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<b><u>Haakon</u></b> [accept <b><u>Haakon</u></b> IV, <b><u>Haakon</u></b> V, or <b><u>Haakon</u></b> VII]
<b><u>improv</u></b>isation [accept word forms like <b><u>improvise</u></b>d]
<b><u>gyrator</u></b>s
<b><u>saltwater</u></b> [or <b><u>seawater</u></b>, <b><u>saline</u></b> water, <b><u>brine</u></b>, <b><u>ocean water</u></b>, or <b><u>blue water</u></b>; accept <b><u>brack</u></b>ish water until “brackish” is read; accept <em>The <b><u>Saltwater</u></b> Frontier</em>, <b><u>Salt Water</u></b> Thesis, <b><u>Blue Water</u></b> Thesis, <b><u><em>Saltwater</u></b> Slavery</em>, <b><u>saltwater</u></b> Geechees, or <b><u>salt water</u></b> taffy; prompt on <u>water</u>; prompt on <u>salt</u>]
<b><u>Babinet</u></b>’s<b> </b>(“bab-in-AY’s”) principle
long-distance <b><u>running</u></b> [accept <em>What I Talk About When I Talk About <b><u>Running</em></u></b>]
<b><u>Harris</u></b> [accept Aleshea <b><u>Harris</u></b>; accept Dave <b><u>Harris</u></b>; accept Jeremy O. <b><u>Harris</u></b>]
<em>La <b><u>Gioconda</em></u></b> (by Amilcare Ponchielli. That ballet is the “Dance of the Hours.”)
<b><u>Klansmen</u></b> [accept members of the <b><u>KKK</u></b> or <b><u>Ku Klux Klan</u></b><em> </em>or the <b><u>Klan</u></b>] (The Pippin painting is <em>Mr.&nbsp;Prejudice</em>, and the artist is Philip Guston.)
<b><u>Ireland</u></b> [or <b><u>Éire</u></b>; or <b><u>Airlann</u></b>]
<b><u><em>Amanita</b></u> </em>[accept specific species like <b><u><em>Amanita</b></u> muscaria</em> or <b><u><em>Amanita</b></u></em> <em>phalloides</em>; prompt on <u><em>A. muscaria</u></em> or <u><em>A. phalloides</u></em> or <u>destroying angel</u>s by asking “what is the genus name?”; prompt on <u>death cap</u>s or <u>fly agaric</u>s until each is read by asking “what is the genus name?”; prompt on <u>amatoxin</u>s or alpha-<u>amanitin</u> or beta-<u>amanitin</u> by asking “what genus is it named for?”] (The lesioning compounds are the glutamate analogue ibotenic acid and the GABA-A agonist muscimol.)
<b><u>Nestor</u></b> [or <b><u>Nestōr</u></b>; prompt on <u>Gerḗnios</u> or the <u>Gerenian</u> until “Gerenia” is read]
Vikram <b><u>Seth</b></u>
<b><u>NYU</u></b> [or <b><u>New York</u></b> University]
“The <b><u>Death of the Ball Turret Gunner</u></b>” (by Randall Jarrell)
<em>The <b><u>Battle of the Trees</em></u></b> [or <b><u><em>Cad Goddeu</em></u></b>]
<b><u>Hoover</u></b> Institution [or <b><u>Hoover</u></b> Institute; prompt on <u>Stanford</u> University]
<b><u>fibroblast</u></b>s
<b><u>symphony</u></b> for concert <b><u>band</u></b> [or <b><u>symphony</u></b> for <b><u>wind</u></b> ensemble; or <b><u>symphony</u></b> for <b><u>wind band</u></b>; prompt on <u>band</u> or <u>wind</u> ensemble by asking “what kind of piece?”; prompt on <u>symphony</u> or short <u>symphony</u> by asking “for what type of ensemble?”; reject “symphony for brass band”]
<b><u>Chinese</u></b> [or <b><u>Mandarin</u></b> Chinese; or <b><u>Cantonese</u></b>; the play in the second line is <em>Romance of the Western Chamber</em>; the play in the third line is <em>The Injustice to Dou E</em>]
<b><u>Price</b></u> [accept Florence <b><u>Price</b></u>, Florence Beatrice <b><u>Price</b></u>, or Florence Beatrice <b><u>Smith</b></u>; accept Leontyne <b><u>Price</b></u> or Mary Violet Leontyne <b><u>Price</b></u>]
<b><u>noun class</u></b>es [or <b><u>nominal class</u></b>es; or <b><u>morphological class</u></b>; prompt on <u>class</u>; reject “noun classifiers”]
<b><u>Shaker</u></b>s [or the <b><u>United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing</u></b>]
<b><u>Kāifēng</b></u> [or <b><u>Biànjīng</b></u>] (The husband-and-wife team of poets were Zhào Míngchéng and Lǐ Qīngzhào.)
