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<b><u>Slavic</b></u> Peoples [or <b><u>Slav</b></u>s; accept <b><u>Slavic</b></u> Paganism or <b><u>Slav</b></u>ic Neopaganism or <b><u>Slav</b></u>ic Shamanism or <b><u>Slav</b></u>ic Native Faith; accept Eastern, Western, Baltic, or Southern <b><u>Slav</b></u>s, or the <b><u>Belarusian</b></u>s, <b><u>Bosniak</b></u>s or <b><u>Bosnian</b></u>s, <b><u>Bulgarian</b></u>s, <b><u>Bunjevci</b></u>, <b><u>Croat</b></u>s or <b><u>Croatian</b></u>s,<b> <u>Czech</b></u>s, <b><u>Gorani</b></u>s, <b><u>Hussite</b></u>s, <b><u>Kashub</b></u>s or <b><u>Kashubian</b></u>s, <b><u>Lech</b></u>s or <b><u>Lechites</b></u>, <b><u>Lusatian</b></u>s, <b><u>Macedonian</b></u>s, <b><u>Montenegrin</b></u>s, <b><u>Moravian</b></u>s, <b><u>Pole</b></u>s or <b><u>Polish</b></u>, <b><u>Russian</b></u>s, <b><u>Rusyn</b></u>s, <b><u>Serb</b></u>s, <b><u>Silesian</b></u>s, <b><u>Šokci</b></u>,<b> <u>Sorb</b></u>s, <b><u>Slovak</b></u>s or <b><u>Slovakian</b></u>s, <b><u>Slovene</b></u>s or <b><u>Slovenian</b></u>s, <b><u>Torbeši</b></u>, <b><u>Ukranian</b></u>s, <b><u>Wend</b></u>s or <b><u>Wendish</b></u>, or <b><u>Yugoslav</b></u>s or <b><u>Yugoslavian</b></u>s] (The forgery is the <em>Book of Veles</em>. The Slavic Native Faith is also known as Rodnovery.)
<b><u>1850</u></b>s
Christopher <b><u>Marlowe</b></u> [or Kit <b><u>Marlowe</b></u>]
Wilhelm <b><u>Ostwald</u></b> [or Friedrich Wilhelm <b><u>Ostwald</u></b>; accept <b><u>Ostwald</u></b> process]
“The <b><u>Interior Castle</u></b>”
<b><u>Kabbalah</b></u> [accept <b><u>Kabbalat</b></u> Shabbat; prompt on <u>Hasidism</u> or <u>Hasidic</u> Judaism by asking “From what broader, non-sectarian tradition did Hasidism originate?”] (Congregations historically changed the melody of <em>Lecha Dodi</em> at “<em>Hitoreri</em>” because the verses prior to that one are an acronym for its author’s first name “Shlomo,” but now many congregations change the melody one verse later, at “<em>Lo tevoshi</em>.”)
the <b><u>whistle</u></b> from “Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad”
<b><u>Seven Years</u>’</b> War [accept <b><u>Fantastic</u></b> War or Guerra <b><u>Fantástica</u></b> until “Fantastic” is read; prompt on <u>French and Indian</u> War or <u>Anglo-Spanish</u> War or Guerra <u>Anglo-Española</u> by asking what overall conflict was it part of?”]
<b><u>pericyclic</u></b> reactions [prompt on <u>electrocyclic</u> reactions or <u>electrocyclization</u>s, <u>cycloaddition</u>s, <u>cycloelimination</u>s, <u>sigmatropic</u> reactions, <u>ene</u> reactions, or <u>cheletropic</u> reactions by asking “what is the general class of reactions?”]
<b><u>tell</u></b>s [or <b><u>tall</u></b>; accept <b><u>Tell</u></b> es-Sultan or <b><u>Tel</u></b> Megiddo; prompt on <u>mound</u>s or <u>hill</u>ocks]
magnetic <b><u>reconnection</b></u> [accept fast magnetic <b><u>reconnection</b></u>; prompt on <u>solar flare</u>s until the end by asking “what physical phenomenon is the primary cause of solar flares?”]
