Subject: 100 Nouns (1) - COMPLETE
Posted by: trident
Date: Mar 23 18
Hi all. Now that we have new badges for single questions, it is time for us to start a game for them to help inspire us here in the Lounge. Writing single questions is much faster than quiz writing, so we need lots of prompts...100 perhaps? This is how the game works. I will give two lists, each with 50 items. The first list will contain generic nouns that might be pretty easy to work into a question in many different ways. These would be words like clock, strawberry, or heart. The second list has much more specific words that are likely going to have to be directly about that topic (unless you can find an inventive way to make them about something else). This list would include things like Mount Kilimanjaro, Ulysses S. Grant, and barometric pressure. Some of the entries on this second list will be something you might need to research a little!
Authors must choose a word from each list, one generic and one specific, and write one question about each. Once you claim a word from a list, it is no longer available for other players to claim it. All nouns eventually have to be claimed before the series can end, so you better choose the one you want early! Once you have written your two questions and submitted them to the queue, you are free to choose two more. It might be good manners not to keep choosing too many in a row too quickly, allowing others a chance at the list. Submitting and claiming words will mostly be on the honor system. You must submit the two questions to the queue before claiming any more. I will occasionally be checking the queue to make sure authors are actually submitting questions with their chosen nouns. Happy single questioning!
Last note: After writing and submitting the questions to the queue, we would appreciate it if players could then post in the thread which category each of their questions went to. This is will allow us to verify submissions much quicker!
List A (generic nouns)
abacus
appendix
bayou
blunder
brain
candle
carpenter
casino
chandelier
clam
clerk
coffin
consonant
copper
dagger
encouragement
enemy
goblin
guitarist
hanger
honey
hunter
hypnotism
ice
jasmine
jester
juice
ladybug
monitor
needle
nitrogen
octopus
palette
parsnip
pew
rail
record
renovation
rent
river
rosary
rose
rubber
snowflake
soil
umbrella
vein
wallet
whisker
yarn
List B (specific nouns)
Aleutian Islands
anastrophe
anthracite
baba ghanoush
bid whist
Bootes void
catalytic converter
chiaroscuro
chicken biryani
"The Count of Monte Cristo"
Dave Brubeck
diacritical mark
diminishing returns
Dungeness crab
East India Company
Edvard Munch
"Eine Kleine Nachtmusik"
"Escape to Margaritaville"
French Third Republic
Gainsborough hat
Goliath birdeater
"Hagar the Horrible"
Himeji Castle
"His Girl Friday"
Huey Teocalli
"I Believe I Can Fly"
Isaac Asimov
Lagos, Nigeria
Lake Baikal
Lordagsgodis
Maracana Stadium
mass driver
Michel Foucault
Niels Bohr
pituitary gland
pyroclastic flow
"Quantum Leap"
"Ramayana"
Richard Dean Anderson
Ryan Coogler
Saint Anthony of Padua
"Smoke on the Water"
sodium hypochlorite
steganography
Suleiman the Magnificent
Times New Roman
triple Lutz
Venus Williams
West Lothian
Yi Sun-sin
Posted by: trident
Date: Mar 23 18
Hi all. Now that we have new badges for single questions, it is time for us to start a game for them to help inspire us here in the Lounge. Writing single questions is much faster than quiz writing, so we need lots of prompts...100 perhaps? This is how the game works. I will give two lists, each with 50 items. The first list will contain generic nouns that might be pretty easy to work into a question in many different ways. These would be words like clock, strawberry, or heart. The second list has much more specific words that are likely going to have to be directly about that topic (unless you can find an inventive way to make them about something else). This list would include things like Mount Kilimanjaro, Ulysses S. Grant, and barometric pressure. Some of the entries on this second list will be something you might need to research a little!
Authors must choose a word from each list, one generic and one specific, and write one question about each. Once you claim a word from a list, it is no longer available for other players to claim it. All nouns eventually have to be claimed before the series can end, so you better choose the one you want early! Once you have written your two questions and submitted them to the queue, you are free to choose two more. It might be good manners not to keep choosing too many in a row too quickly, allowing others a chance at the list. Submitting and claiming words will mostly be on the honor system. You must submit the two questions to the queue before claiming any more. I will occasionally be checking the queue to make sure authors are actually submitting questions with their chosen nouns. Happy single questioning!
Last note: After writing and submitting the questions to the queue, we would appreciate it if players could then post in the thread which category each of their questions went to. This is will allow us to verify submissions much quicker!
List A (generic nouns)
List B (specific nouns)
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trident
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Fi, you just missed out on copper. LadyNym, feel free to keep claiming words! That's what they're here for. Reply #101. Mar 26 18, 8:04 AM |
Fifiona81
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Oops - that'll teach me to dither over my reply. I'll take needle instead then. Reply #102. Mar 26 18, 8:49 AM |
darksplash 
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I will have a dig at "coffin" and "Times New Roman", if I may. Reply #103. Mar 26 18, 9:00 AM |
pinkbunny98
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"Ice" and "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" please? Just wondering, are words like "icy" or "iced" considered the word "ice"? Reply #104. Mar 26 18, 9:20 AM |
Joepetz
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I submitted dagger to Literature and Chicken Biryani to Hobbies. I waited until I got the Daily Challenge for this. Reply #105. Mar 26 18, 9:42 AM |
angikar
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Trident, I don't want to change my question on anthracene. So, you can uncheck anthracite. I would like to exchange Lake Baikal for anthracite Reply #106. Mar 26 18, 10:53 AM |
| Joepetz
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I will take enemy and Hagar the Horrible. Reply #107. Mar 26 18, 1:04 PM |
| trident
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**Just wondering, are words like "icy" or "iced" considered the word "ice"?** Nope, it should contain the original word. I think it shouldn't be too difficult to find a way to fit the word "ice" into the question. Reply #108. Mar 26 18, 3:37 PM |
| trident
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Although Kyle has already recently unchecked it, I am going to claim "anthracite" along with "juice". Reply #109. Mar 26 18, 3:43 PM |
apathy100
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Rosary and Maracana Stadium have been submitted to Religion and Sports. Reply #110. Mar 26 18, 6:23 PM |
tiye
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Abacus submitted to General, Lördagsgodis submitted to World. Thank you trident, Kyle, this has been a lot of fun. I will pause for a second, now. Maybe another couple of words later. :) Reply #111. Mar 27 18, 1:17 AM |
Creedy
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Could I have "Clerk" and "Mass driver" please? Reply #112. Mar 27 18, 2:27 AM |
| zorba_scank
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I have submitted 'pew' to General and 'East India Company' to History. May I have Himeji Castle and soil, please? Reply #113. Mar 27 18, 3:39 AM |
| Creedy
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Clerk has been submitted to Humanities; and Mass Driver to Sci-Tech. Reply #114. Mar 27 18, 3:41 AM |
| angikar
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Submitted Lake Baikal in Geography. Hands empty now. Reply #115. Mar 27 18, 3:43 AM |
| angikar
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My hands are empty. So...Let me claim French Third Republic and rail! One thing is for sure, none of them will be in Sci/Tech. Probably History for both... Reply #116. Mar 27 18, 3:51 AM |
| trident
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Thanks tiye for participating! Reply #117. Mar 27 18, 5:33 AM |
| Fifiona81
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Needle has been submitted to hobbies & West Lothian to geography. Reply #118. Mar 27 18, 10:29 AM |
gme24
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Casino and Dave Brubeck for me please. Reply #119. Mar 27 18, 11:26 AM |
| gme24
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The battle of Monte Casino was submitted in the History category. Reply #120. Mar 27 18, 11:37 AM |
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