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<b><u>ban</u></b> [or <b><u>bán</u></b>ok; accept <b><u>Ban</u></b>at, <b><u>Ban</u></b>ate, <b><u>Bán</u></b>ság, or <b><u>Ban</u></b>ovina; accept <b><u>Ban</u></b>at of Temesvar or <b><u>Ban</u></b>at Republic]
<b><u>displacement</u></b> [or <b><u>position</u></b>; accept <b><u>displacement</u></b> field or <b><u>displacement</u></b> gradient tensor or screw <b><u>displacement</u></b> or generalized <b><u>displacement</u></b>; prompt on <u><em>x</em></u>; prompt on <u><em>q</em></u>; prompt on <u>generalized coordinates</u> by asking “what quantity is being generalized?”; reject “distance”]
<b><u>Massachusetts</u></b> [or <b><u>MA</u></b>]
<b><u>Argentina</b></u> [or <b><u>Argentine</b></u> Republic or República <b><u>Argentina</b></u>] (The first sentence refers to “[All night I hear the noise of water sobbing.]” by Alejandra Pizarnik. The second sentence refers to “The Golem” by Jorge Luis Borges. The third sentence refers to “I Am Going to Sleep” by Alfonsina Storni.)
<b><u>papier-mâché</b></u> [accept <b><u>cartonería</b></u> until read; prompt on <u>paper</u>, <u>newspaper</u>, <u>cardboard</u>, or <u>confetti</u>; prompt on <u>alebrije</u>s or <u>piñata</u>s until read by asking “what are they made of?”]
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich <b><u>Hegel</b></u> [or G. W. F. <b><u>Hegel</b></u>; accept <b><u><em>Hegel</b></u> Contra Sociology</em>; accept neo-<b><u>Hegel</b></u>ianism]
<b><u>letter</b></u>s by Emily <b><u>Dickinson</b></u> [or <b><u>epistle</b></u>s by Emily <b><u>Dickinson</b></u>; prompt on Master <u>letter</u>s or <u>epistle</u>s]
<b><u>Dragon Boat</b></u> Festival [or <b><u>Duānwǔ</b></u>jié or <b><u>Lóngchuán</b></u>jié; accept Gangneung <b><u>Dano</b></u>je]
<b><u>pollination</u></b> [or <b><u>pollenization</u></b>; accept <b><u>fertilization</u></b>]
<b><u><em>Black Boy</em></u></b> (by Richard Wright)
Nelly <b><u>Sachs</b></u> [or Leonie <b><u>Sachs</b></u>; accept Nelly <b><u>Sachs</b></u> Prize or Nelly <b><u>Sachs</b></u> Preis]
<b><u>ferromagnetism</u></b> [prompt on <u>magnetism</u>]
Empress <b><u>Elisabeth</u></b> of Austria [accept Duchess <b><u>Elisabeth</u></b> Amalie Eugenie; accept <b><u>Elisabeth</u></b> of Bavaria; accept <b><u>Sisi</u></b> or <b><u>Sissi</u></b>]
<b><u>chain</u></b> of <b><u>risk</u></b> [or word forms like <b><u>chain</u></b>ing of <b><u>risk</u></b>; prompt on <u>accumulation</u> of risk until it is read]
<b><u>dawn raid</u></b>s
John Greenleaf <b><u>Whittier</b></u> (The first poem is “Skipper Ireson’s Ride.” The third poem is “Ichabod” about Daniel Webster.)
Felice <b><u>Orsini</u></b> [accept <b><u>Orsini</u></b> bomb]
<b><u>nothing</u></b>ness [or <b><u>emptiness</u></b>, <b><u>vacuity</u></b>, <b><u>void</u></b>ness, <b><u>nullity</u></b>, or <b><u>zero</u></b>; or <b><u>ku</u></b>]
<b><u>well</b></u>s [accept Samaritan woman at the <b><u>well</b></u>; accept Jacob’s <b><u>Well</b></u>; prompt on <u>spring</u>s] (The first line refers to <em>Jesus Christ, the Bearer of the Water of Life</em>.)
