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<b><u>Achilles</u></b> [or <b><u>Achilleus</u></b>; or <b><u>Akhilaos</u></b>]
<b><u>drug</u></b>s [or <b><u>medicine</u></b>]
<b><u><em>Oldboy</b></u></em> [or <b><u><em>Oldeuboi</b></u></em>]
<b><u>multi-site</u></b>d ethnography [or <b><u>multilocal</u></b> ethnography; accept “Being There . . . and There . . . and There! Reflections on <b><u>Multi-Site</u></b> Ethnography”; accept “The Emergence of <b><u>Multi-Site</u></b>d Ethnography”; accept any answer indicating ethnographic research or fieldwork in <b><u>multi</u></b>ple places; prompt on answers that indicate <u>follow</u>ing or <u>track</u>ing phenomena]
<b><u>onion</u></b> [or <b><u>zwiebel</u></b>; accept <em>Peeling the <b><u>Onion</em></u></b> or <em>Beim Häuten der <b><u>Zwiebel</em></u></b>]
<b><u><em>October</b></u></em>
<b><u>Milan</u></b> [or <b><u>Milano</u></b>; accept Nova <b><u>Milanese</u></b>] (Aldo Rossi wrote <em>Architecture of the City</em>.)
<b><u>Suriname</b></u> [or Republic of <b><u>Suriname</b></u>, Republiek <b><u>Suriname</b></u>, Ripoliku <b><u>Sranan</b></u>]
<b><u>Switzerland</b></u> [or <b><u>Swiss Confederation</b></u> or <b><u>Schweiz</b></u> or <b><u>Suisse</b></u> or <b><u>Svizzera</b></u> or <b><u>Svizra</b></u> or <b><u>Schweiz</b></u>erische Eidgenossenschaft or Confederation <b><u>Suisse</b></u> or Confederazione <b><u>Svizzera</b></u> or Confederaziun <b><u>Svizra</b></u>]
<b><u><em>Videodrome</b></u></em>
<b><u>mannose</u></b> [or D-<b><u>manno</u></b>pyranose; accept <b><u>mannose</u></b>-6-phosphate; accept oligo<b><u>mannose</u></b>; accept <b><u>mannan</u></b>s; accept high-<b><u>mannose</u></b> glycans; prompt on <u>sugar</u>s, <u>carbohydrate</u>s, mono<u>saccharide</u>s, or aldo<u>hexose</u>s until “sugar” is read]
<b><u>mayor</b></u> of <b><u>Washington</b></u>, DC [or <b><u>mayor</b></u> of Washington, <b><u>DC</b></u>; accept <b><u>Mayor-Commissioner</b></u> in place of “mayor,” as that technically applies to the Walter Washington clue]
<b><u>Ordovician</u></b> Period [accept <b><u>Ordovician</u></b> meteor event or Great <b><u>Ordovician</u></b> Biodiversification Event; prompt on <u>GOBE</u>; reject epochs “Early/Middle/Late Ordovician” or “Lower/Upper Ordovician”]
<b><u>base</u></b>s
<b><u>monkey</u></b>s [accept <b><u>ape</u></b>s]
<b><u>Saki</b></u> [or Hector Hugh <b><u>Munro</b></u>] (The third sentence is “The Schartz-Metterklume Method.”)
<b><u>formaldehyde</u></b> [or <b><u>methanal</u></b>]
William <b><u>Gibson</u></b> [or William Ford <b><u>Gibson</u></b>]
<b><u>National</u></b> Party [accept New Zealand <b><u>National</u></b> Party]
<b><u><em>Truth and Method</em></u></b> [or <b><u><em>Wahrheit und Methode</em></u></b>]
“<b><u>Jeunehomme</u></b>” Concerto [or “<b><u>Jenamy</u></b>” Concerto; or <b><u>Piano Concerto No. 9</u></b>; or K. <b><u>271</u></b>]
<b><u>Bluth</u></b> family [or the <b><u>Bluths</u></b>; accept Lucille <b><u>Bluth</u></b> or Michael <b><u>Bluth</u></b>] (They are the protagonists of <em>Arrested Development</em>.)
