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<b><u>ban</u></b> [or <b><u>bán</u></b>ok; accept <b><u>Ban</u></b>at, <b><u>Ban</u></b>ate, <b><u>Bán</u></b>ság, or <b><u>Ban</u></b>ovina; accept <b><u>Ban</u></b>at of Temesvar or <b><u>Ban</u></b>at Republic]
<b><u>displacement</u></b> [or <b><u>position</u></b>; accept <b><u>displacement</u></b> field or <b><u>displacement</u></b> gradient tensor or screw <b><u>displacement</u></b> or generalized <b><u>displacement</u></b>; prompt on <u><em>x</em></u>; prompt on <u><em>q</em></u>; prompt on <u>generalized coordinates</u> b...
<b><u>Massachusetts</u></b> [or <b><u>MA</u></b>]
<b><u>Argentina</b></u> [or <b><u>Argentine</b></u> Republic or República <b><u>Argentina</b></u>] (The first sentence refers to “[All night I hear the noise of water sobbing.]” by Alejandra Pizarnik. The second sentence refers to “The Golem” by Jorge Luis Borges. The third sentence refers to “I Am Going to Sleep” by A...
<b><u>papier-mâché</b></u> [accept <b><u>cartonería</b></u> until read; prompt on <u>paper</u>, <u>newspaper</u>, <u>cardboard</u>, or <u>confetti</u>; prompt on <u>alebrije</u>s or <u>piñata</u>s until read by asking “what are they made of?”]
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich <b><u>Hegel</b></u> [or G. W. F. <b><u>Hegel</b></u>; accept <b><u><em>Hegel</b></u> Contra Sociology</em>; accept neo-<b><u>Hegel</b></u>ianism]
<b><u>letter</b></u>s by Emily <b><u>Dickinson</b></u> [or <b><u>epistle</b></u>s by Emily <b><u>Dickinson</b></u>; prompt on Master <u>letter</u>s or <u>epistle</u>s]
<b><u>Dragon Boat</b></u> Festival [or <b><u>Duānwǔ</b></u>jié or <b><u>Lóngchuán</b></u>jié; accept Gangneung <b><u>Dano</b></u>je]
<b><u>pollination</u></b> [or <b><u>pollenization</u></b>; accept <b><u>fertilization</u></b>]
<b><u><em>Black Boy</em></u></b> (by Richard Wright)
Nelly <b><u>Sachs</b></u> [or Leonie <b><u>Sachs</b></u>; accept Nelly <b><u>Sachs</b></u> Prize or Nelly <b><u>Sachs</b></u> Preis]
<b><u>ferromagnetism</u></b> [prompt on <u>magnetism</u>]
Empress <b><u>Elisabeth</u></b> of Austria [accept Duchess <b><u>Elisabeth</u></b> Amalie Eugenie; accept <b><u>Elisabeth</u></b> of Bavaria; accept <b><u>Sisi</u></b> or <b><u>Sissi</u></b>]
<b><u>chain</u></b> of <b><u>risk</u></b> [or word forms like <b><u>chain</u></b>ing of <b><u>risk</u></b>; prompt on <u>accumulation</u> of risk until it is read]
<b><u>dawn raid</u></b>s
John Greenleaf <b><u>Whittier</b></u> (The first poem is “Skipper Ireson’s Ride.” The third poem is “Ichabod” about Daniel Webster.)
Felice <b><u>Orsini</u></b> [accept <b><u>Orsini</u></b> bomb]
<b><u>nothing</u></b>ness [or <b><u>emptiness</u></b>, <b><u>vacuity</u></b>, <b><u>void</u></b>ness, <b><u>nullity</u></b>, or <b><u>zero</u></b>; or <b><u>ku</u></b>]
<b><u>well</b></u>s [accept Samaritan woman at the <b><u>well</b></u>; accept Jacob’s <b><u>Well</b></u>; prompt on <u>spring</u>s] (The first line refers to <em>Jesus Christ, the Bearer of the Water of Life</em>.)
