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<em>A <b><u>Shropshire Lad</u></b> </em>(The first poem is “Into my heart an air that kills.”)
Philippa <b><u>Foot</u></b> [or Philippa <b><u>Bosanquet</u></b>]
stellar <b><u>isochrones</u></b> (“ICE-uh-krones”)
Bartolomé de las <b><u>Casas</b></u> (The “land of war” was pacified as Verapaz. The “high count” and 100 million estimated the pre-Columbian population of the Americas.)
<b><u>earth</u></b> [or <b><u>ground</u></b>, <b><u>land</u></b>, <b><u>soil</u></b>, or equivalents; accept <b><u>field</u></b> or <b><u>farm</u></b>; reject “rock” or “stone”] (The epithet is *<em>pl̥th₂éwih₂</em> (“pult-HEH-wee”), or “broad one.”)
<em>The <b><u>Rising of the Moon</b></u></em>
<b><u>dream</u></b>s [or <b><u>sueño</u></b>s; accept <em>Life is a <b><u>Dream</em></u></b> or <em>La vida es <b><u>sueño</em></u></b>; accept <b><u>vision</u></b>s]
<b><u>sweet grass</u></b> [or <b><u>manna grass</u></b> or <b><u>Mary’s grass</u></b> or <b><u>vanilla grass</u></b> or <b><u>holy grass</u></b> or <b><u>bison grass</u></b>; accept <em>Braiding <b><u>Sweetgrass</em></u></b>; prompt on <u>grass</u>] (The botanist is Robin Wall Kimmerer.)
<b><u>Hispanic</b></u> Americans [or <b><u>Latino</b></u> Americans; accept specific groups such as <b><u>Mexican</b></u>-Americans or <b><u>Puerto Rican</b></u>s; accept <b><u>Hispano</b></u>s or <b><u>Chicano</b></u>s; accept <b><u>Latinx</b></u> or <b><u>Latine</b></u>s or <b><u>Latina</b></u>s or <b><u>Latin</b></u> Americans; accept <b><u>Hispanic</b></u> paradox] (The culture-bound syndrome is <em>ataque de nervios</em>.)
<b><u>Bayesian</u></b>ism&nbsp;(“BAYS-ian-ism”) [or <b><u>Bayesian</u></b> inference or <b><u>Bayesian</u></b> probability or <b><u>Bayesian</u></b> theories; accept Thomas <b><u>Bayes</u></b>, <b><u>Bayes</u></b>’s theorem, <b><u>Bayesian</u></b> epistemology, <b><u>Bayesian</u></b> subjectivism, <b><u>Bayesian</u></b> confirmation theory, or <b><u><em>Bayes</u></b> or Bust?</em>; prompt on <u>subjectivism</u> or <u>subjective</u> or <u>personal</u>ism; prompt on <u>conditional</u>ization by asking “conditionalization a principle in what broader framework?”]
building Solomon’s <b><u>Temple</u></b> [or building the First <b><u>Temple</u></b> or <b><u>Beit Hamikdash</u></b>; accept answers that use synonyms of “building”; prompt on King <u>Solomon</u>’s building projects] (The worm is the <em>shamir</em>. The pillars are Boaz and Jachin.)
<b><u>Harold</u></b> [or <b><u>Harold</u></b> Wilson; or <b><u>Harold</u></b> MacMillan]
<b><u>liberal</u></b>ism [accept <b><u>liberal</u></b>ization; accept embedded <b><u>liberal</u></b>ism; accept neo<b><u>liberal</u></b>ism; accept <b><u>liberal</u></b> constructivism]
<b><u>Haile Selassie</u></b>&nbsp;(“HY-luh suh-LAH-say”) [or <b><u>Haile Selassie</u></b> I or Qädamawi <b><u>Häylä Sellasé</u></b>; accept <b><u>Täfäri</u></b> Mäkonnän or Ras <b><u>Täfäri</u></b> or Ras <b><u>Teferi</u></b> until “Rastafari” is read; accept <b><u>Jan Hoy</u></b> or <b><u>Abatachin</u></b> Hoy; prompt on <u>Haile</u> or <u>Selassie</u>; prompt on <u>Negus</u> Negast or <u>Negusa</u> Nagast; prompt on <u>Lion of Judah</u> or <u>Aryeh Yehudah</u> or <u>Yehuda Anbessa</u>] (Abraham Verghese wrote <em>Cutting for Stone</em>. Maaza Mengiste wrote <em>The Shadow King</em>.)