<b><u>droodle</u></b>s
<b><u>relation</u></b>al sociology [accept “Manifesto for a <b><u>Relation</u></b>al Sociology”; accept critical realist <b><u>relational</u></b> sociology; accept<em> sociologia <b><u>relazion</u></b>ale</em>]
<b><u>electron</u></b>s [or <b><u>e</u></b>-; or solvated <b><u>electron</u></b>s; or <b><u>electride</u></b>s]
<b><u>43s preinitiation complex</u></b> [or <b><u>43S PIC</u></b>]
<b><u>Eleusinian Mysteries</u></b> [prompt on <u>mysteries</u>] (The “unrepeatables” held inside the Telesterion included reenacting the Demeter-Persephone myth and being shown sacred relics by a priest with commentary.)
<b><u>clinamen</b></u><em> </em>[or the <b><u>clinamen</b></u> atomorum, <b><u>swerve</b></u>, or <b><u>declination</b></u>; accept <b><u>parenklisis</b></u> until read; accept <em>The <b><u>Swerve</b></u></em>; prompt on poetic <u>misprision</u> until read by asking “what other concept is mentioned in the title of that essay?”]
<b><u>Scarlatti</u></b> [accept Domenico <b><u>Scarlatti</u></b> or Alessandro <b><u>Scarlatti</u></b>]
<b><u><em>Mountains Beyond Mountains</em></u></b> [or <b><u><em>Mountains Beyond Mountains</u></b>: The Quest of Dr.&nbsp;Paul Farmer,&nbsp;A Man Who Would Cure the World</em>]
Katherine <b><u>Mansfield</u></b> (The story is “The Garden Party.”)
University of <b><u>Cambridge</u></b> [accept “<b><u>Cambridge</u></b> Five”]
<b><u>gravothermal</u></b> catastrophe [or <b><u>gravothermal</u></b> collapse or <b><u>Antonov</u></b><em> </em>instability; prompt on <u>catastrophe</u>; prompt on <u>instability</u>; prompt on <u>gravity</u>]
<b><u>Ogun</b></u> [or <b><u>Ogum</b></u> or <b><u>Ogou</b></u>; accept <b><u>Gu</b></u> or <b><u>Egu</b></u>]
<b><u>Hadrian’s Wall</u></b> [or <b><u>Vallum Aelium</u></b> or <b><u>Picts’ Wall</u></b>; accept <b><u>Housesteads</u></b>; accept <b><u>Vindolanda</u></b> until read] (The first line refers to Housesteads. The birthday invitation was sent from Claudia Severa to Lepidina.)
<b><u>2000s</b></u> [prompt on ‘<u>00s</u> or <u>aughts</u> or <u>noughties</u>] (Captain Daniel Alfaro anchored the Pilín León at the entrance to Lake Maracaibo. Lameda Montero was ousted as head of Petróleos de Venezuela.)
<b><u>dislocation</u></b>s
<b><u>Cairo</u></b> [or al-<b><u>Qāhirah</u></b>; accept <b><u>Cairo</u></b> Trilogy or al-Thulāthiyyah al-<b><u>Qāhirah</u></b>; accept <b><u>Cairene</u></b> literature (The trilogy’s first two parts are <em>Palace Walk</em> and <em>Palace of Desire</em>.)
Aram <b><u>Khachaturian</b></u> [or Aram Ilyich <b><u>Khachaturian</b></u>]
Jeremy <b><u>Bentham</u></b> AND John Stuart <b><u>Mill</u></b> [accept J. S. <b><u>Mill</u></b> in place of “John Stuart Mill”]
<b><u>TEM mode</u></b>s [or <b><u>transverse electromagnetic mode</u></b>s; accept G<b><u>TEM mode</u></b>s or gigahertz <b><u>transverse electromagnetic mode</u></b>s; prompt on <u>mode</u>s; reject “transverse electric modes” or “TE modes”; reject “transverse magnetic modes” or “TM modes”]
<b><u>Costa Rica</u></b> [or Republic of <b><u>Costa Rica</u></b> or República de <b><u>Costa Rica</u></b>; accept 1948 <b><u>Costa Rican</u></b> Civil War or Guerra civil de <b><u>Costa Rica</u></b> de 1948; accept Afro-<b><u>Costa Rican</u></b>s or afro<b><u>costarricense</u></b>s] (The first line refers to José María Figueres. The southern neighbor is Panama.)