<b><u>droodle</u></b>s
<b><u>relation</u></b>al sociology [accept “Manifesto for a <b><u>Relation</u></b>al Sociology”; accept critical realist <b><u>relational</u></b> sociology; accept<em> sociologia <b><u>relazion</u></b>ale</em>]
<b><u>electron</u></b>s [or <b><u>e</u></b>-; or solvated <b><u>electron</u></b>s; or <b><u>electride</u></b>s]
<b><u>43s preinitiation complex</u></b> [or <b><u>43S PIC</u></b>]
<b><u>Eleusinian Mysteries</u></b> [prompt on <u>mysteries</u>] (The “unrepeatables” held inside the Telesterion included reenacting the Demeter-Persephone myth and being shown sacred relics by a priest with commentary.)
<b><u>clinamen</b></u><em> </em>[or the <b><u>clinamen</b></u> atomorum, <b><u>swerve</b></u>, or <b><u>declination</b></u>; accept <b><u>parenklisis</b></u> until read; accept <em>The <b><u>Swerve</b></u></em>; prompt on poetic <u>misprision</u> until read by asking “what other concept is mentioned in the title of tha...
<b><u>Scarlatti</u></b> [accept Domenico <b><u>Scarlatti</u></b> or Alessandro <b><u>Scarlatti</u></b>]
<b><u><em>Mountains Beyond Mountains</em></u></b> [or <b><u><em>Mountains Beyond Mountains</u></b>: The Quest of Dr.&nbsp;Paul Farmer,&nbsp;A Man Who Would Cure the World</em>]
Katherine <b><u>Mansfield</u></b> (The story is “The Garden Party.”)
University of <b><u>Cambridge</u></b> [accept “<b><u>Cambridge</u></b> Five”]
<b><u>gravothermal</u></b> catastrophe [or <b><u>gravothermal</u></b> collapse or <b><u>Antonov</u></b><em> </em>instability; prompt on <u>catastrophe</u>; prompt on <u>instability</u>; prompt on <u>gravity</u>]
<b><u>Ogun</b></u> [or <b><u>Ogum</b></u> or <b><u>Ogou</b></u>; accept <b><u>Gu</b></u> or <b><u>Egu</b></u>]
<b><u>Hadrian’s Wall</u></b> [or <b><u>Vallum Aelium</u></b> or <b><u>Picts’ Wall</u></b>; accept <b><u>Housesteads</u></b>; accept <b><u>Vindolanda</u></b> until read] (The first line refers to Housesteads. The birthday invitation was sent from Claudia Severa to Lepidina.)
<b><u>2000s</b></u> [prompt on ‘<u>00s</u> or <u>aughts</u> or <u>noughties</u>] (Captain Daniel Alfaro anchored the Pilín León at the entrance to Lake Maracaibo. Lameda Montero was ousted as head of Petróleos de Venezuela.)
<b><u>dislocation</u></b>s
<b><u>Cairo</u></b> [or al-<b><u>Qāhirah</u></b>; accept <b><u>Cairo</u></b> Trilogy or al-Thulāthiyyah al-<b><u>Qāhirah</u></b>; accept <b><u>Cairene</u></b> literature (The trilogy’s first two parts are <em>Palace Walk</em> and <em>Palace of Desire</em>.)
Aram <b><u>Khachaturian</b></u> [or Aram Ilyich <b><u>Khachaturian</b></u>]
Jeremy <b><u>Bentham</u></b> AND John Stuart <b><u>Mill</u></b> [accept J. S. <b><u>Mill</u></b> in place of “John Stuart Mill”]
<b><u>TEM mode</u></b>s [or <b><u>transverse electromagnetic mode</u></b>s; accept G<b><u>TEM mode</u></b>s or gigahertz <b><u>transverse electromagnetic mode</u></b>s; prompt on <u>mode</u>s; reject “transverse electric modes” or “TE modes”; reject “transverse magnetic modes” or “TM modes”]
<b><u>Costa Rica</u></b> [or Republic of <b><u>Costa Rica</u></b> or República de <b><u>Costa Rica</u></b>; accept 1948 <b><u>Costa Rican</u></b> Civil War or Guerra civil de <b><u>Costa Rica</u></b> de 1948; accept Afro-<b><u>Costa Rican</u></b>s or afro<b><u>costarricense</u></b>s] (The first line refers to José Marí...