<b><u>diffusion</u></b> lines [or <b><u>diffusion</u></b> brands; or <b><u>diffusion</u></b> equation; accept <b><u>bridge</u></b> lines; prompt on <u>second</u>ary lines]
<b><u>Italy</u></b> [or <b><u>Italia</u></b>; or Kingdom of <b><u>Italy</u></b>; or Regno d’<b><u>Italia</u></b>; accept First <b><u>Italo</u></b>-Ethiopian War after “Ethiopian” is read]
John <b><u>Locke</b></u>
Ted <b><u>Hughes</u></b> [or Edward James <b><u>Hughes</u></b>]
Ludwig <b><u>Wittgenstein</u></b> [or Ludwig Josef Johann <b><u>Wittgenstein</u></b>]
<b><u>Donglin</u></b> Academy [or <b><u>Dōnglín</u></b> Shūyuàn; or <b><u>Guishan</u></b> Academy or <b><u>Guīshān</u></b> Shūyuàn; accept <b><u>Donglin</u></b> movement; accept <b><u>Donglin</u></b> Temple; prompt on <u>Eastern Grove</u> Academy or <u>Turtle Mountain</u> Academy]
<b><u>Sweden</b></u> [or <b><u>Sverige</b></u>; accept Kingdom of <b><u>Sweden</b></u> or Konungariket <b><u>Sverige</b></u>; accept <b><u>Swedish</b></u> Empire or <b><u>Stormaktstiden</b></u>]
<b><u>swan</u></b>s [or Dunstable <b><u>Swan</u></b> Jewel]
<em>Der <b><u>Steppenwolf</b></u></em>
<b><u>Chechnya</u></b> [or <b><u>Chechen</u></b> Republic or <b><u>Chechen</u></b>skaya Respublika or <b><u>Nokhchiyn</u></b> Respublika; prompt on <u>Ichkeria</u>]
<b><u>Jamaica</u></b> (The author is Jamaica Kincaid.)
<b><u><em>In Our Time</b></u></em>
<b><u>rockism</u></b> [or <b><u>rockist</u></b>; accept “The Rap Against <b><u>Rockism</u></b>”]
Ned <b><u>Kelly</u></b> [or <b><u>Ned</u></b> Kelly; accept <b><u>Edward</u></b> in place of “Ned”]
<b><u>Liverpool</b></u>
<b><u>Martin V</u></b> [or Otto <b><u>Colonna</u></b>; prompt on <u>Martin</u>]
<b><u>Japan</u></b> [or <b><u>Nippon</u></b>; or <b><u>Nihon</u></b>] (The leader is Alberto Fujimori.)
<b><u>Esposito</u></b> [or D’<b><u>Esposito</u></b>; or Degli <b><u>Esposti</u></b>; or <b><u>Esposti</u></b>; or <b><u>Esposto</u></b>; or <b><u>Sposito</u></b>; accept <b><u>Espósito</u></b> or <b><u>Expósito</u></b>] (The surname means “exposed,” either to the elements or to the protection of Madonna.)
