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9. In some organisms, it is fed by the Hatch-Slack pathway, and it can be separated into carboxylation, reduction, and regeneration stages. Using ATP for energy and NADPH for hydrogens and electrons, it utilizes a carbon dioxide molecule for carbon fixation, which is performed by the creation of 3-phosphoglycerate, with the help of the enzyme Rubisco. Resulting in a glucose molecule, for ten points, identify this biochemical pathway also named for Andrew Benson, which describes the light-independent reactions of photosynthesis.

Answer: Calvin-Benson cycle

10. He wrote a verse of the song "Rumpshaker" for producer Teddy Riley, but he later had more success doing his own producing. Before commercial success, he was in a band with fellow Virginia Beach native Timbaland called Surrounded By Idiots. He put out a solo single called "Frontin'" in between releasing, with Shay and Chad Hugo, the albums "In Search Of" and "Fly or Die". Give, FTP, the other member of N.E.R.D. and the Neptunes.

11. This royal house can be traced back to an 11th-century French character Flaad the Seneschal. In later years they tended to be short-lived, and seven of them succeeded to the throne as children. The spelling variant in their name probably stems from the influence of the French language, which lacks a letter "w." For 10 points, name this royal house that feuded with the Douglas family, and which managed to produce five Jameses as kings of Scotland before the sixth became heir to Elizabeth I and thus James I of England.

12. The falls that share this river's name are situated at Schaffhausen and shortly below them it is joined by the Aar. Further downstream it is joined by the Ill, Neckar and Main (pron. "mine") at the cities of Strasbourg, Mannheim and Mainz respectively. It flows both into and out of Lake Constance and branches such as the Lek and the Waal bring it to the sea in Holland. For 10 points, name this 800-mile-long river which also flows through Bonn, Dusseldorf and Cologne.

13. Although his city of Isola sounds an awful lot like New York, every book in his famous series begins with the statement that the city is fictional, and that only the "police routine is based on established investigatory procedures." Ollie Weeks has become more prominent in recent novels, and every so often we see the Deaf Man again, but the biggest roles are still reserved for detectives like Carrella and Brown who have been recurring, non-aging characters for nearly 50 years. For 10 points, name this writer of detective novels of the 87th Precinct including Ice, Widows and The Big, Bad City.

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