<b><u>Egypt</u></b>ian Empire and <b><u>Hittite</u></b> Empire [accept Ancient <b><u>Egypt</u></b> or Ancient <b><u>Egypt</u></b>ians; accept <b><u>Hittite</u></b>s or <b><u>Hittite</u></b> Kingdom]
<b><u>transition state</u></b>s [prompt on chemical <u>reaction</u>s by asking “what part of the reaction?”; prompt on <u>saddle point</u>s by asking “what entities do they correspond to?”]
<b><u>Portuguese</u></b> [or <b><u>português</u></b>; accept Brazilian <b><u>Portuguese</u></b> or <b><u>português</u></b> brasileiro] (The singer mentioned in the first line is Gal Costa. The original Portuguese expression is “silêncio que se vai cantar o fado,” which is said at casas de fado. Amália Rodrigues was dubbed the “Queen of Fado.” The 1968 album is <em>Tropicália: ou Panis et Circencis</em>. The word is “saudade” or “sodade.”)
<b><u>Cheyenne</u></b>&nbsp;(“shy-ANN”) [or <b><u>Suhtai</u></b>; or <b><u>Sutaio</u></b>; or <b><u>Só'taeo'o</u></b>; or <b><u>Tsétsêhéstâhese</u></b>; or <b><u>Tsitsistas</u></b>; accept Northern <b><u>Cheyenne</u></b> or Southern <b><u>Cheyenne</u></b>]
a <b><u>house</b></u> [accept <em>The <b><u>House</b></u> on Mango Street </em>or <em>In the Dream <b><u>House</b></u></em>]
<b><u>vault</u></b>s
<b><u>four</b></u> [or <b><u>four</b></u>th; prompt on <u>subdominant</u> until read] (The first line refers to Wes Montgomery’s “Four on Six;” the theory book is Russell’s <em>Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization</em>; the Nina Simone song is “Four Women”)
<b><u>kernel</u></b> [or <b><u>null space</u></b>; or <b><u>ker</u></b>; accept co<b><u>kernel</u></b> or left <b><u>kernel</u></b>; accept <b><u>null</u></b> space after “subspace” is read; prompt on <u>null</u> until “subspace” is read; reject “null set”]
<b><u>Pittsburgh</b></u> [prompt on <u>Homestead</u> by asking “Homestead is a suburb of what city?”]
<b><u>scheduling</u></b> [accept word forms such as <b><u>schedule</u></b>]
social <b><u>stratification</u></b> [or class <b><u>stratification</u></b>; accept word forms such as <b><u>stratify</u></b> or <b><u>stratified</u></b>; prompt on socioeconomic <u>status</u> or <u>SES</u> or <u>inequal</u>ity]
war <b><u>veteran</b></u>s [accept World War I or World War II <b><u>veteran</b></u>s; accept <b><u>GI</b></u>s until read; prompt on <u>soldier</u>s; prompt on <u>Bonus Army</u> by asking “what people made up the Bonus Army?”] (The organization in the first sentence is the Forty and Eight. The 1932 march is the Bonus Army.)
<b><u>Chinese</u></b>-Australian [accept specific Chinese ethnic groups like <b><u>Han</u></b> Chinese Australians; accept subgroups of Chinese Australians like <b><u>Shanghainese</u></b> Australians or <b><u>Cantonese</u></b> Australians] (The surgeon is Victor Chang.)
<b><u>expulsion</b></u> of <b><u>Asian</b></u>s from <b><u>Uganda</b></u> [accept answers like Idi <b><u>Amin</b></u>’s <b><u>expulsion</b></u> of <b><u>Asian</b></u>s until “Idi” is read; accept <b><u>Gujarati</b></u>s, <b><u>Indian</b></u>s, <b><u>Desi</b></u>s, or South <b><u>Asian</b></u>s in place of “Asians”; accept word forms like <b><u>expelled</b></u> or <b><u>expelling</b></u> in place of “expulsion”; prompt on <u>expulsion</u> of <u>Asian</u>s by asking “from what country?”] (The 1977 coup attempt against Amin was codenamed Operation Mafutamingi.)