<b><u>psychiatrist</u></b> [or <b><u>psychoanalyst</u></b>; or <b><u>therapist</u></b>; or <b><u>alienist</u></b>; prompt on <u>doctor</u>; reject “psychologist”]
<b><u>Epiphany</u></b> [or <b><u>Three Kings’ Day</u></b>; accept <b><u><em>Epifanía</em></u></b> or <b><u><em>Día de los Reyes</u></b> Magos</em> or <b><u><em>Día de los Tres Reyes</em></u></b>; accept <b><u><em>Épiphanie</em></u></b> or <b><u><em>Fête des Rois</em></u></b>; accept <b><u><em>Lèwa</em></u></b> or <b><u><em>Epifani</em></u></b> or <b><u><em>Fèt Twa Wa</em></u></b>; accept <b><u>Twelfth Night</u></b> or <b><u><em>Duodécima Noche</em></u></b>; reject “Mardi Gras”]
<b><u>Samhain</b></u> (“SAH-win”) [or <b><u>Sauin</b></u>; accept <b><u>Celtic New Year</b></u> until “Celtic” is read; accept <em>Nos <b><u>Galan Gaef</b></u> or <b><u>Calan Gaeaf</b></u></em>; prompt on <u>Halloween</u>, All <u>Hallows</u> Eve, or All <u>Saint’s Day</u> by asking “what older holiday did it evolve from?”; prompt on <u>October 31</u> or <u>November 1</u> by asking “what festival occurs on that day?”; prompt on <u>puca night</u> or <u>spirit night</u>] (The island in the first line is the Isle of Lewis.)
<b><u>New Zealand</b></u> [or <b><u>Aotearoa</b></u>]
<b><u>Martyrs’ Day</u></b> [or <b><u>Día de los Mártires</u></b>; prompt on <u>Flag</u> Incident or <u>Flag</u> Protests]
<b><u>housing</u></b> discrimination [accept fair <b><u>housing</u></b> or open <b><u>housing</u></b>; accept <b><u>housing</u></b> anti-discrimination; accept Fair <b><u>Housing</u></b> Act; prompt on descriptions of <u>discrimination</u> in the sale or rental of dwelling places; reject “public housing” or “affordable housing”]
Guy de <b><u>Maupassant</u></b> (“moh-pah-SAWN”) [or Henri René Albert Guy de <b><u>Maupassant</u></b>] (The lead-in is Tolstoy’s introduction to <em>The Works of Guy de Maupassant</em>. “The Novel” is the preface to <em>Pierre et Jean</em>.)
<em>The <b><u>Structure of Scientific Revolutions</b></u></em>
“The <b><u>Cistern</u></b>” [or “E <b><u>Sterna</u></b>”]
<b><u><em>Being and Time</em></u></b> [or <b><u><em>Sein und Zeit</em></u></b>]
Sylvia <b><u>Plath</b></u>
<b><u>Reform</u></b> [accept Second <b><u>Reform</u></b> Bill]
Amy <b><u>Beach</u></b> [or Amy Marcy Cheney <b><u>Beach</u></b>; or Amy Marcy <b><u>Cheney</u></b>]
<b><u>Mamluk</b></u> Sultanate [or Salṭanat al-<b><u>Mamālīk</b></u>; prompt on <u>Burji</u> dynasty or <u>state of the Circassians</u> until “Burji” is read; prompt on <u>Bahri</u> dynasty; reject “Egypt”] (Mignanelli wrote the <em>Ascensus Barcoch</em>. The Burji and Bahri dynasties were called “of the tower” and “of the river,” respectively.)
<b><u>foraging</u></b> [accept optimal <b><u>foraging</u></b> theory; prompt on <u>predation</u> or <u>hunting</u> or <u>feeding</u> or <u>grazing</u> or <u>eating</u>]
ship<b><u>wreck</b></u>s [or <b><u>maritime disaster</b></u>s; accept descriptions of <b><u>disaster</b></u>s at <b><u>sea</b></u> or <b><u>disaster</b></u>s involving a <b><u>ship</b></u>; prompt on sea <u>storm</u>s or thunder<u>storm</u>s by asking “the storm leads to what type of event?”] (The fourth sentence refers to a speech given by Aeneas to his men after they reach dry land in the <em>Aeneid</em>.)
