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<b><u>contraception</b></u> [or <b><u>birth control</b></u> or <b><u>abortion</b></u>; accept any answer describing the <b><u>prevention of pregnancy</b></u>]
<b><u>niche</u></b>s [or <b><u>niche</u></b> partitioning]
<b><u>hair</b></u>
<b><u>ballet</u></b> [accept <b><u><em>Ballet</em></u></b> <em>Across Borders: Career and Culture in the World of Dancers</em>;<em> </em>accept sidewalk <b><u>ballet</u></b>; prompt on <u>dance</u> or <u>choreograph</u>y]
<b><u><em>Mos Teutonicus</em></u></b> [prompt on <u>German custom</u>; prompt on active <u>excarnation</u> or <u>defleshing</u>]
<b><u>feature</u></b>s [or <b><u>feature</u></b> integration theory]
<b><u>angel</u></b>s (Unattributed clues are from <em>The Marriage of Heaven and Hell</em>.)
John Millington <b><u>Synge</u></b> (“sing”)
<b><u>Aristophanes</u></b> [accept <b><u>Aristophanes</u></b> of Byzantium] (That scene appears in <em>The Clouds</em>.)
William <b><u>Saroyan</b></u>
<b><u>paramagnetism</u></b> [accept Van Vleck <b><u>paramagnetism</u></b>; prompt on <u>magnetism</u>; reject “ferromagnetism”; reject “diamagnetism”]
<b><u>alcohol dehydrogenase</u></b> [or <b><u>ADH</u></b>; accept specific alcohol dehydrogenases, such as <b><u>ADH</u></b>-3 or <b><u>ADH</u></b>1B]
<b><u>cyclic</u></b> [accept word forms like <b><u>cyclic</u></b>ity; accept primary <b><u>cyclic</u></b> or <b><u>monogenous</u></b>]
<b><u>detective</u></b> [or <b><u>police</u></b>man; or <b><u>cop</u></b>; or <b><u>investigator</u></b>]
<b><u><em>Fillette</em></u></b>&nbsp;(“fee-YET”)
Ahmad ibn <b><u>Hanbal</u></b> [accept <b><u>Hanbal</u></b>i school or <b><u>Hanbal</u></b>ism]
<b><u>deuterium</u></b> AND <b><u>tritium</u></b> [accept <b><u>H-2</u></b> or <b><u>hydrogen-2</u></b> or <b><u>D</u></b> in place of “deuterium”; accept <b><u>H-3</u></b> or <b><u>hydrogen-3</u></b> or <b><u>T</u></b> in place of “tritium”; accept <b><u>D–T</u></b> fusion; prompt on <u>heavy water</u> or <u>D2O</u> i...
<b><u>ergodic</u></b> [or <b><u>ergodic</u></b>ity; accept unique <b><u>ergodic</u></b>ity or uniquely <b><u>ergodic</u></b> or <b><u>ergodic</u></b> theorems]
<b><u>enolate</b></u>s [reject “enols”]
Daphne <b><u>du Maurier</u></b> (“doo MORE-ee-ay”)
<b><u><em>White Teeth</b></u></em>
André <b><u>Malraux</b></u> [or Georges André <b><u>Malraux</b></u>; accept <b><u>Malraux</b></u> Law; accept <b><u>Malraux</b></u> Brigade or Brigade <b><u>Malraux</b></u>]
<b><u>negative effective charge</u></b>-times-<b><u><em>r</em></u></b> [reject partial answers; reject answers with an operation other than times; accept <b><u>minus</u></b> in place of “negative”; accept <b><u>effective nuclear charge</u></b> or <b><u>Z-effective</u></b> in place of “effective charge”; prompt on <u>ze...
<b><u>letter</u></b>s by <b><u>Petrarch</u></b> [accept <b><u>epistle</u></b>s or <b><u>epistolae</u></b> in place of “letters”; accept Francesco <b><u>Petrarca</u></b> in place of “Petrarch”; prompt on <u>letter</u>s or <u>epistle</u>s or <u>epistolae</u> by asking “by whom?”]