<b><u>culture</b></u> [accept “<b><u>Writing Against Culture</b></u>” or <b><u><em>Writing Culture</b></u>: The Politics and Poetics of Ethnography</em> or <b><u><em>Anthropology as Cultural Critique</b></u></em>]
<b><u>Anna</b></u> AND <b><u>Elsa</b></u> [or Princess <b><u>Anna</b></u> AND Queen <b><u>Elsa</b></u>; accept in either order; prompt on partial answers]
<b><u>implicit</u></b> [or <b><u>implicit</u></b> prejudice; or <b><u>implicit</u></b> learning; or <b><u>implicit</u></b> theories of intelligence; or <b><u>implicit</u></b> self-esteem; accept “<b><u>Implicit</u></b> Learning as an Ability”; accept Project <b><u>Implicit</u></b>; accept <b><u>Implicit</u></b> Associa...
<b><u>valley</b></u>s [accept San Fernando <b><u>Valley</b></u>; accept <b><u>Valley</b></u> girls or <b><u>Valley</b></u>speak or <b><u>Valley</b></u> accent; accept Central <b><u>Valley</b></u> or Great <b><u>Valley</b></u>; accept San Joaquin <b><u>Valley</b></u>; accept Sacramento <b><u>Valley</b></u>; accept <b><u...
<b><u>Chicago</b></u>
<b><u>Tulip</u></b> Revolution (The Tulip Revolution took place in Kyrgyzstan.)
<b><u>Pope.L</u></b> (“pope&nbsp;L”) [or <b><u>Pope L</u></b>; or William <b><u>Pope.L</u></b>; accept William <b><u>Pope</u></b>; prompt on <u>L</u>]
<b><u>Time of Troubles</u></b>
<b><u>white cube</u></b> [accept “Inside the <b><u>White Cube</u></b>: The Ideology of the Gallery Space”] (The magazine is <em>The White Pube</em>.)
<b><u>vision</u></b> [or <b><u>visual</u></b> perception or <b><u>visual</u></b> acuity; or <b><u>sight</u></b> or eye<b><u>sight</u></b>; accept color <b><u>vision</u></b>; accept <b><u>depth perception</u></b>; prompt on <u>perception</u>]
you <b><u>cannot step in the same river twice</b></u> [accept equivalent descriptions that mention the <b><u>inability to enter the same river twice</b></u> or that a <b><u>river is never the same twice</b></u>; accept <b><u><em>panta rhei</b></u></em> or <b><u>everything flows</b></u> until read; prompt on Heraclitus’...
Petrus <b><u>Christus</u></b> [or <b><u>Petrus</u></b> Christus] (The first work is his <em>Death of the Virgin</em>.)
<b><u>torture</u></b> [accept specific forms of torture such as electric <b><u>shock</u></b>s; prompt on <u>kidnap</u>ping, <u>assault</u>, <u>rape</u> or <u>interrogation</u>] (The play is Ariel Dorfman’s <em>Death and the Maiden</em>.)
<b><u>Mexican</u></b> War of <b><u>Independence</u></b> [or War of <b><u>Mexican Independence</u></b> or equivalents; or Guerra de <b><u>Independencia</u></b> de <b><u>México</u></b>; accept <b><u>Hidalgo</u></b> Revolt or Agustín de <b><u>Iturbide</u></b>’s revolt until each is read; accept <b><u>New Spain</u></b> or ...
Chuck <b><u>Close</u></b>
<b><u>Poland</u></b> [or Republic of <b><u>Poland</u></b> or Rzeczpospolita <b><u>Polska</u></b>; accept <b><u>Polish</u></b> People’s Republic; accept <b><u>Polish</u></b> October] (The first line refers to Tadeusz Peiper.)