<b><u>question</u></b>s [or <b><u>interrogative</u></b> sentences; accept <em>wh</em>-<b><u>question</u></b>s]
Frigyes <b><u>Riesz</u></b> (“FREE-jesh REESS”) [accept <b><u>Riesz</u></b> representation theorem or <b><u>Riesz</u></b>-Fréchet representation theorem or <b><u>Riesz</u></b>–Thorin interpolation theorem; reject “Marcel Riesz”]
Chinua <b><u>Achebe</b></u>
Hilma af <b><u>Klint</u></b> [reject “Klimt”]
<b><u>irrational</u></b> [or <b><u>irrational</u></b>ity; accept <b><u>irrational</u></b> rotation or <b><u>irrational</u></b>ity measure; reject “real” or “transcendental”]
<b><u>Sri Lanka</u></b> [or <b><u>Ceylon</u></b>]
DNA <b><u>replication</u></b> [accept <b><u>DNA synthesis</u></b>]
<b><u>peptidoglycan</b></u> [or <b><u>murein</b></u>; prompt on <u>cell wall</u>]
<b><u>Carthage</u></b> [or <b><u>Carthāgō</u></b>]
Pietro Antonio <b><u>Locatelli</u></b> (The Opus 3 is <em>L’Arte del violono</em>.)
Eve <b><u>Babitz</u></b> AND Joan <b><u>Didion</u></b> [accept in either order; accept <b><u><em>Didion and Babitz</em></u></b>]
​<b><u>harvest</b></u>s [accept <b><u>harvest</b></u> festivals; accept obtaining <b><u>crop</b></u>s or equivalents; accept Hall of Prayer for Good <b><u>Harvest</b></u>; prompt on <u>agricultural</u> festivals or <u>farm</u>ing or <u>rice</u> or similar answers; prompt on <u>season</u>s or <u>monsoon</u> by asking “what type of event held during such a period?”]
<b><u>khora</u></b> [or <b><u>chora</u></b>]
<b><u>monocrystal</u></b>line [or <b><u>single-crystal</u></b>; or clear equivalents; accept <b><u>crystal</u></b>line; reject “polycrystalline”; reject “crystallites”]
Maurice <b><u>Merleau-Ponty</b></u>
<b><u>Parliament</u></b> [or <b><u>parliamentary</u></b>]
foreign <b><u>aid</u></b> [or development <b><u>aid</u></b> or international <b><u>aid</u></b> or international development <b><u>assistance</u></b>; prompt on <u>development</u>; reject “foreign direct investment”]
<b><u>adsorption</u></b> [accept word forms like <b><u>adsorb</u></b>; reject “absorption”]
<b><u>1920s</u></b> [prompt on ’<u>20s</u>]
<b><u>Grand Army of the Republic</u></b> [or <b><u>GAR</u></b>]
Daniel <b><u>Dennett</u></b> [or Daniel Clement <b><u>Dennett</u></b> III]
<b><u>variance</u></b> [prompt on <u>sigma-squared</u>]
<b><u>Project 2025</u></b> [or <em>2025 <b><u>Mandate for Leadership</u></b>: The Conservative Promise</em>; or <b><u><em>Mandate for Leadership</em></u></b> <em>IX</em>]
<b><u>derivative</u></b>s [accept partial <b><u>derivative</u></b>s]
<b><u>lute</u></b> [accept “Blame not my <b><u>lute</u></b>!”; accept “My <b><u>lute</u></b> awake!”]
<b><u>Douglas</b></u> [accept Emory <b><u>Douglas</b></u> or Aaron <b><u>Douglas</b></u>]
<b><u>Odysseus</u></b> [or <b><u>Ulysses</u></b>; accept <b><u>Odysseas</u></b> Elytis or <b><u>Odysseas</u></b> Alepoudellis] (Clues include “Penelope’s Despair” by Yannis Ritsos and “Second Odyssey” by Cavafy.)
