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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gme24 
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Submitted a Dave Brubeck question in the music category. Reply #121. Mar 27 18, 12:08 PM |
LadyNym
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Just submitted "copper" to Sci/Tech. I'll submit the other question tomorrow, as I need to get ready to go to work now. Reply #122. Mar 27 18, 1:07 PM |
angikar
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Submitted French Third Republic in History. Reply #123. Mar 27 18, 2:09 PM |
| angikar
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Rail submitted in History. Reply #124. Mar 27 18, 2:24 PM |
| angikar
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9 question pairs left to claim.. Reply #125. Mar 27 18, 2:27 PM |
FatherSteve
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I have uploaded Richard Dean Anderson to Celebrities and ladybug to Literature, as directed, sir. Reply #126. Mar 27 18, 3:07 PM |
| angikar
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Since we will have multiple 100 Nouns challenges, why don't we maintain a Leaderboard for this? Kyle, trident, what do you think? Reply #127. Mar 27 18, 3:07 PM |
spanishliz
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Surely leaderboards are for competitions, are they not? I didn't think that this was meant to be a competition. Reply #128. Mar 27 18, 3:10 PM |
1nn1
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Honey posted in Sci/Tech Baba Ghanoush posted in Hobbies Reply #129. Mar 27 18, 3:22 PM |
trident
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It's not meant to be a competition, no. I don't think there is anything wrong with keeping your own tally for your own questions. Reply #130. Mar 27 18, 4:22 PM |
Creedy
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I don't think it's a good idea either. it'll turn something relaxing and enjoyable into a competition Reply #131. Mar 27 18, 4:50 PM |
kyleisalive
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I definitely wouldn't care for a leaderboard; it's meant to be a collaborative effort. There are already enough leaderboards for single questions. We don't need another. Reply #132. Mar 27 18, 4:58 PM |
| FatherSteve
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I have submitted "whisker" to Science and Technology and "Dungeness crab" to Animals ... noncompetitively. Reply #133. Mar 27 18, 5:18 PM |
| Creedy
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This seems like a good idea to get new writers involved in the eventual quiz writing process, by dipping their toes into the water of single questions first. Reply #134. Mar 28 18, 12:30 AM |
| trident
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That would be nice if we could attract new authors here in the Author's Lounge. I sometimes feel this place is a little bit more hidden than the rest of the site. Reply #135. Mar 28 18, 1:10 AM |
| Creedy
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That's true. I only found out about it when dcpddc478 invited me in one day a few years ago. Reply #136. Mar 28 18, 2:05 AM |
tiye
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I will claim renovation and Quantum Leap, please! Reply #137. Mar 28 18, 2:23 AM |
looney_tunes
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Trident: That would be nice if we could attract new authors here in the Author's Lounge. I sometimes feel this place is a little bit more hidden than the rest of the site. I only found it when I did some searching after seeing references to it in some quizzes. It took some searching back then, since I hadn't even found Author Central! I always make a point of indicating in my conclusion when a quiz is part of a challenge, and invite players to visit the lounge to find more. It seems about all I can do to encourage new blood. Reply #138. Mar 28 18, 3:17 AM |
| angikar
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There is a technical glitch. Everything has been striked out, including the comments. Reply #139. Mar 28 18, 6:15 AM |
LoveAnimals555
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Yes angikar, even I can see that. :o Reply #140. Mar 28 18, 6:41 AM |
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