>tRNA</u></b>s [or <b><u>transfer RNA</u></b>s; accept aminoacyl-<b><u>tRNA</u></b>, aa-<b><u>tRNA</u></b>s, charged <b><u>tRNA</u></b>s, or loaded <b><u>tRNA</u></b>s; prompt on <u>RNA</u> or <u>ribonucleic acid</u>] (Soluble liver/pancreas antigen adds selenium to phosphoserine-tRNA to form selenocysteine-tRNA.)
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<b><u>humanism</u></b> [or <b><u>humanist</u></b>]
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<b><u>natural kind</u></b>s [prompt on <u>kind</u>s]
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<b><u>Teotihuacan</b></u>
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<b><u>Kolkata</u></b> [or <b><u>Calcutta</u></b>] (The films mentioned are: <em>Interview</em> by Mrinal Sen; <em>Charulata</em>, <em>Mahanagar</em>, and <em>Apur Sansar</em> by Satyajit Ray. Ray created Professor Shonku and Feluda and was a protégé of Jean Renoir.)
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<b><u>X-ray crystallography</u></b> [accept <b><u>X-ray diffraction</u></b>; accept <b><u>XRD</u></b> or <b><u>XRC</u></b>; prompt on <u>diffraction</u> or <u>crystallography</u>]
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<b><u>Stabat Mater</b></u> [or <b><u>Stabat Mater</b></u> dolorosa]
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<b><u>Iraq</b></u> [or Republic of <b><u>Iraq</b></u>; or Jumhūriīyet al-‘<b><u>Irāq</b></u>; or Komarî <b><u>Êraq</b></u>]
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<b><u>Muhammad</u></b> [or <b><u>Mahomet</u></b>; or <b><u>Mohamad</u></b>; or <b><u>Mahoun</u></b>; or <b><u>Mahound</u></b>; or <b><u>Machomete</u></b>; or <b><u>Mammutius</u></b>; prompt on <u>Baphomet</u> before read]
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<b><u>rule of law</b></u>
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Nicholas <b><u>Katzenbach</u></b> [or Nicholas deBelleville <b><u>Katzenbach</u></b>; accept <em>McClung v. <b><u>Katzenbach</em></u></b>]
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<b><u>second</u></b> law of thermodynamics
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<b><u>Mexican–American</u></b> War [or <b><u>Mexican</u></b> War]
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<b><u><em>Object</em></u></b> [or Meret Oppenheim’s <b><u>fur</u></b> tea<b><u>cup</u></b>; or Meret Oppenheim’s saucer, teac<b><u>up</u></b>, and spoon covered in <b><u>fur</u></b>; or <b><u><em>Le Déjeuner en fourrure</em></u></b>; or <b><u><em>Luncheon in Fur</em></u></b>; or <b><u><em>Breakfast in Fur</em></u></b>; prompt on tea<u>cup</u>; prompt on <u>fur</u>; prompt on descriptions of artworks by Meret <u>Oppenheim</u> until “Oppenheim” is read]
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<b><u>bow</u></b>ing [or using a violin/cello/double bass <b><u>bow</u></b>; or dragging <b><u>bow</u></b> hair, horse<b><u>hair</u></b>, bundle of <b><u>hair</u></b>, single <b><u>hair</u></b>, <b><u>nylon</u></b>, or <b><u>fishing line</u></b> against strings, piano wire, or the edge of a vibraphone’s metal bars; or pulling bow <b><u>hair</u></b> threaded between piano strings back and forth; accept <b><u>bowed</u></b> piano or <b><u>bowed</u></b> vibraphone or <b><u>bowed</u></b> cymbal]
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<b><u>mariachi</b></u>
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<b><u>Catalan</u></b> [or <b><u>català</u></b>] (The authors are Mercè Rodoreda and Ramon Llull.)
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<b><u>Adams</u></b> [accept John Luther <b><u>Adams</u></b>; accept John Coolidge <b><u>Adams</u></b>]
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Billie <b><u>Holiday</u></b> [or Eleanora <b><u>Fagan</u></b>] (The Hungarian piano tune is “Gloomy Sunday,” which Holiday’s version popularized in the Anglosphere.)
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<b><u>Argentina</u></b> [or <b><u>Argentine</u></b> Republic or República <b><u>Argentina</u></b>]
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<b><u>data center</u></b>s [accept <b><u>web farm</u></b>s or <b><u>cloud computing</u></b> centers or <b><u>computing cluster</u></b>s or <b><u>server array</u></b>s or <b><u>server park</u></b>s or similar answers; prompt on <u>server</u>s or <u>warehouse</u>s; reject “supercomputers”]
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<b><u>linear accelerator</b></u>s [or <b><u>linac</b></u>s; accept Varian <b><u>Clinac</b></u>; accept Stanford <b><u>Linear Accelerator</b></u> Center; prompt on particle <u>accelerator</u>s or medical <u>accelerator</u>s; prompt on <u>SLAC</u> (“slack”) National Accelerator Laboratory; prompt on descriptions of devices used in <u>radiotherapy</u> or <u>radiation therapy</u> until “radiotherapy” is read; prompt on <u>X-ray generator</u>s or descriptions of devices that <u>generate X-ray</u>s until “X-rays” is read; prompt on X-ray <u>beam</u>s or radiation <u>beam</u>s until “beams” is read by asking “what devices are used to generate the beams?”; reject “generators”] (IMRT is Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy.)