<b><u>hood ornament</u></b>s [or <b><u>bonnet mascot</u></b>s; or <b><u>car mascot</u></b>s; or <b><u>motor mascot</u></b>s]
<b><u>etude</u></b>s [or <b><u>studies</u></b>; or <b><u>study</u></b>]
French <b><u>retiree</b></u>s [accept <b><u>pensioner</b></u>s; accept descriptions of people who are <b><u>retired</b></u> or people who are receiving a <b><u>pension</b></u>; prompt on the <u>elderly</u> or <u>old</u> people or equivalents; prompt on <u>French</u> people or français until “France” is read; prompt on <u>worker</u>s, <u>laborer</u>s, <u>employee</u>s, or equivalents]
<b><u>granaries</u></b> [accept Great <b><u>Granary</u></b>; accept <b><u>grain</u></b> storehouses; prompt on <u>store</u>houses]
<b><u>dialogue</u></b>s [accept Platonic <b><u>dialogue</u></b>s; accept <b><u>drama</u></b>s or <b><u>play</u></b>s]
<b><u>agency</u></b> [accept “What Is <b><u>Agency</u></b>?”; accept <b><u>agent</u></b>ic orientation, process, dimension, etc.; accept answers indicating the <b><u>agency</u></b>-versus-structure debate]
<b><u>name</u></b>s of <b><u>God</u></b> [or <b><u>name</u></b>s of <b><u>Allah</u></b>; or <b><u><em>’asmā’u llāhi</u></b> l-ḥusnā</em>; prompt on <u>name</u>s]
<b><u>David</u></b> [accept <b><u>David</u></b> Soslan or <b><u>David</u></b> IV the Builder; accept <b><u>Davit</u></b> or <b><u>Dāwīḏ</u></b>]
<b><u>mass spec</b></u>trometry [or <b><u>MS</b></u>; accept tandem <b><u>mass spec</b></u>trometry; accept time of flight <b><u>mass spec</b></u>trometry; prompt on <u>ionization</u>, soft <u>ionization</u>, <u>MALDI</u>, or electrospray <u>ionization</u> until read by asking “what larger technique is that a part of?”]
<b><u>Lewis and Clark</b></u> Expedition [or the <b><u>Corps of Discovery</b></u>; accept descriptions of <b><u>Lewis and Clark</b></u>’s group]
<b><u>Pikes Peak</b></u>
<em>The <b><u>Blue Room</em></u></b> [or <em>La <b><u>chambre bleue</em></u></b>]
<b><u>land</u></b> [accept Yazoo <b><u>Land</u></b> Fraud; accept Loyal <b><u>Land</u></b> Company; <em>Speculation Nation: <b><u>Land</u></b> Mania in the Revolutionary American Republic</em>; prompt on <u>property</u>]
<b><u><em>Taq</em></u></b> polymerase
<b><u>Sei</b></u> <b><u>Shōnagon</b></u> [accept either underlined portion; or <b><u>Kiyohara</b></u> no Nagiko]
<b><u>atom</u></b>s [or <b><u><em>atomon</em></u></b>]
<b><u>witness</u></b>es [accept the two <b><u>witness</u></b>es]
<b><u>Theodosius I</u></b> [or <b><u>Theodosius</u></b> the <b><u>Great</u></b>; prompt on <u>Theodosius</u>]
<b><u>OpenAI</b></u> [accept <b><u>OpenAI</b></u> Codex]
<b><u>Buddhism</b></u> [accept Zen <b><u>Buddhism</b></u> or Tibetan <b><u>Buddhism</b></u>] (The second clue is about “Smokey the Bear Sutra” by Gary Snyder.)
