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Maurycy <b><u>Gottlieb</b></u>
<b><u>histidine</u></b> [accept <b><u>His</u></b> or <b><u>H</u></b>; reject “histamine”]
<b><u>kiss</u></b>ing [or word forms; accept <b><u>bacio</u></b> or “Il <b><u>bacio</u></b>” or <em>The <b><u>Kiss</em></u></b> or <b><u><em>Hubička</em></u></b>; prompt on “<u>Libej</u> mne”]
<b><u><em>Goddess of Democracy</em></u></b> [or <b><u><em>Goddess of Liberty</em></u></b> or <b><u><em>Spirit of Democracy</em></u></b>; or <b><u><em>Minchu Nüshen</em></u></b> or <b><u><em>Minchu Chingshen</em></u></b>; or <b><u><em>Mínzhǔ Nǚshén</em></u></b> or <b><u><em>Mínzhǔ Jīngshén</em></u></b>] (The sculptor’s ...
“<b><u>Politics and the English Language</u></b>”
Thema <b><u>Regium</u></b> [or <b><u>Royal</u></b> theme; or Thematis <b><u>Regii</u></b>; or Soggetto <b><u>Reale</u></b>; or <b><u>Royal</u></b> subject; or the theme from <em>The <b><u>Musical Offering</em></u></b> or <em>Das <b><u>Musikalische</u></b>s <b><u>Opfer</em></u></b>; or descriptions of <b><u>King</u></b>...
Ādi <b><u>Shankar</u></b>a (“AH-dee SHUNG-kuh-ruh”) [or Ādi <b><u>Shankar</u></b>āchārya]
<b><u>cybernetics</b></u>
<b><u>Ilium</b></u>, New York (The first story is “Deer in the Works.”)
<b><u>character</u></b> tables
<b><u>amino acid starvation</b></u> [accept answers that describe a <b><u>lack</b></u> of <b><u>amino acid</b></u>s; accept answers that describe a lack of specific amino acids like <b><u>asparagine deficiency</b></u>; prompt on cellular <u>stress</u>; prompt on <u>starvation</u> or nutrient <u>starvation</u> by asking...
<b><u>Diamond Realm</u></b> [or <b><u>Vajra·dhātu</u></b> or <b><u>Kongōkai</u></b> or <b><u>Jīngāngjiè</u></b>]
Giovanni Pietro <b><u>Bellori</u></b> [or Giovan Pietro <b><u>Bellori</u></b> or Gian Pietro <b><u>Bellori</u></b>]
<b><u>breech</u></b>es [or knee-<b><u>breech</u></b>es; accept <b><u>breech</u></b>ing ceremony, <b><u>Breech</u></b>es Bible, or <b><u>breech</u></b>es roles]
<b><u>Harpers Ferry</b></u>
<b><u><em>Cell Biology by the Numbers</b></u></em>
T. S. <b><u>Eliot</u></b> [or Thomas Stearns <b><u>Eliot</u></b>] (<em>The Boke Named the Governour</em> is by Thomas Elyot, a distant ancestor of Eliot.)
René <b><u>Lalique</b></u>
<b><u>Kodak</u></b> [or Eastman <b><u>Kodak</u></b> Company]
<b><u>carrack</u></b> [or <b><u><em>carraca</em></u></b>; or <b><u><em>nao</em></u></b>; or <b><u><em>nau</em></u></b>; or <b><u><em>kraak</em></u></b>]
<b><u>electric field</b></u> [or <b><u>E-field</b></u>] (The first sentence refers to electromigration. The second sentence refers to hot carriers. The third sentence is Jefimenko’s equation for the electric field. The fourth sentence refers to the electromagnetic field tensor.)
<b><u>Coney Island</u></b> [accept <b><u>Luna Park</u></b>, <b><u>Steeplechase Park</u></b>, or <b><u>Dreamland</u></b> until “Steeplechase” is read; accept <b><u>Brighton Beach</u></b>; accept <b><u>Gravesend</u></b>; accept <b><u>Sea Gate</u></b>; prompt on <u>Brooklyn</u> or <u>NY</u>C or <u>New York</u> City until ...
