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Vernon Louis <b><u>Parrington</b></u> |
<b><u>cities</u></b> [or the <b><u>city</u></b>; “Mushrooms in the <b><u>City</u></b>” or “Funghi in <b><u>città</u></b>”; accept <em>Invisible <b><u>Cities</em></u></b> or <em>Le <b><u>città</u></b> invisibili</em>] |
Charles <b><u>Lamb</b></u> |
<b><u>IP</u></b> addresses [or <b><u>internet protocol</u></b> addresses; accept <b><u>IP</u></b> or <b><u>IP</u></b>v4 or <b><u>IP</u></b>v6 addresses; prompt on <u>network </u>addresses or <u>internal</u> addresses or <u>external</u> addresses] |
Jacob <b><u>Burckhardt</u> </b>[or Carl Jacob Christoph <b><u>Burckhardt</b></u>] |
<b><u>Giorgione</b></u> [or Giorgio <b><u>Barbarelli</b></u> da Castelfranco; or <b><u>Zorzo</b></u>; accept “The School of <b><u>Giorgione</b></u>”] (Pater identifies the Castelfranco Madonna’s armored saint as Liberalis, but most scholars today identify him as Nicasius.) |
<b><u>island</u></b>s [or <b><u>Insel</u></b>; accept Peacock <b><u>Island</u></b>, Museum <b><u>Island</u></b>, Pfauen<b><u>insel</u></b>, or Museums<b><u>insel</u></b>] |
<b><u>Sudan Armed</u></b> Forces [or <b><u>Sudan</u></b>ese <b><u>army</u></b>, <b><u>military</u></b> forces of <b><u>Sudan</u></b>, <b><u>SAF</u></b>, Al-Quwwat al-<b><u>Musallaha</u></b> as-<b><u>Sudaniyah</u></b>, or equivalents; accept <b><u>General Command</u></b>; accept Republic of the <b><u>Sudan</u></b> or Jumhūriyyat as-<b><u>Sūdān</u></b> in place of “Sudan”; prompt on <u>army</u> or <u>military</u> by asking “of what country?”; prompt on <u>Transitional</u> Sovereignty Council, <u>TSC</u>, <u>Transitional</u> Military Council, or <u>TMC</u> until “Transitional” is read; prompt on <u>Sudan</u>’s (transitional) government or equivalents; reject “Sudanese People’s Liberation Army”] |
<b><u>Vienna</u></b> [or <b><u>Wien</u></b>] (the unnamed artists are Richard Gerstl and Egon Schiele.) |
Nicholas <b><u>Biddle</b></u> (The accounts of Ordway were used to write a history of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.) |
Pablo <b><u>Casals</u></b> [or Pau <b><u>Casals</u></b> i Defilló] (The composition in the second sentence is the “Hymn to the United Nations.”) |
<b><u>mirror</u></b>s [accept <b><u><em>Mirror</u></b> Paintings</em> or <em>Sky <b><u>Mirror</em></u></b>] |
<b><u>Iroquois</b></u> Confederacy [or the <b><u>Haudenosaunee</b></u>; or the <b><u>Five Nation</b></u>s; accept <b><u>Mohawk</b></u> until read; accept <b><u>Oneida</b></u>; accept <b><u>Onondaga</b></u>; accept <b><u>Cayuga</b></u>; accept <b><u>Seneca</b></u>] |
<b><u>drum</u></b>s [accept <b><u>dùndún</u></b> or opu <b><u>ezé</u></b>; accept talking <b><u>drum</u></b>s or <em>Long <b><u>Drum</u></b>s and Cannons</em>; prompt on <u>percussion</u>] |
<b><u>Mélusine</b></u> [or <b><u>Melusina</b></u>; accept <em>le Roman de <b><u>Mélusine</b></u></em>] |
<b><u>eye</u></b>s [or <b><u>eye</u></b>balls; prompt on <u>organ</u>s; prompt on <u>body part</u>s until read; reject “heads”] (The Symbolist painting is <em>The Cyclops</em>.) |
<b><u>Colorado</b></u> [or <b><u>CO</b></u>] |
<b><u>substance</u></b> [or <b><u>essence</u></b>; or <b><u><em>ousia</em></u></b>; or <b><u><em>substantia</em></u></b>] |
Kōjin <b><u>Karatani</b></u> |
John Maynard <b><u>Keynes</u></b> (“canes”) |