<b><u>Wyoming</b></u> [or <b><u>WY</b></u>] (William Ross was elected in the aftermath of the Teapot Dome scandal.)
<b><u>Virginia</u></b> [or <b><u>VA</u></b>]
<b><u>Rikers</u></b> Island Jail
Jacob <b><u>Epstein</b></u>
<b><u>scout</b></u>ing movement [accept Boy <b><u>Scout</b></u>s or Boy <b><u>Scout</b></u>s of America; accept World Organization of the <b><u>Scout</b></u>ing Movement; accept <em>Boy <b><u>Scout</b></u>s of America et al. v. Dale</em>; prompt on <u>youth</u> groups until “youths” is read; reject “Girl Scouts”]
<b><u>Martens</u></b> Clause [or <b><u>Martens</u></b> Declaration; or <b><u>Martens</u></b> Reservation]
<b><u>Danube</u></b> River [or <b><u>Ister</u></b> River]
Jacob <b><u>Lawrence</u></b> [or Jacob Armstead <b><u>Lawrence</u></b>] (The series is his <em>Migration Series</em>.)
“Story of <b><u>Sinuhe</u></b>” [accept “Tale of <b><u>Sinuhe</u></b>” or other answers indicating <b><u>Sinuhe</u></b>’s story; accept <b><u>Sanehat</u></b> or <b><u>Sanhath</u></b> or <b><u>Za-nehet</u></b> in place of “Sinuhe”]
<b><u><em>torii</b></u></em>
José <b><u>Rivera</b></u>
<em>The <b><u>Great Ziegfeld</b></u></em>
<b><u>skip list</u></b> [accept <b><u>skip graph</u></b>; prompt on <u>list</u>]
<b><u>active</u></b> matter
<b><u>monopolistic competition</u></b> [prompt on imperfect <u>competition</u>; reject “monopoly”; reject “perfect competition”]
<b><u><em>In Search of Lost Time</em></u></b> [or <b><u><em>À la recherche du temps perdu</em></u></b>; accept <b><u><em>Remembrance of Things Past</em></u></b>; accept <b><u><em>Swann’s Way</em></u></b> or <b><u><em>Du côté de chez Swann</em></u></b>]
Chinese <b><u>emperor</b></u>s [or <b><u>H</b></u>uáng<b><u>dì</b></u>; or <b><u>Tiānzǐ</b></u>; prompt on <u>monarch</u>s; prompt on <u>ruler</u>s until read; prompt on <u>Manchu</u>s or <u>Mǎnzú</u> or <u>Jurchen</u>s; prompt on <u>Chinese</u> people, <u>Hàn</u>zú, <u>Zhōngguó</u>rén, or <u>Huá</u>rén] (The paintings in the first line are by the Míng Xuāndé Emperor. The “Auspicious Cranes” painting is by Emperor Huīzōng​​ of Sòng. Castiglione painted the Qiánlóng Emperor. Qín Shǐ Huáng commissioned the Terracotta Army.)
<b><u>Weierstrass</b></u> approximation theorem [or Stone–<b><u>Weierstrass</b></u> theorem] (The UAT is the universal approximation theorem.)
<b><u>focus</u></b> [accept contrastive <b><u>focus</u></b>, contrastive <b><u>focus</u></b> reduplication, <b><u>focus</u></b> projection, <b><u>focus</u></b> domain, <b><u>focus</u></b> particle, or <b><u>focus</u></b> phrase; prompt on <u>accent</u>, pitch <u>accent</u>, <u>stress</u>, contrastive <u>stress</u>, syntactic <u>stress</u>, sentence <u>stress</u>, prosodic <u>stress</u>, <u>prominence</u>, <u>emphasis</u> until read by asking “what syntactic feature is behind that?”; reject “topic”]
George <b><u>Marshall</u></b> [or George Catlett <b><u>Marshall</u></b> Jr.]