Johann Ulrich <b><u>Voss</u></b> [or <b><u>Johann</u></b> Ulrich Voss]
Solomon R. <b><u>Guggenheim</u></b> Museum [or The <b><u>Guggenheim</u></b>]
<b><u>Milan</u></b> [or <b><u>Milano</u></b>; accept <b><u>Milanese</u></b> Quartets]
<b><u>repeated measures</b></u> design [accept answers describing taking <b><u>measurement</b></u>s of the same quantities <b><u>multiple times</b></u>; accept word forms and rough equivalents in place of “measurements,” like “<b><u>measur</b></u>ing” or “<b><u>observation</b></u>s” or “<b><u>rating</b></u>s”; accept <...
<b><u>caprice</u></b>s [or <b><u>capriccio</u></b>s; accept <em>24 <b><u>Caprice</u></b>s</em>]
<b><u>slave catcher</u></b>s [or <b><u>slave hunter</u></b>s; accept descriptions of people who <b><u>retrieve</u></b> runaway <b><u>slave</u></b>s; prompt on <u>bounty hunter</u>s or <u>fugitive hunter</u>s<b> </b>by asking “who do they hunt?”; reject “enslaver,” “slaveowner,” “slave master,” or “slave trader”] (The C...
Claudia <b><u>Goldin</u></b> [or Claudia Dale <b><u>Goldin</u></b>]
<b><u>Vytautas</u></b> [or <b><u>Witold</u></b>, <b><u>Vitovt</u></b>, <b><u>Vitaŭt</u></b>, <b><u>Wythaws</u></b>, <b><u>Wythawt</u></b>, <b><u>Vytautas</u></b> the Great, <b><u>Witold</u></b> Kiejstutowicz, <b><u>Witold</u></b> Aleksander, Alexander <b><u>Vitoldus</u></b>, or <b><u>Wattad</u></b>; prompt on <u>Alexan...
<b><u>Ashurnasirpal</u></b>&nbsp;(“ASH-er-NAH-seer-pahl”) II [reject “Ashurbanipal”]
<em>The <b><u>Scholars</em></u></b> [or <b><u><em>Rúlín Wàishǐ</em></u></b>; accept <b><u><em>Unofficial History of the Forest of Scholars</em></u></b>]
<b><u>temperature</u></b> [accept <em>Inventing <b><u>Temperature</em></u></b>]
<b><u><em>Critical Inquiry</b></u></em>
<b><u>sonnet</b></u>
<b><u>Kabbalah</b></u>
Arnold <b><u>Schoenberg</b></u>
<b><u>Tsongkhapa</u></b> [or Je <b><u>Tsongkhapa</u></b>; or <b><u>Losang Drakpa</u></b> or <b><u>Zongkapa</u></b> Lobsang Zhaba or <b><u>Zōngkābā</u></b>; prompt on <u>Rinpoche</u> or Je <u>Rinpoche</u>]
<b><u>Bedchamber</b></u> crisis [or <b><u>Bedchamber</b></u> plot; prompt on the <u>resignation</u> of Lord <u>Melbourne</u> as prime minister or equivalents until “Lord Melbourne’s resignation” is read; prompt on the <u>resignation</u> of William <u>Lamb</u> or equivalents until “Lamb” is read]
<b><u>Catawba</u></b> [or Ye <b><u>Iswąˀ</u></b>; or <b><u>Issa</u></b>; or <b><u>Essa</u></b>]
astrophysical <b><u>jet</b></u>s [accept relativistic <b><u>jet</b></u>s; accept <b><u>jet</b></u> breaks]
<b><u>Academy</u></b> [or Platonic <b><u>Academy</u></b>; or <b><u>Akademía</u></b>; accept New <b><u>Academy</u></b> or Third <b><u>Academy</u></b> or Old <b><u>Academy</u></b>; accept <b><u>academic</u></b> skepticism or <em>Against the <b><u>Academician</u></b>s</em> or <b><u><em>Academica</em></u></b>; prompt on th...