<b><u>Nunavut</b></u>
<b><u>quantum well</u></b>s [prompt on <u>well</u>s]
Père <b><u>Goriot</u></b> [or Father <b><u>Goriot</u></b>; or Old <b><u>Goriot</u></b>; or either part of <b><u>Jean-Joachim</u></b> <b><u>Goriot</u></b>]
<b><u>Georgia</u></b> [or <b><u>Saqartvelo</u></b> or <b><u>Kartvelia</u></b>; or Kingdom of <b><u>Georgia</u></b> or <b><u>Georgian</u></b> Empire or <b><u>Saqartvelos</u></b> samepo; accept <b><u>Georgian</u></b> Golden Age] (The Zak‘arids, also known as the Mqargrdzeli or Zakarian family, were Armenian vassals of Ge...
<b><u>see</u></b>ing the <b><u>elephant</b></u>
<b><u>clitic</u></b>s [or en<b><u>clitic</u></b>s]
<b><u>humility</u></b> [accept Kantian <b><u>humility</u></b> or epistemic <b><u>humility</u></b>]
<b><u>stiff</u></b> [accept <b><u>stiff</u></b> upper lip; accept <b><u>stiff</u></b>-person syndrome; accept <b><u>stiff</u></b>-man syndrome]
<b><u>gender</u></b> [or “Doing <b><u>Gender</u></b>”]
<b><u><em>chai</em></u></b> (“high”) [accept Am Yisrael <b><u>Chai</u></b> or Od Avinu <b><u>Chai</u></b>; accept <b><u><em>chaya</em></u></b> or <b><u><em>chayyim</em></u></b>]
<b><u>Elves</u></b> [or <b><u>Elf</u></b>; accept <b><u>Quendi</u></b> or <b><u>Eldar</u></b> or High <b><u>Elves</u></b>; accept <b><u>Noldor</u></b> or <b><u>Vanyar</u></b>; prompt on descriptions of the people of <u>Middle Earth</u> or people from <u>Tolkien</u>’s legendarium]
<em>The <b><u>Myth of Sisyphus</b></u></em> [or <em>Le <b><u>mythe de Sisyphe</b></u></em>]
<b><u>gentrification</u></b> [accept word forms; accept <em>The <b><u>Gentrification</u></b> of the Mind</em> or <b><u>gentrified</u></b> happiness]
<b><u>stool</u></b>s [prompt on <u>seat</u>s or <u>chair</u>s]
<b><u>ordain</u></b>s [or <b><u>Ardane</u></b>s; accept <b><u>ordination</u></b> or being <b><u>ordained</u></b>; accept holy <b><u>order</u></b>s; prompt on apostolic <u>succession</u>]
the <b><u>self</b></u> [accept <b><u>self</b></u>-actualization; accept <b><u>self</b></u>-efficacy; accept the looking-glass <b><u>self</b></u>; accept the true <b><u>self</b></u> or the false <b><u>self</b></u>; accept <em>The Analysis of the <b><u>Self</b></u></em>; prompt on <u>identity</u> or <u>experience</u> unt...
<b><u>wildfire</u></b>s [or <b><u>forest fire</u></b>s; or <b><u>bush fire</u></b>s; prompt on <u>fires</u> or <u>burnings</u> or <u>conflagrations</u>]
Richard <b><u>Wright</b></u> [or Richard Nathaniel <b><u>Wright</b></u>] (The first clue is about “The Ethics of Living Jim Crow.”)
<b><u>letter</u></b>s [or lost <b><u>letter</u></b> experiment; or <b><u>packet</u></b>s; or <b><u>package</u></b>s; the first clue applied the "small world" experiment to emails]
Ryszard <b><u>Kapuściński</u></b>&nbsp;(“RISH-art kah-poosh-CHEEN-skee”)
<b><u>photoresist</u></b> [accept positive <b><u>photoresist</u></b> or negative <b><u>photoresist</u></b>; prompt on <u>thermoset</u>s or thermoset <u>polymer</u>s; prompt on <u>photoengraving</u>; reject “photoresistor”]
D. H. <b><u>Lawrence</u></b> [or David Herbert <b><u>Lawrence</u></b>]
<b><u>nun</u></b>s [accept <b><u>canoness</u></b>es or <b><u>abbess</u></b>es or <b><u>sister</u></b>s]
<b><u>Balaam</u></b> [or <b><u>Balaam</u></b>,&nbsp;Son of Beor; or <b><u>Bīl‘am</u></b>; accept <b><u>Bal‘am</u></b> bin Ba‘ura]
<b><u>Székely</u></b>s&nbsp;(“SAY-kay’s”) [or <b><u>Szekler</u></b>s]
Karl <b><u>Marx</u></b> [or <b><u>Marx</u></b>ism; or analytical <b><u>Marx</u></b>ism; or rational choice <b><u>Marx</u></b>ism]
<em>The <b><u>Servant of Two Masters</em></u></b> [or <em>Il <b><u>servitore di due padroni</em></u></b>]
Fernando <b><u>Botero</b></u> (The painting of a gangster is <em>The Death of Pablo Escobar</em>.)