<b><u><em>Pyramus and Thisbe</b></u></em> [prompt on the play-within-a-play from <em>A <u>Midsummer Night’s Dream</u></em> until read] |
<b><u>Baltimore</u></b>, Maryland [accept <em>The <b><u>Baltimore</u></b> Waltz</em> or <em>The Hot L <b><u>Baltimore</em></u></b>] |
French <b><u>horn</u></b> [accept <b><u>horn</u></b> section] |
<b><u>Tom of Finland</u></b> [or Touko <b><u>Laaksonen</u></b>; prompt on <u>Tom</u>] |
<b><u>Odin</u></b> [or <b><u>Othin</u></b> or <b><u>Wotan</u></b> or <b><u>Wōden</u></b>; accept <b><u>Hávi</u></b> until “<em>Hávamál</em>” is read] (The first sentence is from the <em>Hávamál</em>.) |
<b><u>BBC</u></b> [or <b><u>British Broadcasting Corporation</u></b>; or <b><u>BBC</u></b> Studios] |
<em>The</em> <em><b><u>Time of the Hero</u></b></em> [or <em>The</em> <em><b><u>City and the Dogs</u></b></em>; or <em>La</em> <em><b><u>Ciudad y los Perros</u></b></em>] |
“<b><u>Zone</b></u>” (The elegy in the first line is Allen Ginsberg's “At Apollinaire’s Grave.”) |
genetic <b><u>link</u></b>age [reject “sex linkage”] |
<b><u>Finland</u></b> [or <b><u>Suomi</u></b>] (The other designer is Timo Sarpaneva, who worked for the kitchenware company Iittala.) |
Centre <b><u>Pompidou</b></u> |
<b><u>hats</b></u> [or <b><u>caps</b></u>; accept beaver <b><u>hats</b></u> or beaver pelt <b><u>hats</b></u>; accept <b><u>beaver kins</b></u>; accept two-cornered or three-cornered <b><u>hats</b></u>] |
Paula <b><u>Vogel</b></u> |
<b><u>Othello</b></u> |
Dorothy <b><u>Parker</u></b> |
<b><u>injective</b></u> [or <b><u>injectivity</b></u> or <b><u>injection</b></u> or <b><u>one-one</b></u> or <b><u>one-to-one</b></u>; accept <b><u>injective</b></u> resolution or <b><u>injective</b></u> modules; reject “one-to-one correspondence”] |
German university <b><u>student</b></u>s [or German college <b><u>student</b></u>s; or Universitäts<b><u>student</b></u>en; accept members of German <b><u>student</b></u> associations or German <b><u>fraternities</b></u> or German <b><u>fraternal</b></u> associations or equivalents; accept <b><u>Burschenschaft</b></u>en until read; prompt on academic <u>fencer</u>s or <u>duelist</u>s by asking “what sort of people participated in this particular tradition of fencing duels?”; prompt on <u>German</u>s or <u>Deutsch</u>er; prompt on <u>youth</u> or equivalents; prompt on <u>scholar</u>s or equivalents] |
<b><u>paisley</u></b> [or <b><u>paisley</u></b> pattern; prompt on <u>carrey</u> or <u>ambi</u>] |
New York <b><u>City Ballet</u></b> [or <b><u>NYCB</u></b>] (The first ballet is <em>A Midsummer Night’s Dream</em>.) |
<b><u>outsider</u></b> art [reject “naïve art” or “raw art”] |
<b><u>Nebra</u></b> sky disc [prompt on <u>sky</u> disc] |
<b><u>Electronic Frontier Foundation</u></b> [or <b><u>EFF</u></b>] |
<b><u>sibilant</b></u>s [or <b><u>sibilant</b></u> fricatives; accept whistled <b><u>sibilant</b></u>s; prompt on <u>consonant</u>s, <u>fricative</u>s, <u>affricate</u>s, <u>obstruent</u>s, <u>coronal</u>s, <u>strident</u>s, <u>s</u>-like sounds, or <u>sh</u>-like sounds] |