<b><u>negation</u></b> [or word forms like <b><u>negating</u></b>; or “<b><u>not</u></b> P”; or <b><u>complement</u></b>ation; or <b><u>inverse</u></b> or <b><u>inversion</u></b>]
<b><u>snake</u></b>bite [or <b><u>snake</u></b> attack; <b><u>snake venom</u></b>; or being <b><u>bitten</u></b> by a <b><u>snake</u></b>; prompt on <u>venom</u> or <u>poison</u>ing or <u>animal</u> attack]
<b><u>Black Mountain</u></b> College [or <b><u>BMC</u></b>; accept <b><u>Black Mountain</u></b>, North Carolina; prompt on North <u>Carolina</u> or <u>NC</u> until “North Carolina” is read]
<b><u>police</u></b> officer [or police <b><u>officer</u></b> or <b><u>cop</u></b>; accept <b><u>inspector</u></b> or <b><u>superintendent</u></b> or <b><u>constable</u></b> or <b><u>detective</u></b> or <b><u>sheriff</u></b> or <b><u>law enforcement</u></b>; accept <b><u>polizia</u></b> or <b><u>poliziotti</u></b>]
<b><u>Ayurveda</b></u> [or <b><u>Ayurvedic</b></u> medicine; prompt on Vedic <u>medicine</u> or (Indian) traditional <u>medicine</u>; prompt on alternative <u>medicine</u> or folk <u>medicine</u>; prompt on <u>heal</u>ing or similar answers; prompt on <u>herb</u>alism until “herbal” is read; prompt on <u>yog</u>a until...
<em>The <b><u>Solitudes</em></u></b> [or <em>Las <b><u>Soledades</em></u></b>]
Felix <b><u>Dzerzhinsky</u></b> [or Felix Edmundovich <b><u>Dzerzhinsky</u></b>; or Feliks Edmundowicz <b><u>Dzierżyński</u></b>; prompt on Iron <u>Felix</u>]
Terry <b><u>Riley</b></u>
tropical <b><u>cyclone</b></u>s [accept <b><u>hurricane</b></u>s; accept <b><u>typhoon</b></u>s; accept <b><u>tropical storm</b></u>s; accept <b><u>tropical depression</b></u>s; prompt on <u>storm</u>s; prompt on <u>depression</u>s; reject “tornadoes”; reject “monsoons”] (The models from the first sentence are the Hurr...
Giuseppi <b><u>Mazzini</u></b> [accept “The Political Theology of <b><u>Mazzini</u></b> and The International”] (The first clue refers to the Bandiera brothers.)
Confederation of the <b><u>Rhine</u></b> [or <b><u>Rhine</u></b> Confederation; or Confederated States of the <b><u>Rhine</u></b>; or <b><u>Rhein</u></b>bund; or États confédérés du <b><u>Rhin</u></b>]
<b><u>secretion</b></u> [accept <b><u>translocation</b></u>; prompt on descriptive answers indicating that a <u>protein</u> is being <u>moved </u>across the <u>cell membrane</u>; reject any descriptive answers involving the membrane of something other than the cell, like “moving stuff into the endoplasmic reticulum” or...
<b><u>heart</u></b>s [or <b><u>cœur</u></b>; accept <em>The Gas <b><u>Heart</em></u></b> or <em>The Gas-Operated <b><u>Heart</em></u></b> or <em>Le <b><u>Cœur</u></b> à gaz</em>; accept <em>Bearded <b><u>Heart</em></u></b> or <em>Le <b><u>Cœur</u></b> à barbe</em>]
<b><u>Spain</u></b> [or <b><u>España</u></b>]
<b><u>Richmond</u></b>, Virginia
Samuel <b><u>Coleridge-Taylor</b></u>
Ernst <b><u>Cassirer</u></b>&nbsp;(“kuh-SEER-er”)
<b><u>survival</b></u> [accept <b><u>survivorship</b></u>; accept <b><u>survival</b></u> curves or <b><u>survivorship</b></u> curves; accept <b><u>survival</b></u> rate; accept <b><u>survival</b></u> of the fittest; accept answers that describe an organism <b><u>surviving</b></u> or being <b><u>alive</b></u>]
<b><u>protein</u></b>s [accept <b><u>peptide</u></b>s]
Viktor <b><u>Shklovsky</b></u> [or Viktor Borisovich <b><u>Shklovsky</b></u>] (“Monument to a Scientific Error” marked Shklovsky’s turn away from pure formalism.)