<b><u>Mississippi</u></b> [or <b><u>MS</u></b>; accept <b><u>Mississippi</u></b> Freedom Democratic Party or <b><u>Mississippi</u></b> State Sovereignty Commission]
<b><u>Crimean</u></b> War (The officer in the first sentence was Leo Tolstoy, whose <em>Sevastopol Sketches</em> played a similar role to dispatches from the front.)
<b><u><em>C.</b> <b>elegans</u> </em></b>[or <b><u><em>C</u></b>aenorhabditis</em> <b><u><em>elegans</em></u></b>]
<b><u>Bahia</u></b> (“ba-EE-uh”)
<b><u>four</u></b>
artificial <b><u>neural net</b></u>works [accept deep <b><u>neural net</b></u>works; accept convolutional <b><u>neural net</b></u>works; accept multi-layer <b><u>perceptrons</b></u>; prompt on <u>NN</u>s; prompt on <u>machine learning</u> models or <u>ML</u> models or connectionist <u>AI</u> systems or <u>connectionist...
<b><u>reciting</b></u> the <b><u>Quran</b></u> [or <b><u>reading</b></u> the <b><u>Quran</b></u>; accept <b><u>memorizing</b></u> the <b><u>Quran</b></u> before “memory;” accept <b><u><em>ahruf</b></u></em> before mentioned; accept <b><u><em>qira’at</b></u></em> before mentioned; prompt on <u>speaking</u> or <u>reading...
<b><u>Cimmerian</u></b>s [or <b><u>Kimmerioi</u></b> or <b><u>Cimmerii</u></b> or <b><u>Gimirrāya</u></b> or <b><u>Gimirri</u></b>]
<b><u>virial coefficient</b></u>s [or <b><u>coefficient</b></u>s in the <b><u>virial</b></u> equation of state; accept specific virial coefficients, such as the second <b><u>virial coefficient</b></u>] (The second sentence describes computing the second virial coefficient by integrating a Mayer <em>f</em>-function.)
<b><u>Palmer Raid</u></b>s [or <b><u>raid</u></b>s by A. Mitchell <b><u>Palmer</u></b>; prompt on <u>Red Scare</u> or <u>First Red Scare</u> until read; prompt on <u>bombing</u>s; prompt on <u>raid</u>s]
<b><u>phosphine</u></b>s [accept di<b><u>phosphine</u></b>s or tri<b><u>phosphine</u></b>s]
<em>A <b><u>London Symphony</b></u></em> [or Ralph <b><u>Vaughan Williams</b></u>’s <b><u>Symphony No. 2</b></u>]
<b><u>Holi</u></b> [or <b><u>Dhuli</u></b>; or <b><u>Dhulandi</u></b>; or <b><u>Phagwah</u></b>; or <b><u>Phagu</u></b>; reject “Chotti Holi” or “Holika Dahan”]
<b><u>Quiet Revolution</u></b> [or <b><u>Révolution tranquille</u></b>; accept <b><u>Silent Revolution</u></b>; prompt on descriptions of a political <u>revolution</u> in <u>Quebec</u> or equivalents until read]
Jean <b><u>Dubuffet</b></u> [or Jean Philippe Arthur <b><u>Dubuffet</b></u>]
<b><u>nocturnal</u></b>ity [accept descriptive equivalents before the end]
<b><u>liquid crystal</u></b>s [or <b><u>LC</u></b>; accept <b><u>liquid crystal</u></b> displays or <b><u>LC</u></b>Ds]