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Gottfried <b><u>Leibniz</b></u>
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Audre <b><u>Lorde</u></b> [or Audrey Geraldine <b><u>Lorde</u></b>] (The poem is “The Brown Menace or Poem to the Survival of Roaches.”)
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<b><u>double</u></b> [accept <b><u>double</u></b>-duty dollars or <b><u>Double</u></b> V campaign]
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<b><u>Kenya</u></b> [or Republic of <b><u>Kenya</u></b>; or Jamhuri ya <b><u>Kenya</u></b>; accept British <b><u>Kenya</u></b>]
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<b><u>aptamer</u></b>s
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Meister <b><u>Eckhart</u></b> [or <b><u>Eckhart</u></b> von Hochheim; or Master <b><u>Eckhart</u></b>; or Johannes <b><u>Eckhart</u></b>] (The first clue refers to Heidegger. The second is from the “Poverty Sermon.”)
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<b><u>Tevatron</u></b> [reject “Fermilab”; reject “Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory”]
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John <b><u>Updike</u></b> [or John Hoyer <b><u>Updike</u></b>] (The story is “A&P.”)
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<b><u>painting</u></b>s [or <b><u>portrait</u></b>s; accept <b><u><em>Portrait</u></b> of a Lady on Fire</em> or <b><u><em>Portrait</u></b> de la jeune fille en feu</em>; prompt on <u>art</u>works]
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<b><u>Pennsylvania</b></u> [or <b><u>PA</b></u>] (<em>Water by the Spoonful</em> is by Quiara Alegría Hudes.)
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electron <b><u>density</b></u> [accept charge <b><u>density</b></u>; accept probability <b><u>density</b></u>; accept <b><u>density</b></u> functional theory; accept electron <b><u>probability</b></u>; prompt on <u>charge</u> or <u>number</u> of <u>electron</u>s; prompt on <u>rho</u>]
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animal <b><u>echolocation</b></u> [accept <b><u>bio sonar</b></u> or <b><u>biological sonar</b></u>; prompt on <u>sonar</u>; prompt on answers describing <u>calling</u> or <u>hearing</u> or <u>making noise</u> or <u>echoing</u>]
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<b><u>Cauchy</u></b> (“KO-shee”) sequences
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<b><u>Boston</u></b>
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<b><u>Sanskrit</b></u> [or <b><u>Saṃskṛta</b></u>; or <b><u>Saṃskṛtam</b></u>] (The first play is <em>Nagananda</em> by Harsha. The play in the second sentence is Kālidāsa’s <em>Vikramōrvaśīyam</em>.)
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<b><u>walk</u></b>ing [accept synonyms like <b><u>stroll</u></b>ing or <b><u>hiking</u></b>; prompt on <u>wander</u>ing or <u>travel</u>ing; reject faster activities like “running”] (The books clued are <em>Mansfield Park</em>, <em>Pride and Prejudice</em>, and <em>Sense and Sensibility</em>.)
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<b><u>Evita</b></u> Perón [or <b><u>Eva</b></u> Perón or <b><u>Eva</b></u> Duarte; prompt on <u>Perón</u>] (The first sentence refers to “Waltz for Eva and Che” and the second to “A Cinema in Buenos Aires, 26 July 1952.”)