Flannery <b><u>O’Connor</b></u> [or Mary Flannery <b><u>O’Connor</b></u>]
<b><u>Nowruz</u></b>&nbsp;(“noh-ROOZ”) [or <b><u>Naw-Rúz</u></b> or <b><u>Nawrōz</u></b>]
<b><u>Nurhaci</u></b>&nbsp;(“noor-hah-CHEE”) [or <b><u>Nǔ’ěrhāchì</u></b> or <b><u>Nurgaci</u></b>; accept Emperor <b><u>Tàizǔ of Qīng</u></b>]
<b><u>1990s</b></u> [prompt on ‘<u>90s</u>] (The Church ov MOO is considered the first internet religion.)
child<b><u>birth</u></b> [or <b><u>midwifery</u></b> or <b><u>obstetrics</u></b>; or word forms; accept <b><u>motherhood</u></b> or <b><u>maternity</u></b> or <b><u>fertility</u></b> or <b><u>pregnancy</u></b>]
<b><u>Saudi</u></b> Arabia [or Kingdom of <b><u>Saudi</u></b> Arabia; or <b><u>KSA</u></b>]
Betty <b><u>Comden</u></b> AND Adolph <b><u>Green</b></u>
<b><u>Germany</b></u> [or Federal Republic of <b><u>Germany</b></u> or Bundesrepublik <b><u>Deutschland</b></u>; accept <b><u>West Germany</b></u> or <b><u>Westdeutschland</b></u>; reject “East Germany”]
<b><u>Heinemann</u></b> [or William <b><u>Heinemann</u></b> Ltd.; accept <b><u>Heinemann</u></b> African Writers Series]
chemical <b><u>yield</u></b> [or reaction <b><u>yield</u></b>; accept percent <b><u>yield</u></b> or theoretical <b><u>yield</u></b> or actual <b><u>yield</u></b>; accept space-time <b><u>yield</u></b>; prompt on <u>atom economy</u> until read]
<b><u>Ahmadi</u></b> Muslims [or <b><u>Ahmadiyya</u></b> Muslim Community; or <b><u>Ahmadiyya</u></b> Muslim Jama‘at; or al-Jamā‘ah al-Islāmīyah al-<b><u>Aḥmadīyah</u></b>; accept the pejorative term <b><u>Qadiani</u></b> or <b><u>Qadianism</u></b>; prompt on the <u>Jama‘at</u>] (Mufti Muhammad Sadiq founded <em>The Moslem Sunrise</em>.)
Joseph <b><u>Stalin</u></b> [or Joseph Vissarionovich <b><u>Stalin</u></b>; or Ioseb Besarionis dze <b><u>Jughashvili</u></b>; or Iosif Vissarionovich <b><u>Dzhugashvili</u></b>; accept “<b><u>Stalin</u></b> Epigram”]
<b><u>Cnidaria</u></b> [or <b><u>cnidarian</u></b>s]
<b><u>Thrace</u></b> [or <b><u>Thracia</u></b>, <b><u>Thrakē</u></b>, or <b><u>Trakiya</u></b>; accept <b><u>Thracian</u></b> horseman or <b><u>Thraex</u></b>; prompt on <u>Bulgaria</u> until read, the <u>Balkan</u>s, or <u>Southeast</u>ern <u>Europe</u>]
<b><u><em>Shōgun</b></u></em>
<b><u>homotopies</u></b> [accept <b><u>homotopy</u></b> or <b><u>homotopy</u></b> groups]
<b><u>chamber</u></b> plays [accept <b><u>kammar</u></b>spel or <b><u>kammer</u></b>spiel]
<b><u>henequén</u></b> [or Agave <b><u>fourcroydes</u></b>]
Peter <b><u>Gabriel</u></b> [or Peter Brian <b><u>Gabriel</u></b>]
<b><u>Hephaestus</b></u> AND <b><u>Athena</b></u> [accept <b><u>Vulcan</b></u> in place of “Hephaestus”; accept <b><u>Minerva</b></u> in place of “Athena”]
<b><u>Venezuela</u></b> [or Bolivarian Republic of <b><u>Venezuela</u></b> or República Bolivariana de <b><u>Venezuela</u></b>]
<b><u>chaise longue</u></b>s&nbsp;(“shayz LONG”) [accept <b><u>chaise lounge</u></b>s; prompt on <u>chaise</u>]
<b><u>acetal</u></b>s [accept <b><u>ketal</u></b>s; reject “hemiacetals” or “hemiketals”]
<b><u><em>kanun</em></u></b>&nbsp;(“kah-NOON”) [or <b><u><em>qanun</em></u></b>; or <b><u>canon</u></b>; accept <b><u><em>Kanuni</u></b> i Lekë Dukagjinit</em> or <b><u><em>Kanuni</u></b> i Maleve</em>; accept <b><u><em>Canon</u></b> of Medicine</em>, <b><u><em>Canon</u></b> Medicinae</em>, <b><u><em>Qānun</u></b> dar Teb</em>, or <em>al-<b><u>Qānūn</u></b> fī l-ṭibb</em>] (Avicenna authored the Canon of Medicine.)