<b><u>Burgundy</u></b> [or word forms like <b><u>Burgundian</u></b>; accept <b><u>Bourgogne</u></b> or <b><u>Borgonha</u></b> or <b><u>Burgundiae</u></b>]
<em>The <b><u>House of Bernarda Alba</em></u></b> [or <em>La <b><u>Casa de Bernarda Alba</em></u></b>]
<b><u>Bahá’i</u></b> [or <b><u>Bahá’i</u></b> Faith] (<em>This Decisive Hour</em> was written by Shoghi Effendi to the American Bahá’i community.)
<b><u>macro</b></u>economics [accept <b><u>macro</b></u>econometrics; accept <b><u>fiscal</b></u> policy or <b><u>monetary</b></u> policy or <b><u>macro</b></u>economic policy; prompt on <u>econ</u>omics or freshwater <u>economic</u>s by asking “what subfield of economics?”; prompt on <u>econometric</u>s or <u>optimization</u> or <u>dynamic programming</u> by asking “used in what other subfield?”; reject “monetary economics”]
<b><u>oxidation</b></u> [or word forms like <b><u>oxidizing</b></u>; accept <b><u>oxidizing</b></u> agents or <b><u>oxidant</b></u>s or <b><u>oxidizer</b></u>s; accept <b><u>dehydrogenation</b></u> until “hydrogenation” is read, prompt afterwards; prompt on <u>redox</u> reactions or <u>reduction-oxidation</u> reactions or <u>oxidation-reduction</u> reactions; reject “dehydration”]
<b><u>Calgary</u></b> [accept <b><u>Moh’kinstsis</u></b> until read; accept <b><u>Wîcîspa</u></b>; accept Fort <b><u>Calgary</u></b>; accept <b><u>Calgary</u></b> Stampede]
ritual <b><u>bronze</u></b>s [accept <b><u><em>ting</em></u></b> or <b><u><em>dǐng</em></u></b> until read; or <b><u>cauldron</u></b>s; or <b><u>tripod</u></b>s; or <b><u>bronze</u></b> vessels; accept <em>Jiǔ <b><u>Dǐng</em></u></b> or Nine <b><u>Tripod</u></b>s; prompt on <u>vessel</u>s or grave <u>good</u>s until “vessels” is read] (The first clue refers to Wángsūn Mǎn’s speech to King Zhuāng of Chǔ, as reported in the<em> Spring and Autumn Annals</em>. The second clue refers to the Quǎnróng.)
<b><u>witch</u></b>craft [or word forms of be<b><u>witch</u></b>ing; or <b><u>magic</u></b>; or <b><u>spell</u></b>casting; or <b><u>sorcery</u></b>; accept love <b><u>spell</u></b>s, <b><u>necromancy</u></b>, making <b><u>potion</u></b>s, or other specific forms of witchcraft; accept <b><u>magia</u></b> or <b><u>pharmakeutria</u></b>; prompt on <u>herb</u>alism]
<b><u>Echigo·ya</u></b> [accept <b><u>Mitsui Gofukuten</u></b> or <b><u>Mitsukoshi</u></b>; prompt on <u>Mitsui</u> Group; reject “Mitsubishi”] (The founder of Echigoya was Mitsui Takatoshi.)
<b><u>satyagrah</u></b>a (“sut-YAH-gruh-huh”) [or <b><u>satyāgrah</u></b>a]
Ahmed Hussein al-<b><u>Sharaa</u></b> [or Ahmed <b><u>ash-Sharaa</u></b>; or Abu Mohammad al-<b><u>Julani</u></b>; or Abu Mohammed al-<b><u>Jolani</u></b>]
Pierre <b><u>Bourdieu</u></b>&nbsp;(“boord-YUH”)
all-<b><u>black</u></b> [accept <b><u>Black</u></b> Experimental Theatre or <b><u>Negro</u></b> Theatre Unit; accept answers indicating only featuring <b><u>Afro-Brazilian</u></b>s or <b><u>Black</u></b> Brazilians or <b><u>African-American</u></b>s or <b><u>Black</u></b> Americans] (The production was nicknamed “Voodoo <em>Macbeth</em>.”)