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<b><u>electron donating group</u></b>s AND <b><u>electron withdrawing group</u></b>s [or <b><u>EDG</u></b>s or <b><u>electron releasing groups</u></b> or <b><u>ERG</u></b>s in place of “electron donating groups”; or <b><u>EWG</u></b>s in place of “electron withdrawing groups”]
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<b><u>veil</u></b>s [or <b><u><em>khimar</em></u></b>; accept “The Discourse of the <b><u>Veil</u></b>”; accept <em>Beyond the <b><u>Veil</em></u></b>; prompt on <u>hijab</u>s]
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John E. <b><u>Reid</u></b> [accept <b><u>Reid</u></b> technique]
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<b><u>Acts</u></b> of the Apostles
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<b><u>Rebecca</b></u> [accept <b><u>Rebecca</b></u> de Winter; accept <b><u><em>Rebecca</b></u>’s Tale</em>]
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<b><u>Atahualpa</u></b> [or <b><u>Atawallpa</u></b>; or <b><u>Ataw Wallpa</u></b>]
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<b><u>Djoser</u></b> [or <b><u>Djeser</u></b> or <b><u>Zoser</u></b>; or <b><u>Netjerikhet</u></b>; or <b><u>Tosorthros</u></b> or <b><u>Sesorthos</u></b>]
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<b><u>princely state</u></b>s [or <b><u>native state</u></b>s; prompt on <u>state</u>s or <u>salute</u> states]
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<b><u><em>Shuggie Bain</b></u></em>
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Gene <b><u>Kelly</u></b> [or Eugene Curran <b><u>Kelly</u></b>]
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<b><u>Ulysses</u></b> [or <b><u>Odysseus</u></b>; or <b><u>Ulysse</u></b>]
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<b><u>Jardine Matheson</u></b> Holdings Limited [or <b><u>Jardines</u></b>; or <b><u>Jardine, Matheson</u></b> & Co.]
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<b><u>rain</u></b> [or <b><u>geshem</u></b>; or <b><u>rain</u></b>storms or <b><u>shower</u></b>s or <b><u>downpour</u></b>s; accept <b><u>snow</u></b>; accept latter <b><u>rain</u></b>; prompt on <u>water</u>, <u>flood</u>s, <u>deluge</u>s, <u>inundation</u>s, <u>dew</u>, or descriptions of drawing <u>water</u> from a well by asking “what phenomenon created the water?”; prompt on <u>weather</u> or <u>precipitation</u> or <u>storm</u>s]
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<b><u>Weegee</u></b> [or Arthur <b><u>Fellig</u></b>; or Usher <b><u>Fellig</u></b>]
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<b><u>BQP</u></b> [accept <b><u>BQP</u></b>-complete; accept <b><u>bounded-error quantum polynomial time</u></b> until “time” is read] (PH is the polynomial hierarchy.)
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<b><u>love</u></b> [or <b><u>loves</u></b>; accept “<b><u>Love loves to love love</u></b>.”]
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<b><u>density</u></b> matrix [or <b><u>density</u></b> operator; accept two-electron reduced <b><u>density</u></b> matrix; prompt on 2-<u>RDM</u>]
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<b><u>Assisi</u></b>
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Alexander Sergeevich <b><u>Griboedov</b></u> [or Alexander <b><u>Griboyedov</b></u>; accept <b><u>Griboedov</b></u>’s; accept the <b><u>Griboedov</b></u> house]
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<b><u>Azerbaijani</u></b> [or <b><u>Azeri</u></b>; or <b><u>Azeri</u></b> Turkic or <b><u>Azeri</u></b> Turkish; accept Northern <b><u>Azerbaijani</u></b>, Southern <b><u>Azerbaijani</u></b>, or Iranian <b><u>Azerbaijani</u></b>; accept <b><u>Turki</u></b> or <b><u>Torki</u></b>; reject “Farsi” or “Persian”; reject “Turkish”] (“Heydar Babaya Salam” is by Mohammad Hossein Shahriar. The ruler is Ismā‘īl I, the first Safavid shah.)
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<b><u>Yu</u></b> the <b><u>Great</u></b> [or <b><u>Dà Yǔ</u></b>; or <b><u>Yu</u></b> the <b><u>Engineer</u></b>; accept any answer indicating the first emperor named <b><u>Yǔ</u></b> within the <b><u>Xià</u></b> dynasty; prompt on <u>Yu</u>] (The crisis was a great flood.)