<b><u>Stasi</u></b> files [or <b><u>Stasi</u></b> records; accept descriptions of records of <b><u>Stasi</u></b> mass surveillance; accept <b><u>Stasi</u></b> Records Agency or <b><u>Stasi</u></b>-Unterlagen-Archiv; accept answers mentioning <b><u>Ministry for State Security</u></b> or <b><u>Ministerium für Staatssicherheit</u></b> or <b><u>MfS</u></b> in place of “Stasi”; prompt on <u>file</u>s, <u>record</u>s, index <u>card</u>s, or <u>archive</u>s] |
<b><u>Cao Đài</u></b> (“cow dye”) [or <b><u>Caodai</u></b>sm; or Đạo <b><u>Cao Đài</u></b>; accept <b><u>Great Faith for the Third Amnesty</u></b> or <b><u>Đại Đạo Tam Kỳ Phổ Độ</u></b> until “Third Amnesty” is read] |
Rainer Maria <b><u>Rilke</b></u> (The first two sentences refer to “The Spanish Dancer.”) |
vowel <b><u>harmony</b></u> |
Eugene <b><u>Onegin</b></u> [or <b><u>Eugene</b></u>; or <b><u>Yevgeny</b></u> Onegin] |
<b><u>brother</u></b>s [prompt on <u>sibling</u>s, <u>relative</u>s, <u>family</u> members, <u>kin</u>, or equivalents until “relatives” is read; reject “children”] |
Sir Isaac <b><u>Newton</u></b> (The first clue is about Query 31 of <em>Opticks</em>. The “frequent opponent” in the third sentence is Leibniz.) |
<b><u>seismic wave</b></u>s [accept <b><u>elastic wave</b></u>s or <b><u>body wave</b></u>s; accept <b><u>P-wave</b></u>s or <b><u>primary wave</b></u>s; accept <b><u>S-wave</b></u>s or <b><u>secondary wave</b></u>s; accept <b><u>surface wave</b></u>s or <b><u>Love wave</b></u>s or <b><u>Rayleigh wave</b></u>s; prompt on <u>earthquake</u>s or sound <u>wave</u>s] |
<b><u>College</u></b> Scholastic Ability <b><u>Test</u></b> [or <b><u>CSAT</u></b>; or <b><u>Suneung</u></b>; accept any answer indicating the entrance <b><u>exam</u></b> or <b><u>test</u></b> used to determine what <b><u>college</u></b>s or <b><u>university</u></b> or <b><u>universit</u></b>ies one can attend] |
<b><u>Indian</b></u> people [accept <b><u>Indo</b></u>-Caribbean people or Caribbean <b><u>Hindustani</b></u>s or East <b><u>Indian</b></u> West Indians or any subgroup like <b><u>Indo</b></u>-Trinidadian people; accept <b><u>Bhojpuri</b></u> people or <b><u>Awadhi</b></u> people or <b><u>Tamil</b></u> people; accept <b><u>South Asian</b></u>s; prompt on <u>Asian</u>s] |
<b><u>Stono</u></b> Rebellion |
“The <b><u>Circus Animals’ Desertion</u></b>” |
John <b><u>Donne</u></b> (the unnamed poem is “A Valediction of My Name, in the Window”) |
Carl Theodor <b><u>Dreyer</u></b> [or Carl Th. <b><u>Dreyer</u></b>] |
<b><u>reader-response</u></b> theory [or <b><u>reception</u></b> theory; or <b><u>Rezeption</u></b>sästhetik; accept <b><u>Constance</u></b> School or <b><u>Konstanze</u></b>r Schule; accept <em>Towards An Aesthetic of <b><u>Reception</em></u></b>] |
Jimmy <b><u>Hoffa</u></b> [or James Riddle <b><u>Hoffa</u></b>] |
<b><u>Sweden</u></b> [or Kingdom of <b><u>Sweden</u></b>; or Konungariket <b><u>Sverige</u></b>] (The husband is Gunnar Myrdal.) |
<b><u>stammer</u></b> [accept word forms like <b><u>stammer</u></b>ing or the <b><u>Stammerer</u></b>; accept <b><u>stuttering</u></b> or word forms; accept Louis le <b><u>Bègue</u></b>; prompt on <u>speech impediment</u>] |
<b><u>chariot</u></b>s [accept scythed <b><u>chariot</u></b>s] |
Clifford <b><u>Geertz</b></u> |
<b><u>glass transition</b></u> temperature [or <b><u><em>T</b></u></em>-sub-<b><u>g</b></u>; or <b><u>glass transition</b></u> point; prompt on <u>temperature</u> or <u><em>T</u></em> until “temperature” is read] (DMA is dynamic mechanical analysis. DSC is differential scanning calorimetry.) |