<b><u>bug</u></b>s [or <b><u>insect</u></b>s; or dung <b><u>beetle</u></b>s; or praying <b><u>mantis</u></b>es; or <b><u>drone</u></b>s; or <b><u>bee</u></b>s; or <b><u>moth</u></b>s or any other specific type of <b><u>insect</u></b>]
<b><u>caryatid</u></b>s
<b><u>covariant derivative</u></b> [prompt on <u>derivative</u>; reject “directional derivative”]
<b><u>star war</u></b>s [accept <b><u>star war</u></b> glyph]
<b><u>shock</u></b> waves [prompt on <u>wave</u>s]
<b><u>pointer</b></u>s [accept <b><u>reference</b></u>s in place of “pointers”; accept null <b><u>pointer</b></u>s; accept <b><u>pointer</b></u> aliasing; accept void <b><u>pointer</b></u>s; accept null <b><u>pointer</b></u> exception; accept memory <b><u>address</b></u>es until read]
<b><u>glucose</b></u> [accept <b><u>dextrose</b></u> or D-<b><u>glucose</b></u>; accept <b><u>glucose</b></u> oxidase; accept fluorodeoxy<b><u>glucose</b></u> or <b><u>FDG</b></u>; accept <b><u>glucosyl</b></u> group or <b><u>glycosyl</b></u> group; prompt on <u>C6H12O6</u> or <u>hexose</u> or <u>sugar</u>s or <u>carbohydrate</u>s or mono<u>saccharide</u>s; reject "glycogen"]
three <b><u>secret</u></b>s of <b><u>Fátima</u></b> [accept <b><u>third secret</u></b> of Fátima; accept <b><u>revelation</u></b>s, <b><u>prophecie</u></b>s, <b><u>vision</u></b>s, or <b><u>message</u></b>s in place of “secrets”; prompt on words of Our Lady of <u>Fátima</u>]
<b><u>Portugal</u></b> [or Kingdom of <b><u>Portugal</u></b>; or Reino de <b><u>Portugal</u></b>]
<b><u>Romania</b></u>
Benjamin <b><u>Franklin</u></b> [or Ben <b><u>Franklin</u></b>]
Mary <b><u>Whitehouse</b></u>
<b><u>monoid</u></b> [or <b><u>monoid</u></b>al category; accept graphic <b><u>monoid</u></b>; reject “monad”]
<b><u>time of flight</u></b> [or <b><u>TOF</u></b>; prompt on <u>time</u>; prompt on <u>mass-to-charge</u> ratio by asking “what other quantity is being measured to determine the mass-to-charge ratio?”; reject “mass”]
<b><u>equestrian</u></b> statues [or <b><u>horse</u></b>man; or <b><u>horse</u></b>back; accept <em>Rampin</em> <em><b><u>Rider</u></b></em>; prompt on <u>statue</u>s]
<b><u>visceral realism</u></b> [or <b><u>realismo visceral</u></b>; accept <b><u>infra</u></b>realism, <b><u>infra</u></b>rrealismo, <b><u>infra</u></b>rrealistas, or <b><u>infra</u></b>s until “infrarealism” is read; reject “realism” or “realismo”]
<b><u>raptor</b></u>s [or <b><u>Dromaeosauridae</b></u>, <b><u>dromaeosaur</b></u>s, or <b><u>dromaeosaurid</b></u>s] (Troodontidae is the other clade of Deinonychosauria characterized in Fowler et al., 2011. Stability flapping refers to raptors pinning down their prey using their mass. Tenontosaurus fossils are often found with <em>Deinonychus</em> fossils. Robert DePalma was accused in 2022 of committing scientific fraud on a different paper.)
<b><u>fast Fourier transform</b></u> [or <b><u>FFT</b></u> or I<b><u>FFT</b></u> or inverse <b><u>fast Fourier transform</b></u>; accept <b><u>DFT</b></u>, <b><u>discrete Fourier transform</b></u>, I<b><u>DFT</b></u>, or inverse <b><u>discrete Fourier transform</b></u>; prompt on <u>Fourier transform</u> or <u>Fourier decomposition</u>; reject “transform”] (The second sentence refers to the Stockham FFT, which is called self- or auto-sorting.)