<b><u>head</u></b>s [accept <b><u>face</u></b>s; accept any answer referring to the artist’s own <b><u>head</u></b> or <b><u>face</u></b>; prompt on specific facial body parts like <u>ear</u>s or <u>lip</u>s] (The piece is “Between the Walls and Me.”)
<b><u>atmosphere</u></b> of <b><u>Venus</u></b> [or <b><u>Venus</u></b>ian <b><u>atmosphere</u></b> or <b><u>Venerian atmosphere</u></b> or <b><u>Venereal atmosphere</u></b>; accept <b><u>troposphere</u></b>, <b><u>mesosphere</u></b>, <b><u>stratosphere</u></b>, <b><u>ionosphere</u></b>, or <b><u>thermosphere</u></b> in place of “atmosphere”; prompt on <u>Venus</u> or <u>Venerian</u> by asking “what region of Venus?”; prompt on <u>atmosphere</u> or specific atmospheric layers by asking “of what astronomical body?”]
Gerald <b><u>Gardner</u></b> [or Gerald Brosseau <b><u>Gardner</u></b>]
<b><u>SNP</u></b>s (“snips”) [or <b><u>single nucleotide polymorphism</u></b>s]
<b><u>Symbolism</b></u> [or <b><u>symbolisme</b></u>; or <b><u>Symbolist</b></u> poetry]
the <b><u>sea</b></u> [or an <b><u>ocean</b></u>; accept in a <b><u>boat</b></u> or a <b><u>ship</b></u>; accept <em>The <b><u>Seafarer</b></u></em>]
<b><u>nephelauxetic</u></b> effect [accept <b><u>nephelauxetic</u></b> series]
<b><u>hell</u></b> [accept <em>Kora in <b><u>Hell</em></u></b>]
<b><u>suspicion</u></b> [or <b><u><em>soupçon</em></u></b>]
Eileen <b><u>Chang</b></u> [or <b><u>Zhāng</b></u> Àilíng]
<b><u>Carl</u></b> Vogel [accept descriptions like Paula <b><u>Vogel’s brother</u></b>; prompt on <u>Vogel</u>]
<b><u>cricket</u></b> (Mike Marqusee’s book is titled <em>War Minus the Shooting</em>.)
<b><u>boron</b></u> [accept <b><u>B</b></u>; prompt on <u>borane</u>s <u>diborane</u> or pinacol<u>borane</u> or catechol<u>borane</u> or <u>borospherene</u>s]
<b><u>Penthesilea</u></b> [or <b><u>Penthesíleia</u></b>; or <b><u>Pantasselle</u></b>] (The first two lines refer to Christine de Pizan’s <em>Epistle of Othea to Hector</em>, Benoît’s Roman de Troie, and Guido’s <em>Historia destructionis Troiae</em>.)
<b><u>Finland</u></b> [or <b><u>Suomi</u></b>; or Republic of <b><u>Finland</u></b>; or <b><u>Suomen</u></b> tasavalta; or Republiken <b><u>Finland</u></b>] (The first logician is Jaakko Hintikka.)
<b><u>anthropology</u></b> [or critical medical <b><u>anthropology</u></b>]
<em>A <b><u>New Way to Pay Old Debts</b></u></em>
Yukio <b><u>Mishima</u></b> [or Kimitake <b><u>Hiraoka</u></b>; accept names in either order]
<b><u>hummingbird</u></b>s [or <b><u>Trochilidae</u></b>; prompt on <u>Apodiformes</u>]
Albert <b><u>Fall</u></b> [or Albert Bacon <b><u>Fall</u></b>]
S. S. <b><u>Rajamouli</u></b> (“RAH-juh-mao-lee”) [or Koduri Srisaila Sri <b><u>Rajamouli</u></b>] (The latter movie is <em>Baahubali</em>.)
Andrew <b><u>Lang</u></b> [accept <b><u><em>Lang</u></b>’s Fairy Books</em>]