<b><u>perfect</u></b>ing <b><u>sound</u></b> [or <b><u>perfect sound</u></b>; accept <b><u><em>Perfecting Sound</u></b> Forever</em> or <b><u><em>Perfect Sound</u></b> Whatever</em>] (Acaster’s book takes its title from a Jeff Rosenstock song, which in turn may take its name from a chapter title of <em>Perfecting Sound Forever</em>.) |
<b><u>biographies</u></b> of Guru <b><u>Nanak</u></b> [accept <b><u>live</u></b>s, <b><u>hagiographies</u></b>, or life <b><u>stories</u></b> in place of “biographies”; prompt on <u>biographies</u>, <u>live</u>s, or <u>hagiographies</u>; prompt on <u>biographies</u>, <u>live</u>s, or <u>hagiographies</u> of <u>guru</u>s by asking “of which guru?”] |
<b><u>Byblos</u></b> [or <b><u>Jebeil</u></b> or <b><u>Jbeil</u></b> or <b><u>Jubayl</u></b> or <b><u>Gubla</u></b> or <b><u>Kebny</u></b> or <b><u>Gebal</u></b> or <b><u>Geval</u></b>] |
James <b><u>Welch</u></b> [accept Jim <b><u>Welch</u></b>] |
<b><u>Hanukkah</u></b> [or <b><u>Chanukah</u></b>; prompt on <u>Festival of Lights</u>] |
<b><u>meditation</u></b>s [or word forms like <b><u>meditating</u></b>; accept <em>Preparatory <b><u>Meditation</u></b>s</em> or <b><u><em>Meditation</u></b>s in an Emergency</em> or “<b><u>Meditation</u></b> at Lagunitas”] |
Gottlob <b><u>Frege</u></b> [or Friedrich Ludwig Gottlob <b><u>Frege</u></b>] (the unnamed British thinker is Bertrand Russell) |
Philip <b><u>Sidney</b></u> |
<b><u>Dutch Harbor</b></u> |
metal-ligand <b><u>bond length</b></u> [or <b><u>bond distance</b></u>; or <b><u>bond radius</b></u>; or <b><u>interatomic spacing</b></u>; or <b><u>interatomic distance</b></u>; accept <b><u>lattice parameter</b></u> or <b><u>lattice constant</b></u> until “lattice” is read; prompt on <u>length</u>, <u>distance</u>, <u>radius</u>, or <u>spacing</u>; prompt on <u>a</u> until read; prompt on <u>d</u>; prompt on <u>r</u>] |
<b><u>Ge</u><u>rmany</u></b> [or <b><u>Deutschland</u></b>] |
<b><u>somite</u></b>s (“so-mights”) |
<b><u>orthogonal</u></b>ity [or <b><u>perpendicular</u></b>ity or <b><u>normal</u></b>ity; accept <b><u>orthonormal</u></b>ity] |
<b><u>distance</b></u> [accept comoving <b><u>distance</b></u>; accept angular diameter <b><u>distance</b></u>; accept transverse comoving <b><u>distance</b></u>; accept <b><u>distance</b></u> ladder] |
<b><u>game</u></b>s [accept language-<b><u>game</u></b>s or Sprach<b><u>spiel</u></b>] (The latter philosopher is Ludwig Wittgenstein.) |
<b><u>Rome</u></b>, Italy [or <b><u>Roma</u></b>; accept the <b><u>Vatican</u></b> City] |
<b><u>I</u></b> [or <b><u>ich</u></b>; accept <b><u>ego</u></b> or <b><u>self</u></b>; accept <b><u><em>I</u></b> and Thou</em>, <b><u><em>Ich</u></b> und Du</em>, das <b><u>Ich</u></b>, “<b><u>I</u></b> think,” “<b><u>Ich</u></b> denk,” or <b><u><em>I</u></b>, Me, Mine: Back to Kant, and Back Again</em>] (Kant’s three questions are “What can I know?” “What must I do?” and “What may I hope?”) |
<b><u>Sara</u></b>h [accept <b><u>Sara</u></b> Coleridge, <b><u>Sarah</u></b> Fricker, or <b><u>Sara</u></b> Hutchinson; prompt on <u>Asra</u> by asking “what was her real name?”] |
<b><u>helmet</u></b>s [or <b><u>helm</u></b>s; accept <b><u>cap</u></b>s or <b><u>hat</u></b>s] |