<b><u>script</u></b>s [or life <b><u>script</b>;</u> or <b><u>script</u></b> matrix; or <b><u>script</u></b> theory; or rape <b><u>script</u></b>; accept <b><u><em>Scripts</u></b>, Plans, Goals, and Understanding: An Inquiry Into Human Knowledge Structures</em>]
<b><u><em>Some Thoughts Concerning Education</b></u></em> [or <b><u><em>Some Thoughts on Education</b></u></em>] (The first sentence is about Locke’s influence on the children’s book publisher John Newbery.)
<b><u>Second Vatican</b></u> Council [or <b><u>Vatican II</b></u>; or <b><u>Second</b></u> Ecumenical Council of the <b><u>Vatican</b></u>; or Concilium Oecumenicum <b><u>Vaticanum Secundum</b></u>; prompt on <u>Vatican</u> Council] (John XXIII gave the speech in the first line.)
<b><u>decision</b></u>-making [or <b><u>deciding</b></u> or word forms of <b><u>decide</b></u>; accept making <b><u>choice</b></u>s or <b><u>choosing</b></u> or word forms of <b><u>choose</b></u>; accept <b><u>decision</b></u> trees; accept <b><u>decision</b></u> analysis; accept <b><u>decision</b></u> theory; accept <b><u>decision</u> </b>nodes; accept <em>Multiple Criteria <b><u>Decision</b></u> Analysis</em>]
<b><u>Gotham</u></b> [or <b><u>Gotham</u></b> Writers Workshop; or <b><u>Gotham</u></b> Book Mart]
<b><u><em>Philosophy in a New Key</u></b> </em>(by Susanne K. Langer)
<b><u>Kentucky</u></b> [or <b><u>KY</u></b>; or Commonwealth of <b><u>Kentucky</u></b>; accept <em>Briscoe v. Bank of <b><u>Kentucky</em></u></b>]
<b><u>Urbino</u></b> (Simonetta’s book is called <em>The Montefeltro Conspiracy: A Renaissance Mystery Decoded</em>.)
<b><u>Rust</b></u>
<em>The <b><u>Jewish Bride</b></u></em> [or <em>Het <b><u>Joodse bruidje</b></u></em>; accept <em>Portrait of a Couple as <b><u>Isaac and Rebecca</b></u></em> or <b><u><em>Isaak en Rebekka</b></u></em> until “Isaac” is read]
<b><u>stationary</u></b> [or <b><u>stationarity</u></b>]
Johannes <b><u>Brahms</u></b> (The first work is Brahms’s Serenade No. 2.)
they have <b><u>three lines</u></b> [or equivalents such as <b><u>three sentences</u></b>; accept <em>Novels in <b><u>Three Lines</em></u></b>; accept <em>News in <b><u>Three Lines</em></u></b> or <em>Nouvelles en <b><u>trois lignes</em></u></b>; prompt on <u>short</u> or <u>flash</u> fiction or <u>micro</u>-fiction; reject “tercets”]
<b><u>Midsummer</u></b> [accept <b><u>Jaanipäev</u></b>; accept <b><u>Jāņi</u></b>; accept <b><u>Joninės</u></b> or <b><u>Rasos</u></b>; accept <b><u>Saint John’s</u></b> Day or <b><u>Saint John’s</u></b> Eve or <b><u>Saint Jonas’</u></b> Festival; accept, but DO NOT REVEAL, <b><u>Kupolė</u></b>; prompt on <u>summer solstice</u>] (The second sentence refers to Sweden.)