<b><u>medicalization</b></u> [or <b><u>pathologization</b></u>; accept <b><u>disease mongering</b></u> until read; prompt on <u>diagnosis</u> by asking "Increased diagnosis is reflective of what process?"; reject "medication]
<b><u>quant</u></b>ization [accept <b><u>binarization</u></b>; accept more specific answers such as post-training <b><u>quant</u></b>ization or <b><u>quant</u></b>ization-aware training; prompt on <u>PTQ</u> or <u>QAT</u>]
<b><u>Mawlid</u></b> an-Nabi [or Eid <b><u>Milad</u></b> an-Nabi; accept any answers indicating a festival of the <b><u>birth</u></b> of the Prophet <b><u>Muhammad</u></b>]
<em>The <b><u>Tonight</u></b> Show</em> [accept <b><u><em>Tonight</u></b> Starring Steve Allen</em> or <em>The <b><u>Tonight</u></b> Show Starring Johnny Carson</em>]
Dora <b><u>Maar</u></b> [or Henriette Theodora <b><u>Markovitch</u></b>]
<b><u>Debye–Hückel</u></b> theory [or <b><u>Debye–Hückel</u></b> equation; accept <b><u>Debye–Hückel</u></b>–Onsager equation; accept <b><u>Debye-Hückel</u></b> limiting law]
<b><u>commitment scheme</u></b>s [accept bit <b><u>commitment scheme</u></b>s; accept Pedersen <b><u>commitment scheme</u></b> or information-theoretically hiding <b><u>commitment scheme</u></b> or <b><u>commit</u></b> phase; prompt on <u>scheme</u>s]
<b><u>Irish</u></b> [prompt on <u>Gaels</u> or <u>Gaelic</u> people] (The first clue refers to Patrick Sarsfield. The second clue refers to Alejandro O’Reilly. The third clue refers to James Kirkland.)
<b><u><em>Heart of Darkness</em></u></b> (by Joseph Conrad)
First <b><u>Sealand</u></b> Dynasty
<b><u>induction</u></b> [accept transfinite <b><u>induction</u></b> or proof by <b><u>induction</u></b>]
<b><u>watchman</u></b> [or night <b><u>watchman</u></b>; accept <em>The Night <b><u>Watchman</em></u></b>; accept <em>Go Set a <b><u>Watchman</em></u></b>]
Gustave <b><u>Courbet</u></b>
Elif <b><u>Batuman</u></b> (The novels are <em>The Idiot</em> and <em>Either-Or</em>.)
<b><u>sutra</u></b>s [or <b><u>sutta</u></b>s; accept the Lotus <b><u>Sutra</u></b> or Platform <b><u>Sutra</u></b>]
the <b><u>arrest</u></b> of Osip <b><u>Mandelstam</u></b>&nbsp;(“mandel-STAHM”) [accept the <b><u>exile</u></b> of Osip <b><u>Mandelstam</u></b>; prompt on <u>arrest</u> or <u>exile</u> by asking “of which author?”; reject answers mentioning “gulags”]
<b><u>Tēzcatlīpohca</u></b>&nbsp;(“tess-caht-lee-POH-kuh”)
​<b><u>hotel</b></u>s [accept <b><u>resort</b></u>s; accept <b><u>conference center</b></u>s; accept <b><u>hotel</b></u> rooms; accept <em>The Grand Budapest <b><u>Hotel</b></u></em>; accept Prince Heinrich <b><u>Hotel</b></u> or <b><u>Hotel</b></u> <em>Prinz Heinrich</em>; accept <em>Grand <b><u>Hotel</b></u></em> or ...
<b><u>ultraviolet</u></b> spectroscopy [or <b><u>ultraviolet</u></b>–visible spectroscopy or <b><u>UV</u></b> spectroscopy or <b><u>UV</u></b>/Vis spectroscopy; accept <b><u>spectrophotometry</u></b>; prompt on <u>spectroscopy</u>]
<b><u>Ethiopia</b></u> [or Federal Democratic Republic of <b><u>Ethiopia</b></u>, <b><u>Ityop’iya</b></u> Federalawi Demokrasiyawi Ripeblik, or Rippabliikii Federaalawaa Dimokraatawaa <b><u>Itiyoophiyaa</b></u>]
Ancient <b><u>Egyptian</u></b> [or Middle <b><u>Egyptian</u></b>]
“<b><u>Cat Fugue</u></b>” [or “<b><u>Cat’s Fugue</u></b>”; or <b><u><em>Fuga del gatto</em></u></b>;<em> </em>or <b><u><em>Katzenfuge</em></u></b>; accept <b><u>K. 30</u></b> or <b><u>L. 499</u></b>; prompt on <u>Fugue in G minor</u> by asking “what is its common nickname?”]