<b><u>hungry ghost</u></b>s [or <b><u><em>èguǐ</em></u></b> (“uh-GWAY”) or <b><u><em>gaki</em></u></b>; or <b><u>hungry soul</u></b>s; prompt on <u>ghost</u>s or <u>soul</u>s or <u>spirit</u>s; prompt on <u>preta</u>] |
being thrown into <b><u>water</u></b> [accept answers indicating it being placed in <b><u>water</u></b> or <b><u>submerged</u></b>; accept <b><u>river</u></b>s or <b><u>lake</u></b>s or <b><u>ocean</u></b>s or other bodies of <b><u>water</u></b> in place of “water”] (The statues were thrown by vandals into the Tiber amidst controversy of their identification as Pachamama and other deities in the Vatican.) |
<b><u>qìgōng</u></b> (“chee-GONG”) [or <b><u>ch‘i kung</u></b> or <b><u>hei gung</u></b>; prompt on any of <u>Zhōng Gōng</u>, <u>Chung Kung</u>, <u>Fǎlún Gōng</u>, <u>Falun-Kung</u> or <u>Fǎlún Dàfǎ</u>, or on <u>tai chi</u> or <u>tàijí</u> until “tai chi” is read, by asking “that is often considered part of what broader system of spiritual practice?”; prompt on <u>nèijiā</u>, <u>nei-chia</u>, <u>noi-gaa</u>, <u>nèidān</u>, <u>nei-tan</u>, <u>noi-raan</u>, <u>nèigōng</u>, <u>nei kung</u>, <u>noi gong</u>, <u>zhàn zhuāng</u>, or <u>dǎoyǐn</u>; prompt on <u>zhōngyī</u> or <u>chung-i</u> or <u>zung ji</u> until “medicine” is read] |
<b><u>ambulance</b></u> driver [accept member of an <b><u>Ambulance</b></u> Corps; prompt on <u>driver</u> by asking “of what vehicle?”; prompt on <u>medic</u>; reject “soldier”] |
William Ernest <b><u>Henley</u></b> [or W. E. <b><u>Henley</u></b>] |
<b><u>moment</u></b>s [accept <b><u>moment</u></b> of inertia or bending <b><u>moment</u></b>; reject “momentum”] |
<b><u><em>Solo Monk</b></u></em> |
<b><u>cabinet</u></b>s [accept <b><u>cabinet</u></b> of <b><u>curiosities</u></b> or <b><u>cabinet</u></b> of <b><u>curiosity</u></b>; accept curiosity <b><u>cabinet</u></b>; accept <em>The <b><u>Cabinet</u></b> of Dr. Caligari</em> or <em>Das <b><u>Cabinet</u></b> des Dr. Caligari</em>; accept Wunder<b><u>kammer</u></b> or Kunst<b><u>kammer</u></b>; prompt on wonder-<u>room</u>s or <u>museum</u>s until read] |
<b><u>Willamette</u></b> (“will-AM-it”) Valley [or <b><u>Willamette</u></b> River; prompt on <u>Pacific</u> Northwest or <u>Oregon</u>] |
<b><u>flavor</u></b>s |
<b><u>transfinite induction</u></b> [accept <b><u>transfinite recursion</u></b>; prompt on <u>induction</u> or <u>recursion</u>] |
“<b><u>Old Hundredth</u></b>” [or “<b><u>Old 100th</u></b>”; or “<b><u>Old Hundred</u></b>”; or “<b><u>Old One Hundredth</u></b>”; prompt on “<u>Psalm 100</u>” or similar; prompt on “<u>Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow</u>”] |
<b><u>Redmond</b></u> |
François <b><u>Mansart</u></b> (“mon-SAR”) [accept <b><u>mansard</u></b> roof] |
chanting <b><u>ōm</u></b> [or chanting <b><u>a-un</u></b>; or chanting <b><u>aum</u></b>; accept any answers above with <b><u>pranava</u></b> or <b><u>udgītha</u></b> or <b><u>ekāksara</u></b> in place of <b><u>ōm</u></b>, or reciting or saying in place of chanting; prompt on <u>chanting</u> or reciting with “what are they chanting?”; prompt on saying <u>mantra</u>s with “what mantra?”; prompt on <u>meditation</u> with “while performing what action”] |
<b><u>time</u></b> [prompt on <u><em>t</em></u>] |
<b><u>pion</b></u>s [or <b><u>pi meson</b></u>s; prompt on <u>pi</u>] |
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