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<b><u>Kurd</u></b>s [or <b><u>Kurd</u></b>ish people; accept <b><u>Yazidi</u></b>s or <b><u>Yezidi</u></b>s or <b><u>Ezidi</u></b>s or <b><u>Yazidi</u></b>sm until read]
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k’uhul <b><u>ajaw</u></b> (“ah-HAO”) [or k’uhul <b><u>ahau</u></b>; or <b><u>Maya</u></b>n <b><u>king</u></b>s; or <b><u>Maya</u></b>n <b><u>queen</u></b>s; or <b><u>Maya</u></b>n <b><u>lord</u></b>s; or <b><u>Maya</u></b>n <b><u>ruler</u></b>s; or <b><u>Maya</u></b>n <b><u>leader</u></b>s; or <b><u>Maya</u></b>n <b><u>monarch</u></b>s; accept <b><u>Ajaw</u></b> of Palenque or <b><u>Ajaw</u></b> of Tikal or <b><u>Ajaw</u></b> of Holmul; prompt on <u>king</u> or <u>queen</u> or <u>lord</u> or <u>ruler</u> or <u>leader</u> or <u>monarch</u>] (The first line refers to the K’o ceremonial center in the city of Holmul.)
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Bruno <b><u>Schulz</b></u>
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<b><u>tapestry</u></b> [or <b><u>tapestries</u></b>; prompt on <u>textiles</u>]
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Duke of <b><u>Berry</u></b> [or Duc de <b><u>Berry</u></b>; or John, Duke of <b><u>Berry</u></b>; or Jean, duc de <b><u>Berry</u></b>; accept <b><u>John of France</u></b> or <b><u>Jean de France</u></b>; accept the <em>Très Riches Heures du Duc de <b><u>Berry</em></u></b> or the <em>Very Rich Hours of the Duke of <b><u>Berry</em></u></b>; prompt on <u>John</u> or <u>Jean</u>] (The second line refers to the <em>Belles Heures of Jean de Berry</em>.)
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<b><u>Cornwall</u></b> [accept <b><u>Kernow</u></b>; prompt on <u>South West England</u>; prompt on <u>England</u>; prompt on Great <u>Britain</u>; prompt on the <u>U</u>nited <u>K</u>ingdom]
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<b><u>Dinaric Alps</u></b> [or <b><u>Dinarides</u></b>; reject “Alps”]
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William S. <b><u>Burroughs</u></b> [or William Seward <b><u>Burroughs</u></b> II] (<em>The Soft Machine</em> uses the cut-up technique.)
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Pyotr Ilyich <b><u>Tchaikovsky</u></b>
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Octavio <b><u>Paz</b></u> [or Octavio <b><u>Paz</b></u> Lozano]
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Don <b><u>Norman</u></b> [or Donald Arthur <b><u>Norman</u></b>]
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<b><u>quadratic</u></b> [accept <b><u>quadratic</u></b> forms or <b><u>quadratic</u></b> reciprocity or <b><u>quadratic</u></b>s; prompt on <u>bilinear</u> forms by asking “what kind of forms are bilinear forms used to define”; reject “linear”]
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Peter <b><u>Carey</b></u>
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Yoshiki <b><u>Kuramoto</b></u>
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the <b><u>bush</u></b> [accept <b><u>bush</u></b> ballads; prompt on the <u>Outback</u>]
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<b><u>Pittsburgh</b></u> [accept University of <b><u>Pittsburgh</b></u> or <b><u>Pitt</b></u>; accept <em>The Mysteries of <b><u>Pittsburgh</b></u></em>]
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Clifford <b><u>Odets</u></b> (The latter play is <em>Golden Boy</em>.)
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<b><u>Khashoggi</u></b> (“kuh-SHOAG-jee”) family [or <b><u>Khāshuqjī</u></b> family; accept Jamal <b><u>Khashoggi</u></b> or Jamāl ’Aḥmad <b><u>Khāshuqjī</u></b>; accept Adnan <b><u>Khashoggi</u></b> or Adnān <b><u>Khāshuqjī</u></b>] (The BCCI was the Bank of Credit and Commerce International.)