<b><u>torture</u></b> [accept descriptions of the French Army’s use of <b><u>torture</u></b> in Algeria; accept specific types of torture like <b><u>waterboard</u></b>ing, electric <b><u>shock</u></b>s, or <b><u>rape</u></b>; prompt on French <u>interrogation</u> methods]
<b><u>Wilson</u></b> [accept James Q. <b><u>Wilson</u></b> or William Julius <b><u>Wilson</u></b> or Woodrow <b><u>Wilson</u></b>]
<b><u>Grand Central</u></b> Station [or <b><u>Grand Central</u></b> Terminal; or <b><u>GCT</u></b>; accept <em>By <b><u>Grand Central</u></b> Station I Sat Down and Wept</em>]
Ralph <b><u>Ellison</b></u>
<b><u>mock-epic</u></b> [or <b><u>mock-heroic</u></b>; accept <b><u>heroi-comic</u></b>]
<b><u>samizdat</u></b> [accept <b><u>tamizdat</u></b>]
house <b><u>servant</u></b>s [or <b><u>maid</u></b>s or <b><u>maid</u></b>servants; or <b><u>housekeeper</u></b>s; or <b><u>domestic worker</u></b>s; accept <b><u>nurse</u></b> or <b><u>nanny</u></b>; reject “slaves”]
<b><u>Concerto for Orchestra</b></u> [or <b><u>Concerto zenekarra</b></u>; prompt on <u>concerto</u>]
<b><u>Dido</b></u> [or <b><u>Didon</b></u> or La <b><u>Didone</b></u>; accept “<b><u>Dido</b></u>’s Lament”] (“Death” is Nomi’s recording of “When I am Laid in Earth.”)
<b><u>mechanism design</u></b> [or <b><u>MD</u></b>]
<b><u>food</u></b>s [or <b><u>grain</u></b>s; or super<b><u>grain</u></b>s; or <b><u>starch</u></b>es; or <b><u>cereal</u></b>s; or staple <b><u>crop</u></b>s; or <b><u>agriculture</u></b>; or <b><u>agricultural</u></b> produce; accept, but DO NOT REVEAL, <b><u>millet</u></b>s; accept <b><u>food</u></b> insecurity; prompt on <u>grass</u>es]
Roland <b><u>Barthes</u></b>&nbsp;(“bart”) [or Roland Gérard <b><u>Barthes</u></b>]
<b><u>affluenza</b></u>
<b><u>New Order</u></b> [or descriptions of <b><u>Suharto</u></b>’s rule in Indonesia; or <b><u>Orde Baru</u></b>; or <b><u>Orba</u></b>; accept <b><u>Soeharto</u></b> in place of “Suharto”; prompt on Indonesian <u>dictator</u>ship or <u>Indonesia</u> by asking “under whose rule?”]
<b><u>Tours</u></b> [accept Gregory of <b><u>Tours</u></b>; accept Battle of <b><u>Tours</u></b>; accept Battle of <b><u>Poitiers</u></b>]
<b><u>paparazzi</b></u> [or <b><u>paparazzo</b></u> or <b><u>paparazza</b></u>; accept descriptions of <b><u>celebrity photographer</b></u>s until read; prompt on <u>photographer</u>s until read; prompt on photo<u>journalist</u>s or <u>reporter</u>s; reject “(tabloid) writers” or “(gossip) columnists”] (Chris Guerra was a Justin Bieber paparazzo who died in 2013.)
<b><u>food</b></u> <b><u>deliver</b></u>y [or word forms such as <b><u>deliver</b></u>ing <b><u>food</b></u>; accept <b><u>meal</b></u>s or <b><u>lunch</b></u> in place of food; accept lunch <b><u>dabbawala</b></u>s or <b><u>tiffin wallah</b></u>s until “dabbawalas” is read; prompt on <u>deliver</u>y or synonyms by asking “of what?”; reject “grocery delivery”] (The film is <em>The Lunchbox</em>.)
<b><u>Kula</u></b> ring [or <b><u>Kula</u></b> exchange; prompt on <u>gift</u>s, <u>giving</u>, <u>trade</u>, <u>barter</u>, <u>navigation</u>, <u>sail</u>ing, <u>canoe</u>ing, <u>boat</u>ing, <u>wayfind</u>ing, or word forms or equivalents of any by asking “involved in what specific system of exchange?”; prompt on <u>exchange</u> until read by asking “what specific system?”] (The first line refers to Reo Fortune’s infamous judgment in <em>Sorcerers of Dobu</em>, which became an anthropological bromide in Ruth Benedict’s <em>Patterns of Culture</em>.)