Olinde <b><u>Rodrigues</u></b> [or Benjamin Olinde <b><u>Rodrigues</u></b>; accept <b><u>Rodrigues</u></b>’s rotation formula or <b><u>Rodrigues</u></b>’s formula]
<b><u>paniolo</u></b>s
<b><u>incompressible</u></b> [or <b><u>incompressibility</u></b>; accept pseudo-<b><u>incompressible</u></b> approximation]
<b><u>Medina</b></u> [or Al-<b><u>Madinah</b></u> al-Munawwarah or <b><u>Yathrib</b></u> until read]
<b><u>four</b></u>
<em>The <b><u>Lover</em></u></b> [or <em>L’<b><u>Amant</em></u></b>]
<b><u>puppet</u></b>ry [or <b><u>puppet</u></b> play; accept shadow <b><u>puppet</u></b>ry] (<em>Sūtra·dhāra</em> means “string-holder.”)
<b><u>Aztec</u></b> [or <b><u>Mexica</u></b>; or <b><u>Nahua</u></b>]
intergenerational social <b><u>mobility</u></b> [or economic <b><u>mobility</u></b>; accept <b><u>immobility</u></b> in place of “mobility”]
<b><u>bourgeoisie</u></b> [or <b><u>bourgeois</u></b>]
<b><u>bridge</u></b>s
<b><u>survey</u></b>ing [or land <b><u>survey</u></b>ing; or <b><u>level</u></b>ing; prompt on <u>construction</u> or <u>build</u>ing or descriptions of <u>creating</u> a site <u>plan</u> for construction by asking “what task gathers the data for that?”; prompt on <u>triangulation</u> or <u>trilateration</u> by asking ...
<b><u>Shaw</u></b> [accept Caroline Adelaide <b><u>Shaw</u></b>, George Bernard <b><u>Shaw</u></b>, Artie <b><u>Shaw</u></b>, or Arthur <b><u>Arshawsky</u></b>]
Niccolò <b><u>Paganini</b></u>
<b><u>park</u></b>s [or <b><u>garden</u></b>s; accept <b><u><em>parc</u></b>s</em> or <b><u><em>jardin</u></b>s</em>; prompt on the <u>Tuileries</u> until read by asking “what kind of location is that?”; prompt on <u>island</u>s or the island of La <u>Grande Jatte</u> by asking “what kind of place on that island?”; pro...
<b><u>flute</u></b> [or transverse <b><u>flute</u></b>]
<b><u>Wáng Mǎng</u></b> [or <b><u>Jùjūn</u></b> or <b><u>Wong Mong</u></b> or <b><u>Ông Báng</u></b>; prompt on <u>Wáng</u> or <u>Wong</u> or <u>Ông</u>]
<b><u>postmodern</b></u>ism [accept <b><u><em>Postmodern</b></u>ism, or The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism</em>; accept <em>The <b><u>Postmodern</b></u> Condition: A Report on Knowledge</em> or <em>La condition <b><u>postmoderne</b></u>: rapport sur le savoir</em>; reject “modernism”]
movie <b><u>camera</b></u> [or <b><u>camera</b></u> lens; accept <em>The <b><u>Camera</b></u>man’s Revenge</em>; accept <em>Man with a Movie <b><u>Camera</b></u></em> or <em>Chelovek’s kino<b><u>apparatom</b></u></em>; prompt on <u>lens</u>es; prompt on <u>frame</u>s by asking “what technology is creating the frame?”]
<b><u>Nineveh</b></u> [or <b><u>Ninua</b></u> or <b><u>Naynawā</b></u> or <b><u>Nīnwē</b></u>; accept <b><u>Kuyunjik</b></u> until read; prompt on <u>Mosul</u> by asking “what was the ancient city known as?”]
<b><u>Avignon</u></b> (“ah-veen-YON”)
gravitational <b><u>lens</u></b>ing [accept strong <b><u>lens</u></b>ing or weak <b><u>lens</u></b>ing or micro<b><u>lens</u></b>ing]
barbaric <b><u>yawp</u></b> [or word forms like <b><u>yawp</u></b>ing]
<b><u>São Paulo</u></b>
<b><u>alluvium</u></b> [or <b><u>alluvial</u></b> deposit; accept <b><u>alluvial fan</u></b>s; prompt on <u>colluvium</u>; reject “diluvium”]
<em>A <b><u>Treatise on Poetry</em></u></b> [or <b><u><em>Traktat poetycki</em></u></b>]
<b><u><em>pututu</b></u></em>
<em>The <b><u>Late Great Planet Earth</b></u></em>
<b><u>Persepolis</u></b> [or <b><u>Pārsa</u></b>; accept <b><u>Takht-e Jamshīd</u></b>] (Humban appears more times than Ahuramazda in the Fortification Archive.)