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<b><u><em>Season of Migration to the North</b></u></em> [or <b><u><em>Mawsim al-Hijrah ilā al-Shamāl</b></u></em>]
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Don <b><u>Quixote</u></b> [or Don <b><u>Quixote</u></b> de la Mancha; or Alonso <b><u>Quijano</u></b>; or <b><u>Alonso</u></b> Quijano]
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“let us <b><u>calculate</u></b>!” [or “<b><u>Calculemus</u></b>!”; accept phrases that add words like “now” or “sir”]
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<b><u>John</u></b> [accept <b><u>Johnny</u></b> or <b><u>Jack;</u></b> accept <b><u>John</u></b> Henry; accept <b><u>John</u></b> the Conqueror or High <b><u>John</u></b> de Conqueror or <b><u>John</u></b> the Conqueroo; accept <b><u>John</u></b> the Conqueror root; accept Chewing <b><u>John</u></b> or Little <b><u>John</u></b> or Low <b><u>John</u></b>; accept <b><u>Johnny</u></b> Inkslinger]
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<b><u>elliptical</u></b> galaxies [accept <b><u>ellipsoidal</u></b> galaxies; prompt on <u>galaxie</u>s until read; reject “elliptic galaxies” or “ellipse galaxies”]
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<b><u>butter mountain</u></b>s OR <b><u>milk lake</u></b>s OR <b><u>wine lake</u></b>s
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the <b><u>moon</u></b>
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<b><u>surfing</u></b> [prompt on <u>fishing</u> by asking “what other activity were they doing at the same time?”]
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Treaty of <b><u>Versailles</b></u>
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<b><u>Chautauqua</u></b> (“shuh-TAW-kwuh”) movement [or <b><u>Chautauqua</u></b> circuit]
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<b><u>disease of language</u></b> (Tolkien wrote that “It would be more near the truth to say that languages… are a disease of mythology.”)
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<b><u><em>bahá’</em></u></b> (“buh-HAH”) [accept <b><u><em>bahá</u></b>ʼu'lláh</em>; accept word forms like <b><u><em>bahá</u></b>’í</em> or <b><u><em>abhá</em></u></b>; accept Alláh-u-<b><u>Abhá</u></b> or Yá Baháʼu'l-<b><u>Abhá</u></b>]
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<b><u>diode</u></b>s
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<b><u>batik</u></b> [prompt on <u>textile</u> arts or <u>fabric</u><b> </b>arts]
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<b><u>Yusef</u></b> [or <b><u>Yussef</u></b>; accept <b><u>Yussef</u></b> Dayes; accept <b><u>Yusef</u></b> Lateef or <b><u>Yusef</u></b> Abdul Lateef; accept <b><u>Yusuf</u></b>; prompt on <u>William</u> Huddleston by asking “what was his adopted first name?”]
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<b><u>Culpeper</u></b>’s Rebellion
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Battle of <b><u>Maldon</b></u> [prompt on <u>Viking</u> raids or <u>Viking</u> invasions of England until “Vikings” is read; prompt on <u>battle</u>s or <u>raid</u>s or <u>invasion</u>s or similar answers until “battle” is read] (Tolkien wrote <em>The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm’s Son</em>.)
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<b><u>gravity</b></u> [accept <b><u>gravitropism</b></u>; prompt on descriptions of <u>orientation</u> or <u>directionality</u> or <u>up/down</u> by asking “what stimulus is the organism using to determine its orientation?”]
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Steve <b><u>Albini</u></b> [or Steven Frank <b><u>Albini</u></b>]
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<b><u>Caucasus</u></b> Mountains [or <b><u>Caucasia</u></b>; accept <b><u>Kavkaz</u></b> or <b><u>Kawkaz</u></b>; accept <b><u>South Ossetia</u></b> or <b><u>Chechnya</u></b>; accept <b><u>Circassia</u></b>; accept <b><u>Georgia</u></b>; accept <b><u>Armenia]</u></b>
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<b><u>cannibal</u></b>ism [or <b><u>anthropophagy</u></b> or <b><u>antropofagia</u></b>; or <b><u>eat</u></b>ing <b><u>people</u></b>; accept <b><u>human</u></b>s or <b><u>men</u></b> in place of “people”; accept <b><u><em>Anthropophagic</u></b> Manifesto</em> or <em>Manifesto <b><u>Antropófago</em></u></b> or <em>Revista de <b><u>Antropofagia</em></u></b>]
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<b><u>magnetic flux</b></u> [accept <b><u>magnetic flux</b></u> quanta; accept <b><u>magnetic flux</b></u> tubes or <b><u>magnetic flux</b></u> pinning; prompt on <u>flux</u>; prompt on <u>flux</u> tubes or <u>flux</u> pinning; reject “magnetic field” or “magnetic flux density” or “electric flux”]
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Kazuo <b><u>Ishiguro</b></u>
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<b><u>cantilever</u></b> beams [reject “lever”]
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J. M. <b><u>Coetzee</b></u> [or <b><u>John</b></u> Coetzee or John Maxwell <b><u>Coetzee</b></u>; reject “Elizabeth Costello”] (“John Coetzee” does in fact die between <em>Youth</em> and <em>Summertime</em>.)