<b><u>culture</b></u> [accept “<b><u>Writing Against Culture</b></u>” or <b><u><em>Writing Culture</b></u>: The Politics and Poetics of Ethnography</em> or <b><u><em>Anthropology as Cultural Critique</b></u></em>]
<b><u>Anna</b></u> AND <b><u>Elsa</b></u> [or Princess <b><u>Anna</b></u> AND Queen <b><u>Elsa</b></u>; accept in either order; prompt on partial answers]
<b><u>implicit</u></b> [or <b><u>implicit</u></b> prejudice; or <b><u>implicit</u></b> learning; or <b><u>implicit</u></b> theories of intelligence; or <b><u>implicit</u></b> self-esteem; accept “<b><u>Implicit</u></b> Learning as an Ability”; accept Project <b><u>Implicit</u></b>; accept <b><u>Implicit</u></b> Association Test; prompt on <u>IAT</u>] (The critical 2004 paper was H.R. Arkes and Philip Tetlock’s “Attributions of Implicit Prejudice, or ‘Would Jesse Jackson “Fail” the Implicit Association Test?’”)
<b><u>valley</b></u>s [accept San Fernando <b><u>Valley</b></u>; accept <b><u>Valley</b></u> girls or <b><u>Valley</b></u>speak or <b><u>Valley</b></u> accent; accept Central <b><u>Valley</b></u> or Great <b><u>Valley</b></u>; accept San Joaquin <b><u>Valley</b></u>; accept Sacramento <b><u>Valley</b></u>; accept <b><u>Valley</b></u> Fever]
<b><u>Chicago</b></u>
<b><u>Tulip</u></b> Revolution (The Tulip Revolution took place in Kyrgyzstan.)
<b><u>Pope.L</u></b> (“pope&nbsp;L”) [or <b><u>Pope L</u></b>; or William <b><u>Pope.L</u></b>; accept William <b><u>Pope</u></b>; prompt on <u>L</u>]
<b><u>Time of Troubles</u></b>
<b><u>white cube</u></b> [accept “Inside the <b><u>White Cube</u></b>: The Ideology of the Gallery Space”] (The magazine is <em>The White Pube</em>.)
<b><u>vision</u></b> [or <b><u>visual</u></b> perception or <b><u>visual</u></b> acuity; or <b><u>sight</u></b> or eye<b><u>sight</u></b>; accept color <b><u>vision</u></b>; accept <b><u>depth perception</u></b>; prompt on <u>perception</u>]
you <b><u>cannot step in the same river twice</b></u> [accept equivalent descriptions that mention the <b><u>inability to enter the same river twice</b></u> or that a <b><u>river is never the same twice</b></u>; accept <b><u><em>panta rhei</b></u></em> or <b><u>everything flows</b></u> until read; prompt on Heraclitus’s doctrine of <u>flux</u>] (Cratylus amended Heraclitus’s claim to “you cannot step in the same river even once.”)
Petrus <b><u>Christus</u></b> [or <b><u>Petrus</u></b> Christus] (The first work is his <em>Death of the Virgin</em>.)
<b><u>torture</u></b> [accept specific forms of torture such as electric <b><u>shock</u></b>s; prompt on <u>kidnap</u>ping, <u>assault</u>, <u>rape</u> or <u>interrogation</u>] (The play is Ariel Dorfman’s <em>Death and the Maiden</em>.)
<b><u>Mexican</u></b> War of <b><u>Independence</u></b> [or War of <b><u>Mexican Independence</u></b> or equivalents; or Guerra de <b><u>Independencia</u></b> de <b><u>México</u></b>; accept <b><u>Hidalgo</u></b> Revolt or Agustín de <b><u>Iturbide</u></b>’s revolt until each is read; accept <b><u>New Spain</u></b> or <b><u>Nueva España</u></b> in place of “Mexican”; prompt on War of <u>Independence</u> or La <u>Independencia</u> by asking “of what country?”; reject “Mexican Revolution”] (Clues include El Pípila burning Guanajuato’s Alhóndiga de Granaditas and José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi.)
Chuck <b><u>Close</u></b>
<b><u>Poland</u></b> [or Republic of <b><u>Poland</u></b> or Rzeczpospolita <b><u>Polska</u></b>; accept <b><u>Polish</u></b> People’s Republic; accept <b><u>Polish</u></b> October] (The first line refers to Tadeusz Peiper.)