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<b><u>Portugal</b></u> [or <b><u>Portuguese</b></u> Republic or República <b><u>Portuguesa</b></u>] (The earthquake was the Great Lisbon earthquake.)
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<b><u>double pendulum</b></u>s [accept <b><u>coupled pendulum</b></u>s; prompt on <u>pendulum</u>s]
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Wars of the <b><u>Roses</b></u>
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<b><u>narcissism</u></b> [or <em>On <b><u>Narcissism</em></u></b>]
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<b><u>color</b></u>s [accept near-synonyms like <b><u>hue</b></u>s or <b><u>shade</b></u>s; accept <b><u>color</b></u> vision; accept specific colors such as <b><u>green</b></u>; accept <b><u>bleen</b></u> or <b><u>grue</b></u> until read; prompt on <u>qualia</u> or <u>quale</u> until read]
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Roger <b><u>Fry</b></u>
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the <b><u>Sphinx</u></b>
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<b><u>Eukaryota</u></b> [or <b><u>eukaryote</u></b>s; prompt on <u>Plantae</u> or <u>plant</u>s or <u>Animalia</u> or <u>animal</u>s or <u>Fungi</u> or <u>Protista</u> or <u>protist</u>s by asking “can you be less specific?”]
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<b><u>grammar</u></b> [or ars <b><u>grammatica</u></b>; accept Virgil the <b><u>Grammar</u></b>ian]
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<b><u>jar</u></b>s [or <b><u>urn</u></b>s; or <b><u>pot</u></b>s; or <b><u>vase</u></b>s; or <b><u>jug</u></b>s; accept <b><u>Urn</u></b> Burial culture or <b><u>Urn</u></b>field culture; accept Plain of <b><u>Jar</u></b>s; prompt on <u>pottery</u> or <u>ceramic</u>s; reject “beakers”] (The third clue refers to the Thai royal burial ceremony.)
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<b><u>oak</u></b> tree [prompt on <u>tree</u>] (The poems are “Woodman, Spare that Tree” and “The Old Oaken Bucket.”)
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<b><u>bipolar</u></b> disorder [or <b><u>bipolar</u></b> disease; or <b><u>bipolar</u></b> illness; or <b><u>manic depression</u></b>; or <b><u>manic-depressive</u></b> disorder; or <b><u>manic-depressive</u></b> illness; or <b><u>bipolar</u></b> affective disorder; or <b><u>BPAD</u></b>; prompt on <u>cyclothymia</u> before read; do not accept or prompt on “depression” or “depressive disorder”]
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<b><u>manganese</u></b> [or <b><u>Mn</u></b>]
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<b><u>coordinate</u></b>s [accept generalized <b><u>coordinate</u></b>s or cyclic <b><u>coordinate</u></b>s]
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Gurū <b><u>Nānak</u></b> [or Bābā <b><u>Nānak</u></b>]
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<b><u>clashscore</u></b> (The three outliers are Ramachandran, sidechain, and RSRZ outliers.)
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<b><u>Expressionism</u></b> [or <b><u>Expressionist</u></b> cinema or <b><u>expressionist</u></b>ische Film; accept German <b><u>Expressionism</u></b> or deutscher <b><u>Expressionismus</u></b>]
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Eugene <b><u>O’Neill</b></u> [or Eugene Gladstone <b><u>O’Neill</b></u>]
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<b><u>t-SNE</u></b> (“tee-snee”) [or <b><u>t-distributed stochastic neighbor embedding</u></b>]
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<b><u>iron</b></u> [or <b><u>Fe</b></u>; accept banded <b><u>iron</b></u> formations; accept <b><u>iron</b></u> hypothesis; accept <b><u>iron</b></u> fertilization]
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<em>The <b><u>Treasure of the Sierra Madre</b></u></em>
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William <b><u>Seward</u></b> [or William Henry <b><u>Seward</u></b>]
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<b><u>speak</u></b>ing in <b><u>prose</u></b> [accept any answers about using <b><u>prose</u></b>]
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Les <b><u>Nabis</u></b> (“lay nah-BEE”)
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<b><u>Salamis</u></b> [accept <b><u>Salamis</u></b> Tablet or Battle of <b><u>Salamis</u></b>]
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<b><u>Vasilisa</u></b> [or <b><u>Vasalisa</u></b>; accept <b><u>Vasilisa</u></b> the Beautiful, <b><u>Vasilisa</u></b> the Wise, <b><u>Vasilisa</u></b> Prekrasnaya, or <b><u>Vasilisa</u></b> Premudraya]
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