<b><u>Zeno</u></b> of Elea
Sergiu <b><u>Celibidache</u></b> (“CHELL-ee-bee-DAH-kay”)
<b><u>Tate Modern</u></b> [prompt on <u>Tate</u>; reject “Tate Britain” or “Tate St. Ives” or “Tate Liverpool”]
cell <b><u>fusion</u></b> [or vesicle <b><u>fusion</u></b>; or (exoplasmic) membrane <b><u>fusion</u></b>; or descriptions of cells or membranes <b><u>merging</u></b> or <b><u>joining</u></b>; accept <b><u>fusing</u></b> of the viral envelope; accept formation of <b><u>syncytia</u></b> or <b><u>syncytium</u></b> until “syncytia” is read; prompt on <u>exocytosis</u> or <u>secretion</u> or neurotransmitter <u>release</u> until “exocytosis” is read by asking “what process must occur during exocytosis?”; reject “budding” or “endocytosis”] (hyp7 is a 133-nucleated syncytium that forms most of the hypodermis.)
<b><u>slave narrative</u></b>s [prompt on <u>autobiography</u> or <u>memoir</u>; prompt on <u>narrative</u>]
<b><u>ion pair</u></b>s [accept intimate <b><u>ion pair</u></b>; accept contact <b><u>ion pair</u></b>; accept <b><u>ion pair</u></b> chromatography; prompt on <u>IPC</u>; reject “ion association”]
the <b><u>end of the world</u></b> [or synonyms like the <b><u>apocalypse</u></b> or <b><u>armageddon</u></b>; accept “This is the way the <b><u>world ends</u></b>”]
<b><u>tRNA</u></b>s [or <b><u>transfer RNA</u></b>s; accept, but DO NOT REVEAL, 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>]
charging <b><u>interest</b></u> [or <b><u>usury</b></u>; accept <b><u>riba’</b></u> until read; accept <b><u>loaning</b></u> or <b><u>lending</b></u> for <b><u>profit</b></u> until “moneylending” is read; accept <b><u>unethical lending</b></u>; prompt on <u>capitalism</u> or <u>profit</u>eering; prompt on <u>banking</u>; prompt on <u>loaning</u> or <u>moneylending</u> until “loaned” is read]
<b><u>concubine</u></b>s [accept imperial <b><u>consort</u></b>s or <em>pín<b><u>fēi</em></u></b> or <b><u><em>jī</em></u></b> or <em>bì <b><u>qiè</em></u></b> or <b><u><em>yítàitài</em></u></b>; accept Yáng Guì<b><u>fēi</u></b> or Imperial <b><u>Consort</u></b> Yáng; accept <b><u>Consort</u></b> Yú or Yú <b><u>Jī</u></b>; accept <em>Farewell My <b><u>Concubine</em></u></b> or <em>The Hegemon-King Bids Farewell to His <b><u>Concubine</em></u></b> or <em>Bàwáng Bié <b><u>Jī</em></u></b>; accept <em>The Drunken <b><u>Concubine</em></u></b> or <em>Guì<b><u>fēi</u></b> Zuìjiǔ</em>; prompt on <u><em>dàn</em></u> role or <u>woman</u> or <u>female</u> role or <u><em>nǚ</em></u>; prompt on <u>beauty</u> or Four <u>Beauties</u> or <u>lady</u>]
plasmid <b><u>copy number</b></u>
<b><u>gout</b></u> [or <b><u>arthritis uratica</b></u>; accept <b><u>gout</b></u>y arthritis; accept pseudo<b><u>gout</b></u>; prompt on <u>hyperuricemia</u> or <u>arthritis</u>]
<b><u>yellowface</u></b> [accept performing in <b><u>yellowface</u></b> makeup; prompt on <u>White</u> actors playing East <u>Asian</u> characters]