<b><u>Flavian</b></u> Dynasty [accept <b><u>Flavian</b></u> Amphitheatre; accept <em>gens <b><u>Flavia</b></u></em>; or <b><u>Flavius</b></u>; or the <b><u>Flavii</b></u>] (The only other imperial <em>damnatio memoriae</em> was directed against Geta by Caracalla.)
<b><u>quantifier</u></b>s [accept <b><u>quantification</u></b>; “<b><u>Quantifiers</u></b> and Propositional Attitudes”; accept “<b><u>Quantifying</u></b> In”]
Ottessa <b><u>Moshfegh</u></b>&nbsp;(“MOSH-feg”) [or Ottessa Charlotte <b><u>Moshfegh</u></b>]
Elizabeth <b><u>Barrett</u></b> <b><u>Browning</u></b> [accept either underlined portion]
<b><u>phase transition</u></b>s
<b><u>Zimbabwe</u></b> [or Republic of <b><u>Zimbabwe</u></b>] (<em>We Need New Names</em> is by NoViolet Bulawayo.)
​<b><u>wealth</b></u> [or <b><u>prosperity</b></u>; or being <b><u>rich</b></u>; or <b><u>profit</b></u>s, <b><u>income</b></u>, <b><u>economic</b></u> success, or equivalents; accept <b><u>money</b></u> or <b><u>gold</b></u>; accept <b><u>plenty</b></u>; accept <b><u>artha</b></u> until “puruṣārtha” is read; accept <b...
<b><u>Japanese-American</u></b> [prompt on <u>Japanese</u> by asking “what was their nationality?”; prompt on Asian-<u>American</u>]
<b><u>Insular</u></b> art [or <b><u>Hiberno-Saxon</u></b> art]
<b><u>diffract</u></b>ion [accept <b><u>diffract</u></b>ion patterns]
<b><u><em>Lujan</em></u></b> (“LOO-hahn”)<em> v. <b><u>Defenders of Wildlife</em></u></b> [accept either underlined portion]
<b><u>Limehouse</u></b> declaration
<b><u>Bohemia</u></b> [accept Kingdom of <b><u>Bohemia</u></b>; accept <b><u>Bohemian</u></b> Revolt; prompt on <u>Czechia</u> or the <u>Czech Republic</u>]
Robert <b><u>Mapplethorpe</u></b> [or Robert Michael <b><u>Mapplethorpe</u></b>]
Kurt <b><u>Russell</u></b>
<b><u>Piraeus</b></u> [reject “Athens” or “Athenai”]
<b><u>tail</u></b>s [accept heavy <b><u>tail</u></b>s or fat <b><u>tail</u></b>s]
<b><u>mirror</u></b>s [or <b><u><em>espejo</u></b>s</em>]
<b><u>corrosion</u></b> [or <b><u>corroding</u></b> or <b><u>corrode</u></b>s; accept <b><u>rust</u></b>ing; accept <b><u>corrosion</u></b> current, pitting <b><u>corrosion</u></b>, stress <b><u>corrosion</u></b> cracking, or <b><u>corrosion</u></b> fatigue; accept <b><u>pit</u></b>ting until read; prompt on <u>oxidati...
<b><u>New Orleans</b></u> (The first clue is about Williams’s play <em>Vieux Carré</em>.)
<b><u>bronze</u></b> [prompt on <u>metal</u> or <u>gunmetal</u>]
George <b><u>Orwell</b></u>
<b><u>potassium channel</u></b>s [or <b><u>K-channels</u></b>; accept <b><u>inward-rectifier</u></b>s or <b><u>IRK</u></b> until “inward-rectifying” is read; prompt on <u>membrane</u> proteins until “membrane” is read; prompt on voltage-gated ion <u>channel</u>s by asking “what species is being moved?”]