Sheridan <b><u>Le Fanu</u></b>&nbsp;(“LEFF-un-yoo”) [or Joseph Thomas Sheridan <b><u>Le Fanu</u></b>]
<b><u>string</u></b>s [prompt on <u>word</u>s or <u>text</u>]
Gaston <b><u>Floquet</u></b> (“flo-KAY”) [or Achille Marie Gaston <b><u>Floquet</u></b>; accept <b><u>Floquet</u></b> systems or <b><u>Floquet</u></b> states or <b><u>Floquet</u></b> prethermalization]
<b><u><em>No Longer Human</em></u></b> [or <b><u><em>A Shameful Life</em></u></b>; or <b><u><em>Ningen Shikkaku</em></u></b>] (by Osamu Dazai)
<b><u>Nguyen</u></b>&nbsp;(“nween”) [accept Bich Minh <b><u>Nguyen</u></b>; accept <b><u>Nguyễn</u></b> Quí Đức; accept Viet Thanh <b><u>Nguyen</u></b>]
<b><u>Nobel</u></b> Prize in Literature
<b><u><em>Angels in America</em></u></b> [accept <b><u><em>Angels in America</u></b>: Millennium Approaches</em>; accept <b><u><em>Angels in America</u></b>: Perestroika</em>]
<b><u><em>Addiction by Design</u></b>: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas</em>
the <b><u>wall</b></u>s of <b><u>Troy</b></u> [accept equivalents for Troy such as <b><u>Ilium</b></u> or <b><u>Ilion</b></u> or <b><u>Wilusa</b></u>; accept <b><u>gate</b></u>s of <b><u>Troy</b></u>; accept <b><u>battlement</b></u>s for “walls”; prompt on <u>Troy</u> or <u>Ilium</u> or <u>Wilusa</u>]
“here is one <b><u>hand</u></b>” argument [or Moore’s proof of an <b><u>external world</u></b>; or <b><u>Moore’s proof</u></b>; accept paraphrases of the quote “here is one <b><u>hand</u></b>, here is another”; accept any references to <b><u>hand</u></b>s; accept <b><u>Moore</u></b>’s <b><u>anti-skeptical</u></b> argument or equivalents until “skepticism” is read; accept <b><u>Moore</u></b>’s <b><u>anti-idealism</u></b> argument or equivalents; prompt on <u>Moore</u>’s argument or <u>Moorean</u> arguments or <u>Moorean</u> shift; prompt on “<u>Defense</u> of <u>Common Sense</u>” until “common” is read; prompt on <u>anti-skeptical</u> argument or word forms]
they <b><u>freeze</u></b> [or equivalents such as <b><u>stop moving</u></b> or be <b><u>still</u></b>; prompt on <u>not speak</u> or be <u>silent</u> or do <u>nothing</u>] (<em>The Government Inspector</em> is by Nikolai Gogol.)
<b><u>GSEA</u></b> [or <b><u>gene set enrichment analysis</u></b>, <b><u>functional enrichment analysis</u></b>, or <b><u>pathway enrichment analysis</u></b>]
<b><u>fixed point</u></b>s [accept Lefschetz’s <b><u>fixed point</u></b> theorem or Lawvere’s <b><u>fixed point</u></b> theorem or Banach’s <b><u>fixed point</u></b> theorem or Brouwer’s <b><u>fixed point</u></b> theorem; reject “solutions to differential equations”]
<b><u><em>Jane Eyre</em></u></b> (by Charlotte Brontë)
<b><u>state</u></b>s [or automaton <b><u>state</u></b>s]
<b><u>kathoey</b></u> (“ka-TUH-ee”) [prompt on <u>ladyboy</u>, <u>gay</u>, <u>homosexual</u>, <u>LGBT</u>Q+; prompt on <u>transgender</u> woman until “transgender” is read] (The 2000 comedy is <em>The Iron Ladies</em>.)