<b><u>contract</u></b> [or social <b><u>contract</u></b>; or sexual <b><u>contract</u></b>]
<b><u><em>maqsurah</em></u></b> [accept <b><u>Maqsura</u></b> of the Companions]
<b><u>Long Island</u></b> [prompt on <u>Brooklyn</u>; prompt on <u>New York</u> City]
<b><u>thread</u></b>s [accept multi<b><u>thread</u></b>ing; accept <b><u>process</u></b>es until “processors” is read; prompt on <u>parallel</u> or <u>concurrent</u> architectures until “parallel” is read]
<b><u>structural</u></b> [or word forms like <b><u>structure</u></b> or <b><u>structured</u></b>]
<b><u>water buffalo</u></b>s [or <b><u>true buffalo</u></b>s; accept <b><u>Bubalus</u></b> or <b><u>Bubalina</u></b>; accept <b><u>carabao</u></b> or <b><u>kerbau</u></b> before carabao is read; prompt on <u>buffalo</u>es; do not accept or prompt on “bison”]
<em><b><u>Isenheim</u></b> Altarpiece</em>
<b><u>Novalis</u></b> [or Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von <b><u>Hardenberg</u></b>] (The novel is <em>Heinrich von Ofterdingen</em>.)
Epistle to <b><u>Philemon</b></u>
<b><u>angular momentum</u></b> [or <b><u>rotational momentum</u></b>; accept orbital <b><u>angular momentum</u></b> or spin <b><u>angular momentum</u></b> or total <b><u>angular momentum</u></b>; prompt on <u>L</u> or <u>J</u> or <u>S</u>; prompt on <u>spin</u> until read; reject “momentum” or “linear momentum”]
<b><u>AIBN</u></b> [or <b><u>azobisisobutyronitrile</u></b>]
<b><u>silkworm</u></b> [or <b><u>silk moth</u></b>; or <b><u><em>cán</em></u></b>; prompt on partial answer] (The idiom is “<em>cán tóu, yàn wěi</em>.”)
<b><u>Bloom</b></u> [accept Alfred H. <b><u>Bloom</b></u>; accept Lois Masket <b><u>Bloom</b></u>; accept Paul <b><u>Bloom</b></u>; accept Benjamin Samuel <b><u>Bloom</b></u> or <b><u>Bloom</b></u>’s taxonomy; accept Allen David <b><u>Bloom</b></u>]
<b><u>hospital</b></u>s [accept <b><u>hospice</b></u>s or <b><u>hostel</b></u>s or <b><u>infirmaries</b></u> or <b><u>ward</b></u>s or <b><u>clinic</b></u>s; accept <b><u>medical</b></u> institutions or <b><u>medicine</b></u> institutions; accept <b><u><em>hospitium</b></u></em> or <b><u><em>nosokomeion</b></u></em>; accept <b><u><em>leprosarium</b></u>s</em> or <b><u>leper colonies</b></u>; accept Knights <b><u>Hospitaller</b></u> or Order of Knights of the <b><u>Hospital</b></u> of St. John of Jerusalem; accept <b><u>Hospitaller</b></u> Rhodes; accept Sovereign Military <b><u>Hospitaller</b></u> Order of St. John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes, and of Malta; prompt on <u>shelter</u>s or <u>alms</u> houses; prompt on <u>orphanage</u>s or mental <u>asylum</u>s by asking “of what larger institutions were they usually part of?”; prompt on <u>Knights of Malta</u> or <u>Order of Malta</u> until “Knights of Malta” is read] (The Hospital of the Holy Spirit in Rome is the oldest hospital in Europe.)
<b><u>estrogen receptor</u></b>s [accept <b><u>ER</u></b>s; accept <b><u>ERalpha</u></b>, <b><u>ERbeta</u></b>, or <b><u>GPER1</u></b>]
Theodor <b><u>Adorno</u></b> [or Theodor W. <b><u>Adorno</u></b>; or Theodor Ludwig <b><u>Wiesengrund</u></b>]
<b><u>Pharaoh</u></b> [or <b><u>Firaun</u></b>; accept <b><u>Merneptah</u></b> or <b><u>Ramesses II</u></b>]
<b><u><em>Doubt</b></u>: A Parable</em>
<b><u>Punjabi</u></b> [or <b><u>Panjabi</u></b>]
Samuel <b><u>Chase</b></u>