<b><u>quilt</u></b>s [prompt on <u>textile</u>s or <u>cloth</u>]
Nawal El <b><u>Saadawi</b></u>
<b><u>pKa</u></b> [or the <b><u>negative</u></b> <b><u>log</u></b>arithm of the <b><u>acid dissociation constant</u></b>; or the <b><u>negative</u></b> <b><u>log</u></b>arithm of <b><u>Ka</u></b>, but reject any partial answers that do not include all three parts; reject “Ka” or “acid dissociation constant”]
<b><u>Henry</u></b> the Navigator [or Dom <b><u>Henrique</u></b> of Portugal]
<b><u>Gallipoli</b></u> peninsula [or <b><u>Gelibolu</b></u> peninsula; accept <b><u>Gallipoli</b></u> campaign or Battle of <b><u>Gallipoli</b></u> or Defense of <b><u>Gallipoli</b></u>; accept Strait of <b><u>Gallipoli</b></u>; prompt on <u>Ottoman</u> Empire, Devlet-i ‘Alīye-i ‘Osmānīye, <u>Turkey</u>, or <u>Türkiye...
<b><u><em>Slumdog Millionaire</b></u></em>
Swiss <b><u>canton</u></b>s [or <b><u><em>kanton</u></b>s</em>; or <b><u><em>stand</u></b>e</em>; or <b><u><em>ort</u></b>e</em>; prompt on <u>Old Swiss Confederacy</u> by asking “What subunits was it composed of?”] (The lead-in refers to the Globe of St. Gallen. The culture hero is Arnold von Winkelried, who supposedl...
<b><u>biomagnification</u></b> [or <b><u>biological magnification</u></b>; accept <b><u>bioaccumulation</u></b>; accept <b><u>bioamplification</u></b>; prompt on <u>magnification</u> or <u>accumulation</u>]
<b><u>clavichord</u></b> [accept <b><u>manichord</u></b> or <b><u>clarichord</u></b>; prompt on <u>clavier</u> or <u>cembalo</u>; reject “harpsichord” or “clavecin” or “clavicembalo” or “clavinet”]
<b><u>Fourier transform</u></b> [prompt on <u>FT</u>]
Republic of <b><u>India</u></b> [or <em><b><u>Bhārat</u></b> Gaṇarājya</em>]
<b><u>super</u></b>symmetry [or <b><u>super</u></b>symmetric or <b><u>SUSY</u></b>; accept Parisi–Sourlas <b><u>super</u></b>symmetry; accept <b><u>super</u></b>symmetric quantum mechanics; accept <b><u>super</u></b>algebras; accept <b><u>super</u></b>symmetric Yang–Mills; accept <b><u>super</u></b>symmetric standard m...
<b><u>blackbodies</b></u> [accept <b><u>blackbody</b></u> radiation; reject “black holes”]
<b><u>Ogygia</u></b>&nbsp;(“oh-JIH-jee-uh”)
“The <b><u>Swimmer</u></b>”
<b><u>neon</u></b> [or <b><u>neon</u></b> lights or <b><u>neon</u></b> signs; prompt on <u>light</u>s]
<b><u>Galileo</u></b> di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de’ <b><u>Galilei</u></b> [or <b><u>Galileo</u></b> di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de’ <b><u>Galilei</u></b>; accept either underlined name; accept <b><u>Galilean</u></b> space-time or <b><u>Galilei</u></b>-covariant tensor or <b><u>Galileo</u></b> group or <b><u>Galilean</u></b> transf...
<b><u>electrolysis</u></b> [accept <b><u>water splitting</u></b> until “water” is read; prompt on <u>electrochemical</u> reactions or <u>electrochemistry</u>; prompt on <u>electrochemical</u> machining; prompt on <u>electricity</u>]
<b><u>hail</u></b>stones
<b><u>epistemological</u></b> [accept “<b><u>Epistemological</u></b> Communities”; accept <b><u>epistemological</u></b> anarchism; reject “epistemic”]
<b><u>bodies</u></b> [accept “I Sing The <b><u>Body</u></b> Electric”]
Russian <b><u>tank</u></b>s [or Soviet <b><u>tank</u></b>s; prompt on <u>armored</u> or <u>combat</u> vehicles]
Empress <b><u>Suiko</b></u>
<b><u>difference-in-difference</b></u>s [accept <b><u>diff-diff</b></u> or <b><u>DID</b></u> or <b><u>DD</b></u>; prompt on <u>causal inference</u> until read; prompt on <u>regression</u>; prompt on <u>natural experiment</u> or <u>longitudinal study</u> by asking “analyzed using what econometric technique?”]