<b><u>Charon</u></b> [or <b><u>(134340) Pluto I</u></b>; reject “Pluto”]
<b><u><em>palla</u></b>e</em> OR <b><u><em>stola</u></b>e </em>[or <b><u><em>palla</u></b>s</em> OR <b><u><em>stola</u></b>s</em>; accept <b><u><em>vestis longa</em></u></b>; prompt on <u><em>vestis</em></u>]
<b><u><em>RRR</em></u></b> [or <b><u><em>Roudram Ranam Rudhiram</em></u></b>]
<b><u>Wittig</u></b>&nbsp;(“VIT-ig”) reaction [or <b><u>Wittig</u></b> olefination; prompt on <u>Horner</u>–Wadsworth–Emmons reaction until “Horner” is read]
salt <b><u>lick</u></b>s [or mineral <b><u>lick</u></b>s; accept Salt-<b><u>Lick</u></b> Town, Bullitt’s <b><u>Lick</u></b>, or Battle of Blue <b><u>Lick</u></b>s; prompt on salt <u>deposit</u>s, <u>salt</u>works, or salt <u>spring</u>s]
a <b><u>shark</u></b> [or “the mouth of a <b><u>shark</u></b>”]
<b><u>photon</b></u>s [accept <b><u>light</b></u> until read]
Ted <b><u>Chiang</u></b> [or <b><u>Chiang</u></b> Feng-nan; or <b><u>Jiāng</u></b> Fēngnán] (The first story is “What’s Expected of Us.”)
<b><u><em>Hamlet</em></u></b> [or <em>The Tragedy of <b><u>Hamlet</u></b>, Prince of Denmark</em>] (<em>Hamlet Study</em> is by Jerzy Grotowski. <em>Five Truths</em> stages Ophelia’s mad scene in the manner of Konstantin Stanislavski, Antonin Artaud, Bertolt Brecht, Jerzy Grotowski and Peter Brook. Müller’s play is <em>Hamletmachine</em>.)
<b><u>Nicholas I</u></b> [prompt on <u>Nicholas</u>]
<b><u>eunuch</u></b>s [or <b><u>huànguān</u></b>]
<b><u>Maiduguri</b></u>
<b><u>cis–trans</b></u> isomerization [or <b><u>cis–trans</b></u> interconversion; or <b><u>E–Z</b></u> isomerization or <b><u>E–Z</b></u> interconversion; or <b><u>geometrical isomerization</b></u> or conversion between <b><u>geometrical isomer</b></u>s; accept descriptions of switching between <b><u>cis</b></u> and <b><u>trans</b></u> or <b><u>E</b></u> and <b><u>Z</b></u> alkenes; prompt on <u>double bond</u> isomerization or <u>alkene</u> isomerization or <u>olefin</u> isomerization; prompt on <u>isomerization</u> or photo<u>isomerization</u> by asking “what is the chemical outcome of the isomerization?”; reject “rearrangement”]
<b><u>piano concerto</u></b>s by Johannes <b><u>Brahms</u></b> [prompt on <u>concerto</u>s or <u>concerti</u> in place of “piano concertos”]
Nancy <b><u>Cartwright</b></u>
<b><u><em>King Solomon’s Mines</b></u></em>
École <b><u>Niedermeyer</u></b> de Paris [or <b><u>Niedermeyer</u></b> School; accept Louis <b><u>Niedermeyer</u></b>]
<b><u>anthropologist</u></b>s [accept cultural <b><u>anthropologist</u></b>s; accept “How Native Is a ‘Native’ <b><u>Anthropologist?</u></b>”; prompt on <u>ethnographer</u>s or participant <u>observer</u>s; prompt on <u>researcher</u>s; prompt on social <u>scientist</u>s; prompt on <u>professor</u>s or <u>academic</u>s or <u>scholar</u>s; prompt on answers indicating people engaged in <u>fieldwork</u>]
<b><u>St.&nbsp;Clair</u></b>’s (“Sinclair’s”) defeat [or Battle of the <b><u>Wabash</u></b> River; or Battle of a <b><u>Thousand Slain</u></b>]
Salim <b><u>Ali</b></u>
<b><u>Etruscan</u></b> language
Richard <b><u>Neutra</b></u> [or Richard Joseph <b><u>Neutra</b></u>; accept <b><u>Neutra</b></u>face]