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<b><u>Majapahit</u></b> Empire [or <b><u>Wilwatikta</u></b>]
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<b><u>pipe</u></b>s [or ceremonial <b><u>pipe</u></b>s; or <b><u>calumet</u></b>s]
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Richard <b><u>Nixon</u></b> [or Richard Milhous <b><u>Nixon</u></b>; accept <b><u><em>Nixon</u></b> in China</em>]
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Eugene <b><u>Genovese</u></b> [or Eugene Dominic <b><u>Genovese</u></b>]
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<b><u>piano sonata</b></u>s [or <b><u>sonata</b></u>s for <b><u>piano</b></u>; accept <b><u><em>Klaviersonate</b></u>n</em>; prompt on <u>sonata</u>s or <u>sonate</u>n until “piano” is read and accept afterwards]
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<b><u><em>atlatl</em></u></b> (“aht-LAH-tull”)
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<b><u>vaporization</b></u> [accept <b><u>evaporation</b></u>; accept <b><u>boiling</b></u>; accept rotary <b><u>evaporation</b></u>; accept using a <b><u>rotovap</b></u>; accept <b><u>liquid to gas</b></u> transition; prompt on <u>distillation</u> until read by asking “what phase transition is occurring during distillation?”; prompt on <u>solvent removal</u> or<u> sample concentration</u> by asking “what process is being used for that?”]
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<b><u>heat exchanger</b></u>s [or <b><u>HEX</b></u> or <b><u>HX</b></u>; prompt on <u>exchanger</u>s; prompt on <u>heater</u>s; prompt on <u>cooler</u>s; prompt on <u>condenser</u>s; prompt on re<u>boiler</u>s until read]
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“<b><u>little god</u></b>” [accept “the poet is a <b><u>little god</u></b>” or “el Poeta es un <b><u>pequeño Dios</u></b>”]
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<b><u>Latin</u></b> [accept Dog <b><u>Latin</u></b>]
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Georg Philipp <b><u>Telemann</u></b> (The fourth sentence describes <em>Wassermusik</em>.)
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<b><u>Oromo</u></b> people [or <b><u>Galla</u></b>]
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<b><u>five</b></u> [or <b><u>wǔ</b></u>; accept <b><u>Five</b></u> Pecks of Rice or <b><u>Wǔ</b></u> Dǒu Mǐ Dào; accept <b><u>wǔ</b></u>xíng]
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<b><u>lost</u></b> [accept <b><u>Lost</u></b> Canadians or <b><u>Lost</u></b> Generation]
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Narendra <b><u>Modi</u></b> [or Narendra Damodardas <b><u>Modi</u></b>]
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<b><u>aluminum</u></b> [accept <b><u>Al</u></b>Cl3 or <b><u>aluminum</u></b> trichloride; accept trimethyl<b><u>aluminum</u></b>; accept diisobutyl<b><u>aluminum</u></b> hydride; prompt on lithium <u>aluminum</u> hydride or <u>LAH</u>; prompt on <u>DIBAL</u>]
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<b><u>womb</b></u>s [or <b><u>uterus</b></u> or <b><u>uteri</b></u>; accept wandering <b><u>womb</b></u>; accept <b><u>hyster</b></u> until “hysteria” is read; prompt on <u>mother</u> or <em>The Suffocation of the <u>Mother</u></em>; prompt on <u>matrix</u>]
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<b><u>Spiegelman</u></b> family [accept Art <b><u>Spiegelman</u></b> or Nadja <b><u>Spiegelman</u></b>]
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<b><u>flute</u></b> [or transverse <b><u>flute</u></b> or Boehm <b><u>flute</u></b>; accept reed <b><u>flute</u></b>]
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