<b><u>Nunavut</b></u>
<b><u>quantum well</u></b>s [prompt on <u>well</u>s]
Père <b><u>Goriot</u></b> [or Father <b><u>Goriot</u></b>; or Old <b><u>Goriot</u></b>; or either part of <b><u>Jean-Joachim</u></b> <b><u>Goriot</u></b>]
<b><u>Georgia</u></b> [or <b><u>Saqartvelo</u></b> or <b><u>Kartvelia</u></b>; or Kingdom of <b><u>Georgia</u></b> or <b><u>Georgian</u></b> Empire or <b><u>Saqartvelos</u></b> samepo; accept <b><u>Georgian</u></b> Golden Age] (The Zak‘arids, also known as the Mqargrdzeli or Zakarian family, were Armenian vassals of Georgia. The “incredible victory” was the Battle of Didgori.)
<b><u>see</u></b>ing the <b><u>elephant</b></u>
<b><u>clitic</u></b>s [or en<b><u>clitic</u></b>s]
<b><u>humility</u></b> [accept Kantian <b><u>humility</u></b> or epistemic <b><u>humility</u></b>]
<b><u>stiff</u></b> [accept <b><u>stiff</u></b> upper lip; accept <b><u>stiff</u></b>-person syndrome; accept <b><u>stiff</u></b>-man syndrome]
<b><u>gender</u></b> [or “Doing <b><u>Gender</u></b>”]
<b><u><em>chai</em></u></b> (“high”) [accept Am Yisrael <b><u>Chai</u></b> or Od Avinu <b><u>Chai</u></b>; accept <b><u><em>chaya</em></u></b> or <b><u><em>chayyim</em></u></b>]
<b><u>Elves</u></b> [or <b><u>Elf</u></b>; accept <b><u>Quendi</u></b> or <b><u>Eldar</u></b> or High <b><u>Elves</u></b>; accept <b><u>Noldor</u></b> or <b><u>Vanyar</u></b>; prompt on descriptions of the people of <u>Middle Earth</u> or people from <u>Tolkien</u>’s legendarium]
<em>The <b><u>Myth of Sisyphus</b></u></em> [or <em>Le <b><u>mythe de Sisyphe</b></u></em>]
<b><u>gentrification</u></b> [accept word forms; accept <em>The <b><u>Gentrification</u></b> of the Mind</em> or <b><u>gentrified</u></b> happiness]
<b><u>stool</u></b>s [prompt on <u>seat</u>s or <u>chair</u>s]
<b><u>ordain</u></b>s [or <b><u>Ardane</u></b>s; accept <b><u>ordination</u></b> or being <b><u>ordained</u></b>; accept holy <b><u>order</u></b>s; prompt on apostolic <u>succession</u>]
the <b><u>self</b></u> [accept <b><u>self</b></u>-actualization; accept <b><u>self</b></u>-efficacy; accept the looking-glass <b><u>self</b></u>; accept the true <b><u>self</b></u> or the false <b><u>self</b></u>; accept <em>The Analysis of the <b><u>Self</b></u></em>; prompt on <u>identity</u> or <u>experience</u> until read]
<b><u>wildfire</u></b>s [or <b><u>forest fire</u></b>s; or <b><u>bush fire</u></b>s; prompt on <u>fires</u> or <u>burnings</u> or <u>conflagrations</u>]
Richard <b><u>Wright</b></u> [or Richard Nathaniel <b><u>Wright</b></u>] (The first clue is about “The Ethics of Living Jim Crow.”)
<b><u>letter</u></b>s [or lost <b><u>letter</u></b> experiment; or <b><u>packet</u></b>s; or <b><u>package</u></b>s; the first clue applied the "small world" experiment to emails]
Ryszard <b><u>Kapuściński</u></b>&nbsp;(“RISH-art kah-poosh-CHEEN-skee”)
<b><u>photoresist</u></b> [accept positive <b><u>photoresist</u></b> or negative <b><u>photoresist</u></b>; prompt on <u>thermoset</u>s or thermoset <u>polymer</u>s; prompt on <u>photoengraving</u>; reject “photoresistor”]
D. H. <b><u>Lawrence</u></b> [or David Herbert <b><u>Lawrence</u></b>]
<b><u>nun</u></b>s [accept <b><u>canoness</u></b>es or <b><u>abbess</u></b>es or <b><u>sister</u></b>s]
<b><u>Balaam</u></b> [or <b><u>Balaam</u></b>,&nbsp;Son of Beor; or <b><u>Bīl‘am</u></b>; accept <b><u>Bal‘am</u></b> bin Ba‘ura]
<b><u>Székely</u></b>s&nbsp;(“SAY-kay’s”) [or <b><u>Szekler</u></b>s]
Karl <b><u>Marx</u></b> [or <b><u>Marx</u></b>ism; or analytical <b><u>Marx</u></b>ism; or rational choice <b><u>Marx</u></b>ism]
<em>The <b><u>Servant of Two Masters</em></u></b> [or <em>Il <b><u>servitore di due padroni</em></u></b>]
Fernando <b><u>Botero</b></u> (The painting of a gangster is <em>The Death of Pablo Escobar</em>.)