<b><u>NHANES</u></b> (“EN-hanes”) [or <b><u>National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey</u></b>; prompt on <u>HANES</u> or <u>Health and Nutrition Examination Survey</u>]
<b><u>jihad</b></u>s [accept more specific answers like Fula(ni) <b><u>jihad</b></u>s or Fulbe <b><u>jihad</b></u>s; accept <em>Beyond <b><u>Jihad</b></u></em>; prompt on answers like <u>war</u>s, <u>conflict</u>s, military <u>campaign</u>s, or <u>rebellion</u>s; prompt on Islamic <u>revival</u>, <u>tajdīd</u>, Islamic...
<b><u><em>Pale Horse, Pale Rider</b></u></em>
<b><u>Czechoslovakia</u></b> [or <b><u>Czechia</u></b>; or <b><u>Czech Republic</u></b>]
Franklin Delano <b><u>Roosevelt</u></b> running for a <b><u>third</u></b> term [accept Franklin Delano <b><u>Roosevelt</u></b> running in the <b><u>1940</u></b> presidential election until “1940” is read; accept <b><u>FDR</u></b> in place of “Roosevelt”; accept descriptions like <b><u>more than two terms</u></b> in pla...
<b><u>rain</u></b> [accept<em> Bangkok Wakes to <b><u>Rain</em></u></b>; accept <em>Black <b><u>Rain</em></u></b>; accept <em>Kuroi <b><u>Ame</em></u></b>; prompt on <u>weather</u> or <u>water</u> or <u>precipitation</u>]
<b><u>morpholine</u></b> [accept <em>N</em>-methyl<b><u>morpholine</u></b>-<em>N</em>-oxide; accept 2-(N-<b><u>morpholino</u></b>)ethanesulfonic acid; prompt on <u>NMO</u> or <u>NMMO</u>; prompt on <u>MES</u>]
Joseph <b><u>Conrad</b></u> [or Józef Teodor Konrad <b><u>Korzeniowski</b></u>] (The American-born author in Ozick’s story is Henry James.)
Igor <b><u>Stravinsky</b></u> [or Igor Fyodorovich <b><u>Stravinsky</b></u>] (The first clue refers to his <em>Symphony in Three Movements.</em>)
<b><u>millet</u></b> [accept pearl <b><u>millet</u></b>; prompt on <u>grain</u>]
<b><u>Tom</u></b> [or <b><u>Thomas</u></b>; accept <b><u>Thomas</u></b> Buchanan Read; accept “Blind <b><u>Tom</u></b>”; accept <b><u>Thomas</u></b> Wiggins; accept <b><u>Thomas</u></b> “Daddy” Rice; accept Uncle <b><u>Tom</u></b>]
Sidney <b><u>Poitier</u></b> (“PWAH-tee-ay”) (His debut film was 1950’s <em>No Way Out</em>.)
<b><u>Pacific</u></b> [or <b><u>Pasifika</u></b>; accept <b><u>Pacific</u></b> Ocean, South <b><u>Pacific</u></b>, <b><u>Pacific</u></b> Islanders, <b><u>Pacific</u></b> Islands Forum, South <b><u>Pacific</u></b> Nuclear Free Zone, <b><u>Pacific</u></b> solution, <b><u>Pacific</u></b> Labourers Act, <b><u>Pacific</u></...
<b><u>Franz Ferdinand</u></b> [or Archduke <b><u>Franz Ferdinand</u></b> of Austria; or Archduke <b><u>Franz Ferdinand</u></b> Carl Ludwig Joseph Maria of Austria]
<b><u>Sophie</u></b> [accept <b><u>Sophie</u></b> Lancaster or <b><u>Sophie</u></b> Elliott]
<b><u>solid-phase</u></b> synthesis [accept <b><u>on-resin</u></b> synthesis; accept <b><u>solid-phase</u></b> peptide synthesis or <b><u>on-resin</u></b> peptide synthesis]