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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1nn1
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Honey and Baba ghanoush please? Reply #21. Mar 23 18, 2:01 PM |
LadyNym 
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Submitted both of my questions: River - Geography St Anthony of Padua - Religion Reply #22. Mar 23 18, 2:12 PM |
apathy100
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Nitrogen and Aleutian Islands for me please! Reply #23. Mar 23 18, 2:41 PM |
| LadyNym
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If I may, I'd like "clam" and "chiaroscuro" for my next pair of questions! Reply #24. Mar 23 18, 2:46 PM |
CmdrK
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I would like snowflake and "Escape to Margaritaville", please. Reply #25. Mar 23 18, 2:46 PM |
angikar
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Submitted 'vein' and 'pituitary gland'. Sci/Tech. Reply #26. Mar 23 18, 3:06 PM |
| angikar
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Let us stop taking words now for some time. Many players have claimed words. We need a moderator to keep track which words have been taken. Kyle, SOS! Reply #27. Mar 23 18, 3:07 PM |
zorba_scank
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I’ll take pew and East India Company, please. Reply #28. Mar 23 18, 3:30 PM |
| CmdrK
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Mine are submitted: snowflake - People "Escape to Margaritaville" - Humanities Reply #29. Mar 23 18, 3:51 PM |
looney_tunes
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This looks fantastic! But I think I need to focus on my planned quizzes this weekend, and so many of these words have been claimed that I don't have the energy to go through and see what's still available. It could make a tempting mid-week writing plan, though. Reply #30. Mar 23 18, 5:39 PM |
kyleisalive
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I think I've got everyone. I'll take Michel Foucault and Umbrella. Reply #31. Mar 23 18, 6:09 PM |
trident
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You get strikethrough! And you get strikethrough! You all get strikethrough! Reply #32. Mar 23 18, 6:15 PM |
| kyleisalive
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I AM A FOOL. Reply #33. Mar 23 18, 6:17 PM |
| apathy100
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My nitrogen question has been submitted to Science/Tech and my Aleutian Islands has been submitted to Geography. Reply #34. Mar 23 18, 6:23 PM |
| trident
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I am seeing some really excellent questions coming out of this challenge so far. Reply #35. Mar 23 18, 6:55 PM |
| kyleisalive
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Foucault is in People right now; I think I'll be putting umbrella in Entertainment, but it'll be in there later tonight. Reply #36. Mar 23 18, 7:09 PM |
WesleyCrusher
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I'll take blunder and steganography please. Blunder will definitely be Hobbies, steganography probably Sci/Tech. Reply #37. Mar 23 18, 7:53 PM |
spanishliz
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I'll try hanger and triple Lutz, please. Not sure where yet. Reply #38. Mar 23 18, 8:14 PM |
| WesleyCrusher
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Both submitted, categories as initially planned. Reply #39. Mar 23 18, 8:18 PM |
| angikar
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I would like to claim rubber and Niels Bohr. Both questions will be posted in Sci/Tech. Reply #40. Mar 24 18, 12:52 AM |
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