<b><u>flock</u></b>s [or <b><u>flock</u></b>ing; accept <b><u>swarm</u></b>s or <b><u>swarm</u></b>ing or <b><u>swarm</u></b> intelligence or particle <b><u>swarm</u></b> optimization; accept <b><u>school</u></b>s or <b><u>school</u></b>ing; accept <b><u>herd</u></b>s; accept <b><u>shoal</u></b>s or <b><u>shoal</u></b>ing; accept <b><u>colonies</u></b> of ants, bees, termites, or other animals; prompt on descriptions of <u>group</u>s of <u>animal</u>s that move together, such as <u>birds fly</u>ing or <u>fish swim</u>ming, until “animals” is read; prompt on <u>collective</u> motion until read; prompt on <u>self-organize</u>d structures until “self-organized” is read; prompt on biological <u>aggregate</u>s or biological <u>aggregation</u>]
<b><u>San Marco</u></b> [accept <b><u><em>San Marco</u></b> Altarpiece</em>; accept Museo Nazionale di <b><u>San Marco</u></b>; prompt on <u>Santa Caterina</u> di Cafaggio by asking “what larger complex was it part of?”; reject “Saint Mark’s”]
<em><b><u>Either/Or</u></b></em>
Bernard <b><u>Williams</u></b> [or Bernard Arthur Owen <b><u>Williams</u></b>]
<b><u>graph</b></u>s [accept undirected <b><u>graph</b></u>s, directed <b><u>graph</b></u>s, <b><u>graphical</b></u> models, social <b><u>graph</b></u>s, social network <b><u>graph</b></u>s, or web<b><u>graph</b></u>s; accept <b><u>tree</b></u>s; prompt on social <u>network</u>s or Bayesian <u>network</u>s until “networks” is read by asking “what data structures are used to represent such networks?”; prompt on <u>Markov random field</u>s after “sum-product rule” is read by asking “what data structures are used to represent Markov random fields?”; prompt on <u>adjacent list</u>s or <u>adjacency matrix</u>es or <u>adjacency matrices</u> by asking “those are representations of what data structures?”; reject “neural networks,” “matrix,” “matrices,” or “lists”] (The first sentence is about algorithms for influence spreading through a social network.)
Wangechi <b><u>Mutu</b></u>
<b><u>Brazil</b></u> [or Federative Republic of <b><u>Brazil</b></u> or República Federativa do <b><u>Brasil</b></u>; prompt on <u>Ukraine</u> with “Where did she spend most of her life?”] (The first line refers to <em>The Alienist</em>.)
<b><u>Dante</b></u> [or Dante <b><u>Alighieri</b></u>; accept Durante di Alighiero degli <b><u>Alighieri</b></u>] (The first line is Fleeting Love. The second line is a version of Ugolino and his Children. The phrase is “Abandon all hope ye who enter here.”)
<b><u>precession</u></b>
<b><u>cytokinin</b></u>s [reject “cytokines”]
<b><u>house</u></b>s [or <b><u>household</u></b>s or <b><u>home</u></b>s or <b><u>hut</u></b>s; accept <b><u>hearth</u></b>s; accept Baba Yaga’s <b><u>house</u></b>; prompt on <u>wall</u>s or <u>courtyard</u>s or <u>keyhole</u>s by asking “of what places?”; prompt on <u>forest</u>s by asking “what sort of place in the forest?”; prompt on <u>building</u>s]
<b><u>epoxide</u></b>s&nbsp;(“ee-POCK-sydes”) [or <b><u>epoxy</u></b>; or <b><u>oxirane</u></b>s; prompt on cyclic <u>ether</u>s until “ether” is read]
<b><u><em>Austerlitz</b></u></em>
<b><u>Baldacchino</u></b> di San Pietro [accept St. Peter’s <b><u>Baldachin</u></b> or L’<b><u>Altare di Bernini</u></b>]
<em>The <b><u>Creation of Adam</b></u></em> [or <b><u><em>Creazione di Adamo</b></u></em>; prompt on <u>ceiling</u> of <u>Sistine Chapel</u>]
Samuel <b><u>Johnson</u></b> (The first poem is “London.” Lord Chesterfield patronized Johnson’s <em>Dictionary of the English Language</em>.)