<b><u>Mississippi</u></b> [or <b><u>MS</u></b>; accept <b><u>Mississippi</u></b> Freedom Democratic Party or <b><u>Mississippi</u></b> State Sovereignty Commission]
<b><u>Crimean</u></b> War (The officer in the first sentence was Leo Tolstoy, whose <em>Sevastopol Sketches</em> played a similar role to dispatches from the front.)
<b><u><em>C.</b> <b>elegans</u> </em></b>[or <b><u><em>C</u></b>aenorhabditis</em> <b><u><em>elegans</em></u></b>]
<b><u>Bahia</u></b> (“ba-EE-uh”)
<b><u>four</u></b>
artificial <b><u>neural net</b></u>works [accept deep <b><u>neural net</b></u>works; accept convolutional <b><u>neural net</b></u>works; accept multi-layer <b><u>perceptrons</b></u>; prompt on <u>NN</u>s; prompt on <u>machine learning</u> models or <u>ML</u> models or connectionist <u>AI</u> systems or <u>connectionist model</u>s; prompt on <u>deep learning</u> models or <u>DL</u> models until read; prompt on <u>AlexNet</u> or <u>CNN</u>s by asking “which is an example of what systems?”; reject “generative adversarial networks” or “GANs”] (Goodfellow is considered the inventor of generative adversarial networks, but Schmidhuber has argued that GANs are special cases of an algorithm that he published in the 1990s called artificial curiosity. ILSVRC is the ImageNet challenge, which AlexNet won in 2012. Between the early failure of perceptrons and the first AI winter, the AI community actively worked on symbolic AI.)
<b><u>reciting</b></u> the <b><u>Quran</b></u> [or <b><u>reading</b></u> the <b><u>Quran</b></u>; accept <b><u>memorizing</b></u> the <b><u>Quran</b></u> before “memory;” accept <b><u><em>ahruf</b></u></em> before mentioned; accept <b><u><em>qira’at</b></u></em> before mentioned; prompt on <u>speaking</u> or <u>reading</u> out loud]
<b><u>Cimmerian</u></b>s [or <b><u>Kimmerioi</u></b> or <b><u>Cimmerii</u></b> or <b><u>Gimirrāya</u></b> or <b><u>Gimirri</u></b>]
<b><u>virial coefficient</b></u>s [or <b><u>coefficient</b></u>s in the <b><u>virial</b></u> equation of state; accept specific virial coefficients, such as the second <b><u>virial coefficient</b></u>] (The second sentence describes computing the second virial coefficient by integrating a Mayer <em>f</em>-function.)
<b><u>Palmer Raid</u></b>s [or <b><u>raid</u></b>s by A. Mitchell <b><u>Palmer</u></b>; prompt on <u>Red Scare</u> or <u>First Red Scare</u> until read; prompt on <u>bombing</u>s; prompt on <u>raid</u>s]
<b><u>phosphine</u></b>s [accept di<b><u>phosphine</u></b>s or tri<b><u>phosphine</u></b>s]
<em>A <b><u>London Symphony</b></u></em> [or Ralph <b><u>Vaughan Williams</b></u>’s <b><u>Symphony No. 2</b></u>]
<b><u>Holi</u></b> [or <b><u>Dhuli</u></b>; or <b><u>Dhulandi</u></b>; or <b><u>Phagwah</u></b>; or <b><u>Phagu</u></b>; reject “Chotti Holi” or “Holika Dahan”]
<b><u>Quiet Revolution</u></b> [or <b><u>Révolution tranquille</u></b>; accept <b><u>Silent Revolution</u></b>; prompt on descriptions of a political <u>revolution</u> in <u>Quebec</u> or equivalents until read]
Jean <b><u>Dubuffet</b></u> [or Jean Philippe Arthur <b><u>Dubuffet</b></u>]
<b><u>nocturnal</u></b>ity [accept descriptive equivalents before the end]
<b><u>liquid crystal</u></b>s [or <b><u>LC</u></b>; accept <b><u>liquid crystal</u></b> displays or <b><u>LC</u></b>Ds]