<b><u>cubane</b></u> [prompt on <u>C8H8</u>]
heavy <b><u>metal poisoning</u></b> [or heavy <b><u>metal toxicity</u></b>; accept <b><u>lead poisoning</u></b> or <b><u>mercury poisoning</u></b> until read; accept <b><u>arsenic poisoning</u></b> or <b><u>cadmium poisoning</u></b> or <b><u>selenium poisoning</u></b>; accept <b><u>plumbism</u></b> or <b><u>saturnism</u></b>; accept <b><u>itai-itai</u></b> disease until read; accept <b><u>Minamata</u></b> disease until read; prompt on acute <u>poisoning</u> or acute <u>toxicity</u>] (Patterson was a vocal opponent of leaded gasoline, which Kehoe had earlier claimed was safe in a now-discredited study.)
<b><u>IPA</u></b> [or <b><u>International Phonetic Alphabet</u></b>; prompt on <u>phonetic alphabet</u>]
mollusk <b><u>shell</b></u>s [accept sea<b><u>shell</b></u>s; accept <b><u>valve</b></u>s; prompt on <u>nacre</u> until “nacreous” is read; prompt on <u>mother-of-pearl</u>; prompt on <u>pearl</u>s; prompt on <u>bivalve</u>s; prompt on <u>exoskeleton</u>s]
<b><u>wizard</u></b>s [or <b><u>sorcerer</u></b>s or <b><u>magician</u></b>s or <b><u>enchanter</u></b>s or <b><u>mage</u></b>s or <b><u>warlock</u></b>s; accept <b><u>magic</u></b>-users; accept <b><u>sorcerer</u></b>-king]
<b><u>Koxinga</u></b>&nbsp;(“kok-SING-uh”) [or <b><u>Zheng</u></b> Chenggong]
<b><u>mitochondria</u></b> [or <b><u>mitochondrion</u></b>]
<b><u>branching fraction</u></b>s [or <b><u>branching ratio</u></b>s]
<b><u>honey</u></b> [or <b><u>méli</u></b>]
the <b><u>death</u></b> of a beautiful <b><u>woman</u></b> [accept any answer that indicates that a <b><u>woman</u></b>, <b><u>wife</u></b>, or <b><u>beauty</u></b> is <b><u>dying</u></b>; prompt on answers that indicate only <u>death</u> by asking “of what sort of character?”]
<b><u>Lagrangian</u></b> AND <b><u>Eulerian</u></b> descriptions
<b><u>class switch</u></b>ing [or <b><u>class switch</u></b> recombination; accept <b><u>CSR</u></b>, <b><u>isotype switch</u></b>ing, <b><u>isotype recombination</u></b>, or <b><u>isotypic commutation</u></b>; prompt on <u>recombination</u>; prompt on <u>changing isotype</u> or <u>changing</u> antibody <u>class</u> by asking “what is the name of that process?”; reject “VDJ recombination”]
<b><u>Licensing</u></b> of the Press [accept <b><u>Licensing</u></b> Order of 1643 or <b><u>Licensing</u></b> of the Press Act of 1662]
<b><u>survivance</b></u>
a <b><u>charterhouse</b></u> [or Carthusian <b><u>monastery</b></u>; or <b><u>chartreuse</b></u>; or <b><u>cartuja</b></u>; or <b><u>cartoixa</b></u>; accept <em>La <b><u>Chartreuse</b></u> de Parme</em> or <em>The <b><u>Charterhouse</b></u> of Parma </em>or <b><u>Cartoixa</b></u> de Valldemossa or <b><u>Charterhouse</b></u> of Valldemossa; prompt on <u>palace</u> by asking “what was the palace converted into?”]
<b><u>epic</u></b> poems [or <em><b><u>Epic</u></b> of Sundiata</em>; or <em>The Mwindo</em> <em><b><u>Epic</u></b></em>; prompt on <u>oral</u> poetry; prompt on <u>griot</u> poetry]
<b><u>glycosylation</u></b> [accept N-linked <b><u>glycosylation</u></b> or O-linked <b><u>glycosylation</u></b>; accept C-linked <b><u>glycosylation</u></b>; prompt on any answer that describes <u>adding sugar</u>s or <u>adding carbohydrate</u>s; reject “glycation”]
<b><u>overshoot</u></b> [or climate <b><u>overshoot</u></b>]